SRAM Force Brifters 1x11 or 2x11

There is no reason to get Force brifters from a practical standpoint.  Get them because you want the look of the carbon blades, or because you want a marginally lighter shifter, but function wise, they’re the same as a Rival.  I’m not against the idea of marginally lighter, and I think they do look cool, so don’t let me talk you out of Force brifters, but don’t get them thinking that the shifting quality or braking is going to be 23% better.  It won’t, it’ll be the same.  The guts / patent drawing of a Force / Rival and Apex brifter is the same across the line.  That’s a good thing, it means the most affordable brifter shifts the same as the nicest one.  I’m leaving out SRAM Red here, not because I don’t like expensive shows of conspicous consumption, but because SRAM has never made a nicer 1x Red drivetrain.   Let me tell you a story about how I stopped worrying and learned to love the SRAM.  I was working in strip mall, sandwiched between a Subway sandwich shop and a hair dresser sup