I'm just joking, I own lots of British shit Inlcuding some Hope parts (Stanton, Mason, Kinesis, Inbred, On-One, Condor), but I've no need to look past Shimano for groupset components for the most part. In some cases they don't provide what I want so I buy aftermarket but in the case of brakes - they have brakes that work just fine for everything I've done and I think I've done quite a variety of riding to know.
Yeah I figured lol. I go both ways too. Love Shimano and no qualms with Asian goods (quite the opposite, I wanna support some of those economies) but I'm too deep into the SRAM ecosystem. Waiting for a good time/opportunity to reset and go back, like fully wireless Di2.
I'm putting AXS on my MTBs. Shimano missed the boat by not bringing Di2 to groups below XTR so AXS seems the best option for off-road ultras now. I still puke up a little every time I think about that.
I'm just joking, I own lots of British shit Inlcuding some Hope parts (Stanton, Mason, Kinesis, Inbred, On-One, Condor), but I've no need to look past Shimano for groupset components for the most part. In some cases they don't provide what I want so I buy aftermarket but in the case of brakes - they have brakes that work just fine for everything I've done and I think I've done quite a variety of riding to know.