i like my lx's but i can see where raiyn doesn't like them.
they're nice and all, but unless you've got the xtr's they don't seem the strongest levers out there.
i don't think i've ever come close to breaking one, but i'd hate to just snap it off, cuz it seems possible.
also a thing for me, was do you really wanna go with shimano or sram, but i'm assuming you've already got that down.. for me, i've been having a little trouble with shimano, but it gets the job done... sigh*, shimano will always be shimano, and sram will always be sram...*