Originally Posted by
Kontact
But a better question is why, in the age of dedicated index-only brifters and one to three click shift maximums, are we putting problematic springs in derailleurs at all?
Well, there was/is the Nivex, that, at least as I understand it, uses two cables, so there isn't a need for the spring for side-to-side (pretty sure there must be a cage-tension spring....
I've got a hi-normal FD on one of my bikes- takes a couple minutes to adjust to it when I ride that bike, but it works as well as anything else I've got.