In 2009 Shimano brought electronic gear-shifting to road bikes, in the form of its Dura-Ace Di2 group. The slightly-less-pricey Ultegra Di2 system followed, although it was still aimed at roadies.
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One-by Shimano drivetrain with XTR Di2 rear derailleur spotted on Roubaix bike
It appears as though several Ineos Grenadiers riders will be trialing some creative tech to negotiate the extreme cobble ...
Last September at Interbike, Shimano showed its first working samples of Di2 for the dirt crowd, and the 30-odd minutes we got to ride the prototype left us captivated. Shifting was fast and accurate, ...
The History of the Shimano XTR Components originally appeared on BikeMag. A recent teaser on Instagram from Shimano got me thinking about how long it's been since we saw the brand update its mountain ...
Though not as major a change as SRAM XX1, XTR Di2 is revolutionary with near-perfect execution Based on a test ride at the Albstadt round of the UCI World Cup, Shimano's XTR Di2 isn't just a mountain ...
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Shimano’s New XTR M9200 Mountain Bike Group Is Fast, Precise, and Wireless. But Is It Truly Revolutionary?
What’s really exciting about XTR Di2 is that it offers fast and precise shifting; it also performs admirably under load. Single up and down shifts fired off precisely under high-watt pedaling loads, ...
Editor's note: this speculative article was published in 2015. We now have a clear view of what Shimano was working on. Read all the details about the development of Shimano's new XTR M9100 drivetrain ...
Cannondale Factory Racing (CFR) returns to the World Cup Cross-Country race paddock with a fresh bike and team kit. Headlined by elite racers Charlie Aldridge and former gold medalist and world ...
In 1990, SunTour gave the world the BEAST: the Browning Electronic AccuShift Transmission, the first electronic shifting system. They threw it on a mountain bike triple, and it worked half the time.
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Skeptics decried electronic transmissions on road bikes are unnecessarily complicated and an ...
Though Shimano’s announcement at Sea Otter of a new 1×11 XTR component group had us excited, it was the whispers of a new electronic mountain group that sounded truly groundbreaking. Having kept the ...
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