by weenie on Wed May 20, 2015 3:16 am
to be honest the recalled sram disc brakes were performing excellent (i used them in cold weather for 8month til they got me the new ones, i didnt go mechanical..)
the new ones (which arent just a fix but a completely new model...) are just as good, the lever a lil nicer even. everything was very very well taken care of for a recall and if anything i feel more confident buying from them, knowing they'll fix and replace/upgrade everything for free incl. paying my LBS for installation if they mess something up.
dont get me wrong, shimano is very good as well, but i could hardly recommend dura ace over red22 or the opposite. (there's a point for Di2 over red22, obviously, until this sram wireless electric thing comes out).
Right now i've bikes with latest sram red 22, sram force 22, sram X01, 2013 shimano XTR, shimano dura ace
All these are good. My favorite are the X01 and red22 though mostly because X01 is 1x and very reliable shifting on the MTB compared to my 2x10 XTR (which is a 2x - it's not really a shimano issue per se, its an awesome 2x), and the dura ace is plenty fine but a little finicky to setup. (i dont care about double tap vs shimano shifting, i like both)
Basically, forget the so-called reputation if that's what stopping you, its based on fanboism spam. You can't go wrong with either brand at these price points. (I can't speak about campagnolo since i've never had these, but i suspect its pretty good too)