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That's a bit exaggerated... I hardly ever worry about minimising cable friction for the front, and just reuse old rear cables there. Adjusting FDs is usually actually pretty easy when you know how.
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Front derailleurs suck
It's interesting that you should say that.
I've never had much trouble with front derailleurs. The Welsh tour bike mentioned above had a Benelux rod changer which I was given and which I fitted without any problem that I can remember, although I was a bit concerned that rod changers weren't cool.
More recently my old training bike(high mileage) has a front changer of unknown make which is obviously clapped out (it's loose and wobbly) but since it still works ok I haven't bothered to replace it. Similarly my Cyclo Standard touring bike (see Pre 1950's thread) had a cable operated front changer which really should not have worked : 46/32, 3/32" chainrings with an 1/8th" chain and antique rear mech. No problem.
However, the cable changers are all on friction levers.
Perhaps modern front derailleurs have become more difficult to set up?
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Kimmo
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@Netakure
Front derailleurs suck. Double maintenance if you have cables, double things that can break, not easy to adjust for the average user and there's always the possibility of a dropped chain even if it's perfectly set up.
I work on bikes and rear derailleur it's usually half a turn of the barrel and maybe set the distance right whereas front derailleurs are usually so badly set up I have to start from scratch