Originally Posted by
sean.hwy
Can you get electronic shifting with the paddle removed behind the brakes so you can bring the brake lever closer to the handle bar? My gf has small hands and she can't comfortably use the drops on a long decent.
A few people that I have asked if they would rather have carbon wheel set or electronic shifting they all said electronic shifting. I was really surprised.
SRAM shifters have lots of lever adjustment, but the shift paddle can hit the bars before full braking power occurs, if the lever adjustment is set too close. With hydraulic brakes, the pad contact adjuster should be turned CCW as far as possible so the pads are as close to the rotors as possible. Rival levers have no pad contact adjustment, so I avoided buying them. I have my levers set as close to the bars as possible. It may help to turn the brake hoods inward slightly, so the shift paddle has a little more clearance.
I'd like to see carbon bars shaped to produce more clearance.
Don't get carried away with the contact adjuster. I saw a shifter that was broken when someone turned the adjuster too hard in the CCW direction.