Bike Forums - SRAM Yaw users, functionality with 105

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Originally Posted by lennyk (Post 18993051)

sorry, yes I mean the 105 5700 front shifting is same as sram

my issue was that on my long club rides, the first half would be at a speed
where I would be in small/13 sometimes 12 but was too lazy to shift to big ring as often the rolling terrain would require shifting back to small ring

whilst during the week I train on a small hill so would use small/23,25,27
so during the week I would use the lower end of cassette and weekend the higher end

I eventually replaced the rest with sram red, never had the occasional half shift like I used to have with the 105 5700
sram is much more snap like

Never used 5700 so can't comment there (Ultegra 6600 is snappy as can be for me, 5800 feels close to that, too, and I have heard many echo your complaints about 5700) but it sounds like you simply had/have the wrong crankset on your bike. Being at the extreme ends for most of your cycling speaks to that. Perhaps try a 46/30 or similar, assuming you already have a compact double, or a compact if you are using a standard double now.