Originally Posted by
Payton1221
How many mountain bikes are sold today with the ability to trim their front derailleur?
since the trend is for bike shop level MTBs to be 1x, I would say the % with a front derailleur to even trim is quite small. Its mostly a moot issue right now. But there are still some with 2x and 3x, so FDs obviously exist.
Originally Posted by
Payton1221
In light of that, are there any truly micro-index shifters available where you can dial in enough movement to shift from one ring to the other and then dial up/back as needed to keep it from rubbing? I sort of saw a prototype at Walmart when one of their display models was incorrectly installed with the right 8-speed shifter mounted to adjust the chainrings
My old MTB that was 3x9 could trim up front. There was a dead shift, effectively as that trimmed the FD depending on where the chain was on the cassette. That was with lowly Alivio shifters even.
The only micro indexing shifters for MTB would not be indexing at all. They would be friction like what was already linked.