I know this was asked several times, but there are two „new“ configurations with the same price in europe, which one would you prefer and why?
Till 2015 I have racing experience with a Lapierre with a Ultegra if it‘s useful for you…
I have heard good things about Sram, but have never driven one.
Thanks for your help
by flodschi22
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I personally prefer SRAM.
Shifting makes much more sense, similar to a racing/sports car, one side up-shifts and the other downshifts. Both at the same time shifts the FD.
EDIT: I’d also take the Zipp 404 over the DT Swiss wheels.
I do prefer sram, especially the new generation like here. I feel like the haptics are better, I like that i can take a spare battery on my rides, the shifting logic is way better and chain dropping is no issue anymore on the new ones.
But ultimately it comes down to the hood ergonomics, the sram just fit better for my hands and this will be the most notable difference.
PS.: I ride the Aeroad with sram. It‘s insanely good.
cannot recommend sram just from personal experience; multiple friends of mine had chain slipping, even with fresh serviced bikes, one broke his collarbone… just anecdotal experience but I believe i am not the only one who witnessed stuff like that
SRAM plus Zipp any day
Shimano and DT Swiss configurations are usually cheaper so in this case Sram is the better deal
When it comes to the drive train: It’s all personal preference, neither is really clearly better. The gear ratios of sram are off-putting for people, but the power meter is likely more reliable.
If you want to ride this bike fast and turn it at speed, carving corners etc, I would get the Shimano version because the DT swiss wheels are NOT hookless, whereas the 404s are
BB86 and DUB is asking for trouble. Ultegra shifts better anyway.
My Aeroad CF SLX 8 AXS just arrived and it is dope!
If you have any plans to get the aero extension or tri-bars of some sort and want remote shifting from that position, definitely go SRAM.
I have this bike with Ultegra di2 and another titanium bike that has SRAM force. My opinion is Shimano shifts crispier and is quieter but I like the ergonomics of the new force better along with how the shifting works. I’ve even setup my Ultegra shifters to function as closely to SRAM as possible
Always di2
Sram for the shifter ergonomics and cross compatibility within the axs lineup. I also don’t care about hooked vs hookless wheels and the Zipps are cool.
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I prefer Di2. But both are good. I have Di2 on my Aeroad and SRAM on my gravel bike. The Di2 has been more reliable.
Having said that, I probably lean towards the Zipp wheels over DT Swiss. But, again, both are good.
Edit: just saw in the comments that the 404 wheels are hookless. I wouldn’t buy hookless wheels. Had a guy wipe out at ~40 km/h in a corner about 30m in front of me because his hookless setup failed and the tire burped all of it’s air.
New dura ace and Ultegra are just around the corner. I would wait.
What in the LEASE
I rode 2 bikes with ultegra di2 for almost 9 years.
Last year I got a CFR with sram red e1. The button config is great and is an upgrade. The fit, finish, and appearance of the components is an upgrade. The FD virtually never drops the chain which is something that happened regularly with ultegra regardless of adjustments or even a chain drop arm.
The actual RD shifting of the sram is IMO rougher than di2. In fact for the first 1000+ miles on my new sram setup I had a lot of skipping and rasping problems and I could not adjust it out via the app trim settings while riding. I finally made adjustments while hand pedaling the bike in the air and putting my ear right beside the cassette, and that method of adjustment seems to have helped. IT does seem like it has gotten better with mileage and is smoother now but still not as smooth as di2, especially the big jump in and out of the biggest sprocket. Shifts are louder and more mechanical/clunky.
Perfection would be a di2 system with red controls and batteries.
If I had it to do over again I’d probably get di2 instead.
I’m a Shimano Fanboy but at this point, I’d go SRAM Force. The group is way better than Ultegra.
6.5k bicycle? Is it gold frame or what?
SRAM without hesitation
I was alway a Shimano person, but I switched to SRAM because I was using a 1x setup on my gravel bike (Shimano 1x didn’t have the range at the time I got my gravel bike) and I didn’t want to have two different shifting platforms on my bikes so I put it on my road bike too.
I never like the old AXS hoods and almost went back to Shimano because of it. But I have since changed to the new E1 hoods, they are much better. I think they both groups are good but I much prefer the gear range that’s available with SRAM (I live in a very hilly/mountainous area) and I like how easy it is to setup and maintain with no wires to run or internal battery to place. I will say I like Di2 for its battery life, it was much easier to deal with but after buying a couple more sram batteries I always have them charged and typically carry an extra. At this point I’m all in with SRAM.
Personally Shimano Di2 over SRAM all day.
But the hookless Zipp wheels are a big no go.