Originally Posted by
ilovecycling
To add to this, it's an "exact" 3mm for every cog on the cassette. Shimano, OTOH, has more or less cable pull depending on where you are in the cassette. This is why SRAM's rear shifting is so easy to set up and doesn't give you half the grief that Shimano does.
I still wonder how anything could be easier to set up than a Shimano drivetrain.
For my TT bike with Ultegra 6700 it went like this:
1) Install derailleur, cassette, shifter, cable
2) Set the tension to fit the second cog.
Done ... hasn't misshifted since.
Does SRAM put it's own cable on or something? Does it auto-tension?