Originally Posted by
tpelle
The front (left) shifter is a pure friction shifter. What I like is that, as you shift the rear derailleur you may get a little "clicking" as the chain angle changes and the chain hits the side of the front derailleur cage. However it's easy to just reach down and give a little "tweak" to the front derailleur to move it just a little and get rid of the clicking.
Yeah properly indexing a triple chainring front derailer is a royal pain, I find much greater peace of mind not even trying and then just trimming the continuous adjustment as needed.