sovereign wrote:1st: The yaw fd will not work with 2011 and previous Red shifters.
Next: The yaw fd will work with 2011 and previous Red shifters.
Now?: Not only will the new yaw fd not work with 2011 and previous Red shifters, but if you try this it will actually rip the fd off of the frame.
Is this the... Truth?
Sram has never said this. Their line from day one was that the 2012 Red front derailleur was designed to function with 2012 shifters(the left at the minimum, 2012 crank, 2012 rings(the pins and ramps are completely different and the rings themselves are twice as thick), and 2012 chain. Velonews might publish an article that says this works with that and the other but Sram does not support that.
It's not different than Shimano Di2 and how it works like garbage with Rotor cranks.