best shifter/front D combo for osymetric

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prebsy
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by prebsy

I've had a bit of experience across a number of different groupsets with osymetric rings. I was wondering what everyone's best setup has been for running these tricky little beasts? Also all the chain catchers I've used have seemed to be too short to catch a chain if it drops off at the smallest area of the ring. I'm thinking of going a full yaw setup but the thought of losing that trim and getting even more chain rub would not be cool.

For me:
Campy- decent shifting, best at eliminating chain rub with all the trim points
Di2- good strong shifts but impossible to get rid of the chain rub since you can't manually trim (drove me up a wall)
Sram non-yaw shifter/yaw FD- good strong shifts but just not enough trim options

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natefontaine
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by natefontaine

I've been quite happy with Shimano 6800. Shifting is quick, the chain does rub on the inside of the front mech, but only on the plastic bit, which I guess is what it's designed to do. Im using the new 2014 rings 52/38 with ramps and pins, on SiSL cranks.

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by NiFTY

I think you will struggle to run a YAW fd with no rub as running q rings and yaw is tricky and o-symmetric are much more aggressively non-round.
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