Shimano vs. SRAM: Which is the Better Brand?

So which is the better brand? These are two of the most influential companies in the bike industries, but very few in the mainstream media, or those relying on sponsorship or advertising revenue, are prepared to pick a winner. To keep everyone happy, the opinion most often expressed is this: “Neither is better. They both have their pros and cons.” I’ll go out on a limb and give my unbiased, unsponsored opinion of which of these two bike component companies I think out performs the other.

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00:00 Outtake
00:12 Intro
02:18 Performance
04:31 Quality & Reliability
05:34 Innovation
08:06 Corporate Reputation
18:11 The Winner!

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[woolfel]

I have Di2 and SRAM rival on two different bikes. To me both are reliable, the big difference is the gearing of rival and the wireless. For winter riding, pressing two big buttons is on SRAM is simpler than Di2 tiny buttons

[StanEby]

Thanks for your valuable and objective observations, assessments, conclusions, and guts to take a position.
Being picky here....although there are many nuances that could be argued regarding the pronunciation of "Shimano, " almost anyone would agree that the "man" in "Shimano" is not pronounced as the word, "man." That is, with a short "a, " but rather as the "a" sounds in "mano a mano" pronounced in Spanish.
All the best, and thanks again.

[skiwithpete]

I like your content, but you only get to the meat of the subject after 30seconds. Literally you could have cut the entire first :30 and we wouldn't have missed anything. I think you should. Making your content shorter and punchier will help you grow.