Originally Posted by
headloss
How much space between the big-ring and the FD cage? Make sure it is as high as you can possibly get it without the chain rubbing the bottom of the derailleur cage when you are in the granny. In your case, I'd actually select height based on where the FD sits when you are in the small ring.
I think I was in the neighborhood of 3 to 5 mm up. It shifts pretty well but I have to have a ton of tension on the cable to the cage over the big ring. So much so that the FD tends to slide down the seat tube, I don't want that and I don't want to crank too hard on the derailleur clamp. If I loosen the cable to what I believe to be normal it won't pull the FD over the big ring. Someone suggested taking a dremel to the hard stop on the FD which I may do after a couple of days of pondering.