Originally Posted by xenologer

Absolutely Hate Microshift front shifters/derailers
have had to assemble and tune bikes at work that used their componenets

their philosophy and the reason they have the name 'micro'shift is because the fronts are not indexed in the traditional sense, instead there's a continuous span of 'trim' positions, with no defined primary positions. I guess they feel that so many people have problems adjusting front shifting, might as well eliminate the issue by making them act like friction shifters.

And relating to that design philosophy, their front Derailers don't work very well when mixed with other brands 'real' indexed shifters. Cage shaping tends to be less proactive than shimano and doesn't shift cleanly. - they assume you'll be using it like a friction shifter and overshift and manually trim constantly.

Microshift Rear derailers/shifters are OK