Shimano Review

Shimano gear is more expensive and slightly heavier than SRAM's offerings although it performs much better. While SRAM has, without the shadow of a doubt, better ergonomics, it also shifts far worse. Shimano's shift levers simply have too much reach to use comfortably and will hopefully be revised shortly. The shifting performance and durability is impeccable, however I will have to note that when I bought 7900 the right hand shift lever broke after 3 shifts. It was warrantied and I had a new lever in less than a week though. Before I put SRAM on my cross bike I had a set of previous generation Ultegra that shifted wonderfully and had been used on two bikes before. It still worked magnificently well, the only reason I got SRAM on my bike is that my dad took off a set of Force from his bike and I wanted to get rid of the annoying cables sticking out of the sides of the shift levers as I kept hooking them on things during cross season. If you're racing your bike on a budget or simply want the lightest go with SRAM, but if you want shifting quality on your bike then I would suggest Shimano. If your not racing, no doubt about it go with Campagnolo. My Campagnolo review should be up in a few days and I will place a link to it here when I'm done.