Dolan set-up,sram or shimano??

scazzer

Had my 1st road bike now for 16months and wasnt sure if id get into it but ive got the bug and now im after buying a better bike :P

Ive been looking at the Dolan range and they have them with sram and shimano set-up.

Which 1 of these is the better of the 2 set-ups??

cheers

Anonymous

there is no 'better' just preference.

fungus_the_muffin_man

I prefer shimano. My new bike has sram force and I don't like it at all. I prefer the larger hoods of shimano for holding on to. I also think the gear changing is better, I've not got on with the double tap system at all. Shifting also doesn't seem as smooth as on ultegra.

styxd

Depends what you prefer, try them out if you can. Im not to fussy although I think I prefer SRAM since you can change gear and brake at the same time and its also alot lighter.

scazzer

Current set-up im using are Shimano and never had a problem with them,was under the impression that 1 may be better components but sounds like they are much the same so will go have a go of sram if possible and decide...

cheers for help

ddraver

Performance wise they re identical - go for whatever feels more comfy to you.

Enjoy!

cougie

They change differently - mate has gone from Shimano Ultegra - to SRAM Red - great gruppo - but he keeps fluffing changes :-)

amd-sco

As others have said U Gotta go with what works for you.

I've had ultegra on last bike and then force was OEM on new bike and its sooooooo much better for me, I find the double tap thing so intuitive, I'm upgrading to red and putting the force on my cross bike and then ebaying its 105 gruppo as it seems so clunky and I keep fluffing changes 'cos compared to sram it seems so un-natural.

But my best cycling mate can't get on with sram at all, hates it.

Definitely worth trying a ride with both gruppo's before you order.