Originally Posted by
jschen
Yes, I understand what you are saying, that there is feedback in the shifter's response. But I can see myself late in a long hilly ride making that very mistake, not realizing I'm in my last gear, quickly trying to grab a downshift (probably right off of another downshift) and just pushing to the normal downshift position, click or no click, and letting go. Yes, I'd be operating the shifter incorrectly. But I definitely can see it happening.
A friend of mine who races (CAT1) switched back to Shimano after a couple months riding SRAM because of this problem. Call it rider error all you want but the fact remains it's easy to initiate a mis-shift and that's something you definitely don't want when you compete.