All else equal, I’d go with Shimano in a heartbeat. The SRAM road hydraulic brake recall left a bitter taste: weeks to get to get a cabled brake groupset replacement and then months for the updated hydraulic version. In hindsight, it was probably the best they could do, but it really sucked having a brand new bike I could neither ride nor sell, that the shop wouldn’t take back.
Now that Shimano has MTB 12-speed 1x 10-45 and 10-51 and GRX for gravel with wider rear wheel clearance, I don’t know what SRAM offers that Shimano doesn’t do one better.
Last edited by john.b; 07-08-19 at 12:33 PM.