ok for those people blasting about how hard it is to change the cable in a SRAM X9 or X0 you dont know what is going on inside a shifter!!! Have you ever notice how there is always a slack in you shimano trigger??? During the first par of the travel nothing happen and only then the shifter engage and start pulling the cable. And with a shimano shifter you can change 3 or 4 speed at most in one push... With a SRAM X9 or X0 there is zero slack in the trigger. As soon as the trigger start moving the shifter start pulling cable and you can change 5 speed in one push... If you want a smooth trigger feeling and be able to change the cable in a sec, go for shimano i don't blame you, but don't say that SRAM is a big bunch of crap. I am a bike mechanic and a rider and i ride SRAM and i think that SRAM is the best.