Why is it then that every reviewer, at least for recent Dura Ace groups, loves to go on about how well the front shifts under load? Are they doing something wrong that this works for them? I am doing something wrong that it works for me? Sure, BITD with flat rings shifting under load would be impossible but we're out of the dark ages now. Those little pins and ramps work, or they should work. Of course, it is possible that the OP really is botching the shift or standing on the pedals on trying to get the front shift to happen, hence my suggestion to practice and tune. I don't get the wholesale discounting of the idea of shifting the front under load, though.