Originally Posted by
asmallsol
I was the one that first brought it up in the last sram vs shimano vs campy thread. I test drove a bike at my LBS that had the Rival groupset and I experienced this. I was completely oblivious to this problem before I experienced it, so I was not influenced by any other testimony and I discovered this by myself. It could have been just inexperience with the system (I test drove it for about a mile). I think that campy and shimano are just a bit more idiot proof.
Agree.
As has been mentioned, the corrective measure on the large cog is not mirrored in the shifting behavior of any of the other cogs...so you (and Flash) are right in saying that it's not completely intuitive.
But the corrective behavior *IS* there, built into the SRAM shifter--you just have to push a little harder/further in order to stay on that inner-most cog.
(I would also add that all of this can simply be done by feel alone--there's no need to look @ your chain position)