anyone else gone from Shimano to SRAM and found it awesome?

ricky1980

just switched...ok, its SRAM red verse Tiagra, not a fair comparison. but love the double tap action

rockmonkeysc

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diy

I'm a fan of double tap. I also prefer push:push on mtb too. separating changing gear and braking makes sense.

styxd

Completely changed my life.

napoleond

I went from shimano to SRAM to Campagnolo. It was that good a move I wrote to my MP.

danowat

SRAM is brilliant, however, it's not as flexible in terms of slight misadjustments in indexing, as its not possible to feather changes like you can with shimano.

ricky1980

what do u mean by feather change?

pride4ever

styxd wrote:

Completely changed my life.

Lol.....little things for little...............

pride4ever

Ive used em all, started with Shimano then went to SRAM and now settled with Campy...it really doesnt matter.

declan1

ricky1980 wrote:

what do u mean by feather change?

If it doesn't quite shift you can push the lever a little bit further to nudge it into gear.

navrig

anyone else gone from Shimano to SRAM and found it awful?

Thought I'd add a sence of balance to this thread.











Also, fixed it for you.

ricky1980

haha, fair dos.

I like the amount of throw back on the sram shifters, much shorter than shimano, and the down shift is super snappy. the upshift is also effortless.

the reach adjustment is really good. i do wish the brake lever would move as well. but the double tap is nice.

Welsh boy

danowat wrote:

SRAM is brilliant, however, it's not as flexible in terms of slight misadjustments in indexing, as its not possible to feather changes like you can with shimano.

I went from Shimano to SRAM, i would never go back to Shimano, would go back to down tube shifters rather than Shimano. I have never needed to feather a change on SRAM (unlike Shimano where it was a common occurrence)

Lightning

I did and would never go back to Shimano because of double tap, but other than that it's the same really. SRAM is actually louder (although I like the noise) and has more of a "forced" shifting feel. It's all down to preference. Shimano Tiagra vs SRAM Red is not a fair comparison at all though.

Scrumple

I have gone to one SRAM and one Shimano 'cos I like swinging

patrickf

ricky1980 wrote:

the reach adjustment is really good. i do wish the brake lever would move as well. but the double tap is nice.

Both the gear lever and brake lever are reach adjustable. You do need to adjust the gear lever first though!

I've just switched from 9 speed Tiagra to Rival. Absolutely loving double tap.

southdownswolf

Dura ace 9 speed downtube shifters. It's the way forward.

TakeTurns

Oh, yes, most certainly.

After having made the transition to SRAM, I've been getting laid more often. There must be a correlation between the two surely.

imposter2.0

I changed from Shimano to SRAM - and now I've just won the lottery...!

ricky1980

Excellent more money and honeys. SRAM is truly awesome. Feeling really epic now!

I meant earlier the brake lever move in the same motion as the shifter pedal like for shimano up shift. But that may just be me still having shimano muscle memory.

hopak

You'll find that SRAM is an anagram of Mars, one of which per day helps you work, rest and play and Shimano is an anagram of Noahism, the philosophical study of arks and the pairing of animals.

I went from Ultegra to Force and back to Ultegra again.
The study of indecisiveness ... maybe.

meesterbond

I've got 3 bikes, one with Campag, one SRAM and one Shimano.
I really didn't think that decision through.

Bozman

I know a man that went from 105 to force, said it was the worst purchase in 25 yrs or cycling, stripped it off his bike and went back to Shimano, he said that was his best purchase in 25 yrs and 3 months of cycling.

essjaydee

I went fro Shimano to SRAM and my penis has grown another 2" since 8)

alihisgreat

three kittens died when I switched to SRAM.

essjaydee

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

three kittens died when I switched to SRAM.

That is so sad
I was having a good day until I read this

wavefront

I've just started counselling to help me cope with using Shimano. Even my counsellor was amazed that I hadn't heard of the benefits of SRAM to your happiness and wellbeing.

Bar Shaker

I have gone from Rivals to Di2 on Force cogs. Now that is awesome!