Originally Posted by
70sSanO
If you are using a road FD, you’ll need a road compatible shifter. I think you can fudge with a mtb shifter because I think it pulls more cable. The cable will have to have some slack.
The easier approach is to use a thumb shifter. This is what I’m using on a flat bar 2x7. With a 2x, there really isn’t any advantage indexing as the lever moves one way to shift up and the other to shift down.
John
In all fairness, I almost never use FD on my other bicycles. Too flat around. It is set up and I make sure it works properly, but during adjustments is the only time when smaller chain ring gets any use
Still, I'm not the one who'll be using that bicycle and anyway I like when everything works as it should. Thumb shifter would totally be a viable option.