Comments on: SRAM Force vs SRAM Rival Groupsets Comparison?!!

By: The Starving Artist.

The Starving Artist. — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:22:40 +0000

I am going to go with SRAM rival because everyone seems to love it, and I like the idea of not having to use the break lever as my shifter, sooner or later I’de probably shift when not meaning or vice versa, plus Rival is 100 grams lighter than Ultegra….
I like the Carbon on the rival break Levers now, nice, I must say though, I really love the look of Ultegra SL, it’s got a rich batmanish flavor to it, it just looks expensive. But I think the important thing is the design, Sram is just more simple and easy to take apart and clean. And they dont tax you to hard on the prices.

By: bendover

bendover — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:20:23 +0000

i have had both rival and force the only difference is force is a little lighter and about $100 more expensive. go rival it works just as well.
as for campy it is the best, but you will be spending way more and not getting that much better although thumb shifters are way sweet

By: R2D2

R2D2 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:24:37 +0000

I used before Shimano Ultegra and I love it. However, I got I bike with RIVAL and men!

Now SRAM Rival is much better then ULTEGRA and I really LOVE IT.

I had Rival for more then 1 year and is the best of the best.
Now I want to try SRAM RED.

By: tomislav

tomislav — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:43:47 +0000

only campy!!!

By: Koalio

Koalio — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:10:13 +0000

I just got into cycling after 20 years. I shopped around a bit before purchasing anything. Since I had been ‘out’ for 20 years, even the Shimano tech was new to me. I test rode a couple of bikes, and I liked the way the double tap system works over the Shimano (105/Ultrega) shifters that I tried. Lucky for me, the bike I wanted with SRAM Rival gear went on sale, so I bought it. After 140 miles, I am very happy with my purchase.

By: sandro winarko

sandro winarko — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:38:50 +0000

if sram chanksomponent already in stock i would like to buy t

By: Ike

Ike — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:10:00 +0000

I have the Sram Force group including the Compact Crank 50/34T and a cassette 11-26. Wonder if I can upgrade to the cassette to 11-28.

By: Colin M

Colin M — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:43:42 +0000

Ok I have used them all Campy (older super record) Shimano Ultegra 105′s. I just bought Sram Force on a Specialized carbon bike. This group set is very good and affordable. Unlike shimano, there is no skimping here. This new kid, on road bikes, is every bit as good as the, names we paid a higher mark up for.

By: Harris

Harris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:24:49 +0000

My 2008 cannondale six 13 was setup with this group set. I have only ridden for a week now, but i love the double tap. My Giant OCR had 105 groupset which worked very good but again the double tap system to me is much better. Seems to me the Rival has a smoother gear change.