I'm not trying particularly hard here to stand up for SRAM because their product will either speak for itself over the next few years or it won't, but when was the last time you saw a snapped derailleur hanger, UDH or otherwise? For me, it's been years, and in that time, the people I've been riding with have evolved along with their bikes to be riding rowdier stuff with far fewer mechanicals and broken bikes and parts.
I think it's good to question anything new and wonder about the consequences, but most of the hand-wringing is just that.
March 22, 2023, 9:42 a.m. - Pete Roggeman
I'm not trying particularly hard here to stand up for SRAM because their product will either speak for itself over the next few years or it won't, but when was the last time you saw a snapped derailleur hanger, UDH or otherwise? For me, it's been years, and in that time, the people I've been riding with have evolved along with their bikes to be riding rowdier stuff with far fewer mechanicals and broken bikes and parts. I think it's good to question anything new and wonder about the consequences, but most of the hand-wringing is just that.