Originally Posted by
Kontact
If you start on position 2, how are you not going to have cable slack if you shift to position 1? The brifter is spring loaded - it will push the extra slack out of the shifter even if the FD isn't pulling.
Yes, you are correct, however the amount of slack generated by going from 2nd to stop is minimal and does not cause issues. Like I said, I have set up several bikes this way and they work fine - I have also run across some setups that use the high method you described. I only mentioned how I do it to present an alternative method that eliminates the stress issue that veganbikes raised.