Originally Posted by tonyfourdogs

Thanks for your replies guys. I did read up on compatibility but the information was contradictory much of the time which is why I posted.

And because my FD is a bottom pull, I wondered if it might behave a bit more like a road derailleur.

So even though my rear mech is a 7 speed and the shifter is 8 speed, I may have fine tuning problems? I'm using modern 8 speed trigger levers at the moment with no issues at all. I was hoping the same would be true of the brifters... Ah well.