Originally Posted by
Eric F
Sounds to me like you just had bad luck twice
That could very well be, which is why I started the sentence with "In my experience ..."
Or I have had exceptionally good luck with all of my 11-speed Shimano derailleurs.
[That said, it's not out of the realm of possibility that the derailleur cage is more fragile that Shimano. I spend time on a MTB-focused form, as well, and haven't noticed a trend of complaints regarding the same issue as yours. My only SRAM experience is with XX1, and I have had flawless performance in the time I've owned by bike.
SRAM disc brakes, however, are notorious for being sub-standard compared with Shimano. I was watching a tech video (GCN or GMBN, I think) this weekend, and they mentioned the same thing...repeatedly. My XX1-equipped bike is running XTR brakes.
It is definitely much harder to bend it back into shape (but this could well be true of any 12-speed cage). The tolerances are much less forgiving. I confess to being a bit prejudiced, due to my experiences with SRAM and Avid brakes.