Quote Originally Posted by itself View Post
So by bike mechanic is saying the SRAM components are far better than shimano.

What are your experiences? It sure would be nice to buy american!

Lisa
"Far better", um no.

They both have different feels and shifting mechanisms, and it's a personal preference thing. But they are both about equal at similar component levels IMO. I physically cannot comfortably shift SRAM Red with it's new "double tap" design and my small hands, so for me SRAM is absolutely worthless. I can see where other riders would get used to it and like it though.

All my bikes (2 mountain, 2 road) run full Shimano and it's never given me a problem on any of them.

Ride them both and make your own decision if you have a choice. Otherwise just buy the bike and ride it.