I've never ridden SRAM brifters. Not requiring the usage of the thumb would be preferred for me, but I've only tried it on a stand at the Hotter N Hell 100 expo. Seems logical, but I guess I'd have to see how well I got used to it in practice. It seems like downshifting would be similar to mashing the Shimano brake lever to the left, except it's only the button you're mashing to the left harder than when you upshift.
My younger sister has one bike with Shimano brifters and one bike with SRAM brifters. Unfortunately with her job and travel requirements she rides on her trainer more often than on the road. And she is hardcore about it, she doesn't think anything of riding in the trainer for 4 hours. When she first got the SRAM bike, a crabon fibre Cervelo, I asked her if she found it quite a bit different than Shimano and she said no it didn't seem different at all, but she had at that time not ridden the bike on an actual road. When she finally got it out on the road she was like whoa this is way different, but the last time I rode with her a few months back she seemed pretty well adapted to it. On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/21/2015 05:53 PM, Jim Bronson wrote: >> >> I like the ergonomics of the way the Campy hoods attach to the bars, >> but I don't like the thumb operated Campy downshift mechanism. I >> prefer the Shimano style, but that method is probably patented. > > > How do you feel about SRAM's Double Tap approach? > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ signature goes here -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
