Originally Posted by
Kontact
Derailleurs, front and rear, are the way they are because the shifts to larger cogs or chainrings generally take more force than dropping to a smaller one. So we pull the lever to the bigger cog or chainring, and let the weak spring drop it the other way.
Yes, in theory. I had a reverse-action front derailleur (SunTour Compe V). I thought it would be a problem. It never was.
Of course, I would not pair a reverse-action front with a reverse-action rear. Then the opposite-direction problem would be there again.