well, most of the im feeling uncomfortable problem shifting problem I realise is because of the angle of how the shifter is placed. On shimano you use your thumb and index finger to push two seperate lever. But on SRAM you are using a thumb to operate two levers so from bikes that I tested from my friend I realise SRAM shifter pods angle placement is more crucial then Shimano.

Anyway do you guys realise that the rating of SRAM X.9 RD in MTBR is less then Shimano XT and its no. of user opinion is also less. Anyway this makes me wondering, why? From the reviews I think most people somehow installed X.9 wrongly which causes.... blah blah blah. You get what I mean, agree?