Looking for feedback from SRAM users

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Thanks for the reply, Denise! So wow, I was really hoping to hear that SRAM would be EASIER to shift. Now I'm hesitant. It's the whole "shoving the lever" thing that is my specific problem. The throw on my Ultegra shifters is just way too damn long, and my weak (and usually painful) hands simply can't tolerate it for very long. I have had this bike back at my LBS more times than I care to count for this very issue. Eventually, I ended up taking it to another bike mechanic and he found that the shift cable for my RD was too short, so he lengthened it and that did help somewhat for awhile. But now it's starting to feel hard and stiff again. And my front ring is an entirely different story...it's been hard to shift from day 1 and even with a brand new replacement shifter, there is zero improvement. It is SO difficult to shift my chain from the small ring to the big one, that I often debate on whether to go down into my small ring on hills because I know it'll be a b!tch moving it back to the big ring. It has never shifted on just one sweep of the lever...it takes me in the ballpark of 3-4 sweeps of the lever before the chain will jump into the big ring. It's extremely frustrating because I always have to take my eyes off the road and LOOK DOWN to confirm if the chain has moved onto the big ring!

Linda