I don't recall saying anything about SRAM being "garbage" so your post must be for some other ignorant person who used that word in their first post...yet I'd be ignorant to blanket someone with "ignorant" just because they have had a two-in-a-row SRAMcrap experience and are growing tired of getting jerked around by a company that is supposed to be producing "quality bicycle components".

I never had a problem with my XT cassettes. Great shifting and long life...light too. I've had issues with my last PG970 and I'm dissatisfied with the "up-shifting" of my PG990 compared to the XT. Why is it so difficult to figure out? It just doesn't go up to the bigger cogs as smooth, quickly, crisp as my XT seemed to do.

I'm not bashing a company because they had a few bad apples...I'm simply saying they make inferior products in my own "hands-on" experience. Their X.9 rear derailleur didn't cut the mustard for me. It didn't last as long as an ElCheap'o LX. The PG970 had a weird audible knock that I could feel through the pedals. The PG990 doesn't shift on par with the XT cassette. Why waste more time and money dissapointing myself? I'm actually even considering going back to an XT chain...though I must say the only thing that I have had a positive experience with recently would be their chains. I love the powerlink! It's wonderful.

Now if you go outside of SRAM into the sister companies...I love my Avid Juicy's, and I liked my Tora for its intended purpose and pricerange. I'm leaning toward a PIKE at some point.