Originally Posted by
Davehills
Presumably, I should have an SRAM front deralieur fitted to a bike with SRAM hand grips?
No, as long as the actuation ratios are the same for the shifters and derailleur, you can mix and match any brand.
For your bike, do you really expect to get any better performance in upgrading the FD? Thinking that just putting some decent cables would probably improve the shifting issues you having.