Alternative shifters

rockmonkeysc

I have a SRAM X0 DH 10 speed set up on my DH bike. I quite like the mech, easy to set up and never seems to need adjusting but I hate the shifter. It feels sloppy and cheap and doesn't release in both directions like Shimano. Is there an alternative shifter which will work with my SRAM mech? Price isn't an issue.

nicklouse

any sram shifter of the same speed. and as you have the best. tough. sorry.

rockmonkeysc

How about Microshift or something else?
Is SRAM XX any better? I bought the X0 because I thought the X9 was a bit nasty.

97th choice

Buy x5, then at least you won't feel short changed....

The Rookie

Microshift only works with Shimano and if you think an X0 feels sloppy......

rockmonkeysc

97th choice wrote:

Buy x5, then at least you won't feel short changed....

X0 really isn't much better than X5. At £65 for a shifter it is crap.
Maybe it's time for a Saint shifter & mech

supersonic

I'd go for Shimano if you think the X0 is poor, it is way better than the X5 - maybe you have a dodgy one.

rockmonkeysc

Its better than the X9 I had before but not as nice as even the SLX shifters on my xc bike

Thewaylander

i think the SRAM shimano thing is very much a love hate thing

I hate shimano shifts are too light can't tell i've activated, and to me SRAM feels solid. others Shimano is light and nice and sram is clunky and heavy

supersonic

I prefer Shimano generally, but found the X0 a world apart from lower SRAM stuff when I tested them all for WMB. No lateral play in the levers, snappy action, infact I rated it above XTR.

YeehaaMcgee

Thewaylander wrote:

I hate shimano shifts are too light can't tell i've activated,

Utter tosh, I'm afraid. I changed to an XT rear mech and shifter last year, and it is the most positive combination I've ever used. Big KABOOM KABOOM shifting. Lovely.

rockmonkeysc

I agree, I find my SLX shifters much more positive than my SRAM X0

supersonic

Definitely thinking a knackered X0!

Thewaylander

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

Thewaylander wrote:

I hate shimano shifts are too light can't tell i've activated,

Utter tosh, I'm afraid. I changed to an XT rear mech and shifter last year, and it is the most positive combination I've ever used. Big KABOOM KABOOM shifting. Lovely.

opposite experience to me, having recently used some XTR 10 speed shifter mated to an XT mech.. really light shifts not at all how i like them.

YeehaaMcgee

I reject your reality, and substitute my own!

Thewaylander

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

I reject your reality, and substitute my own!

Ner my reality is better than your reality!!

njee20

I find Shimanos pretty light, often double shift on my XTRs, particularly when the cables are new.

XX was much more 'deliberate' for want of a better word.

rockmonkeysc

I decided to give SRAM another try and ordered a new X0 shifter. If this one is no better im changing to a Saint mech and XTR shifter next time.

YeehaaMcgee

Why Saint and XTR? does it positively have to be the most expensive setup?

rockmonkeysc

Not really. Saint because its tough and the XTR shifter because I really like the way they work and they last years.

rockmonkeysc

Fitted a new X0 shifter this evening. The old one was definitely a duff one from new.
The new one feels much more positive than the last one ever was.