Thanks to all in this forum and the mechanics forum who really helped me out in choosing components and avoiding big problems building my first bike from the ground up! a picture as promised! (sorry for bad quality!)

Its working pretty well except the front derailleur... Takes like 5 tries to get it to shift down to the small chainring (shifting up is fine). It takes alot of force to push the shifter in to down shift it and it makes a loud noise...usually works after 5 tries haha.. Cheers all!

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Note, rear derailleur casing could be shorter. How sharp is the bend coming out of the bar tape for the front derailleur. Too sharp could cause friction. Do you have the front derailleur set at the appropriate height above the large chainring?

Many happy miles to you.

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Check where the cable passes under bottom bracket, had a similar issue with my RD, and a little Triflo fixed that.

Looks like SRAM shifters there? It takes two clicks to move the chainring down. The first is a trim position that may be useful if running big ring/big cog for those who like to cross chain. I usually push through both clicks in one go when moving the chain down.

Congrats on your first build! For me it's the only way to go and nearly as fun as riding the finished product!

Yeah its a rival group. I push through both but its 2 loud pops then a 20% chance of shifting haha

Hmm, in that case, check that your cable adjuster isn't adjusted with too much tension and preventing the FD going back to the low limit screw location. If that isn't the case, maybe relax the low limit screw a bit. This is of course assuming the derailler height and alignment is correct...

Honestly, I love my SRAM equipment, but their FD's are a bit picky to set up. Haven't run Shimano 10sp to compare, but I've never had the trouble with my older 7 (or less) speed FD's. I will say that once I got my SRAM FD's set, they don't miss a beat though.

Yeah, your cable tension is probably too high.

Alternately, your cable is routed incorrectly to the bolt.