Hi all! I'm switching from hybrid to road, in the process of shopping for a new road bike now after riding an 8-year-old hybrid. I have very small hands with short fingers, and am having a heck of a time with the STI shifters for the front derailleur. On many of the bikes I'm testing, I cannot get the chain up onto the big ring. I have to fight and fight, sometimes I can get it on the big ring if I fight hard enough, others it just doesn't work. I've been to several shops and talked to several people (mostly men, some woman, but they don't have small hands). Has anyone else encountered this problem? I've tried Soras (can't shift to big ring at all) and Tiagras (some luck shifting). I'm wondering if the better components are easier to shift. Yes, I've tried WSD bikes with short reach levers, and they are not easier to shift. (I have no trouble with rear shift levers at all.) HELP!