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Originally Posted by Table 5
Anyone here have any real world experience with SRAM Rival 1x?
I'm currently in the process of speccing out a bike, and considering it as an alternative to the Shimano 105 groupset, as the cleaner/simpler idea of a 1x appeals to me. It will be mostly for a "gravel" bike frame, but more or less will be just used to bum around town, on bike paths, sometimes hauling my Charriot.
Good/bad idea?
Downside is that it seems to be more expensive (and on that note, having a hard time finding a place online to buy the whole groupset). Plus I find SRAM's kind of look ugly with all their graphics (although the other's aren't much better).
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Sram 1x works really well. I have a Force 1x gravel bike in my garage and it's pretty seamless. Works really well. Not a huge fan of Sram road front derailleurs though.
I wouldn't say that Rival is any better than 105 though. Different in how you shift. If you are used to Shimano you may not like Sram Double Tap. I'd try it first.