Originally Posted by
bianchi10
Thank you all for your opinions. This could easily be asked in the road section, but I have learned that any question asked in the road forum is usually followed with some sort of arogance and sarcasm. I post here because I get the same knowledge and experience without all the idiots.
There's definitely a lot of that. I only test rode SRAM once, but I posted my observations in the road forum
here. Plenty of times I got some nasty remarks pointed my way. However, that topic is debated ad nauseum over there so DEFINITELY do not post a new question. You would benefit from a search though. General feeling in the road forum is that SRAM is great stuff, it seems a majority of people there prefer it to Shimano, but both work great and have their advantages. I don't know where your buddy is hearing questionable reviews, everything I've read about SRAM is gushing and glowing with praise, with the exception of some broken levers many previous product versions ago.