Originally Posted by
cyccommute
This whole “SRAM didn’t make a good front derailer” is a mystery to me. I don’t have any SRAM road stuff but their front derailer for mountain bikes is far better than anything Shimano makes. Even the cheap ones like the X-3 are far better than any of the Shimano cheap front derailers…especially the Tourney line.
And SRAM shifters are far better as well. Much less likely to end up not working because the grease gets gummy.
I don't understand the issue either.
I have a couple of Sram mechanical (Force and Red 10 sp) and an AXS 12 sp. wireless bike, all 2X. I've never had one bit of problems adjusting and shifting anyof these FDs. Maybe I'm just a clueless insensitive slob when it comes to discerning good from bad in the fine art of front shifting and don't recognize poor shifting when I see it. Or great shifting - because the front shifting on my 9 and 10 speed 2x Shimano bikes (Dura Ace, Ultegra) has always seemed to be the exact shade of carefree shifting as Sram to me.
But I'm just one guy who can't understand why the bad rap.