Originally Posted by
FlashBazbo
There. You hit on the problem. SRAM has always been the crudest, least refined cable-actuated system. It still is. SRAM has never produced a refined product. SRAM means loud shifts from very firm lever pushes (in one direction). A lot of people like it that way. They dont like the snick-snick refined shifts that Shimano's cable-actuated shifters supply. Is it lighter? Yes. But if you're already at the UCI limit, lighter doesn't help.
With this groupset, SRAM is still targeting the best 2007 competition. Things have changed and left SRAM behind.
LOL...what got SRAM in the road marketplace was Shimano's inability to get product to market. That, on top of the totally crapola Dura Ace 7900 was what got me to pick up the phone and call SRAM and get Red on my bike.
Trust me, I know more about this than you.
It's funny, I've had Red on my bikes since the second year it was out and never had an issue. Neither have the large number of people I know that ride the various SRAM road groupsets.