thats what i was going to say! Honestly they both work great but its more a personal preference thing. I like having different bikes so i have a steel frame with shimano, a Ti frame with Campy, and an Alu frame that has Shimano but and swaping it over to SRAM. My next build will be a carbon frame but i will pick my favorite components brand for it and likely it will be kinda mixed and not just one solid group of everything. obviously where i can mix brands. If i were you i would go test ride a SRAM bike and see if you like it if so i say give it a try and if not stay with what you know and like. you might even want to try Campy out as well.