Quote Originally Posted by aicabsolut View Post
You shouldn't be using trim at all to avoid rubbing in large ring/small cog combos. The cable should be pulled all the way tight (shifting completely). Trim when in the large ring will help you avoid rubbing the inner part of the cage in the larger cogs.

I would NOT mess with the limit at this point. You are getting rub in the smallest 2 cogs. This indicates that you've probably still got an alignment issue. Can you see where relative to the tail of the cage the rubbing is occurring? When you are standing near the rear of the saddle on the right side, facing forward, and when the bike is in the big ring/small cog, you should be able to look down and see that the chain is centered over the tail of the cage. If it's too far in or too far out, then you will have excessive chain rub despite properly set limits.
I think the alignment is OK, but I'm not completely sure.

Also before you mess with the limit screws, check your cable tension. You are having symptoms of slow shifting and too much chain rub. That could be a limit issue, but I'd be hesitant to go there first given the bike's propensity to throw the chain off the outside. Try testing cable tension first. Hand shift by pulling the cable. Does the rubbing stop when you are pulling on it? If so, then maybe you just don't have the cable tight enough such that when you've got the lever pulled all the way, you aren't getting full movement of the cage (but you can get the additional necessary tension by pulling with your hand).
Just checked, I can't make it go any further by hand.