Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
This bike frame is beautiful, but the SRAM is sort of killing it for me. Aesthetics are personal, but I just can't get past SRAM. Sometimes I think Shimano pays them to make these parts to look better in comparison.
Changed my tune about SRAM after riding my friend's Niner Air 9 a lot last fall.
Zero hesitation about beating the daylights out of their X7 gruppo.
FWIW The local cyclocross scene is a good mix of SRAM and Shimano.
Can't think of one bicycle this last season with Campy.
Do I like Campy on road bikes?
Sure.
In the interest of full disclosure, I just ordered a cheap Campy Centaur gruppo last week for the Swiss Cross, so we'll see how that goes off road.