Originally Posted by crhilton

SRAM is nicer for smaller hands. My experiences with Shimano are always tainted by the size they think human hands are. We don't all have piano hands. (Di2 was a nice fit though)

I still find that shifting to the big chainring is a bit of a reach, but less than it was with my shimano levers. With the SRAM levers you can move the lever in an arc, the way your finger wants to go. My shimano levers never behaved this way, presumably because it would activate the brakes if you did.

And for downshifts the sram levers are a very short throw.