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2010 Shimano Deore

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We’ve just unpacked a big box of silver boxes containing the 2010 Deore groupset. Initial impressions are very good – especially for an ‘entry level’ mountain bike groupset. More when we’ve had a chance to play with it…

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The smart new Deore chainset. Nice muscley flare to it.

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Top swing and bottom swing mechs.
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Centrelock hubs
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Shadow (far) and normal (near) rear mechs. We love the sculptiness of it all
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Side by side - Shadow on the left, normal on the right.
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Yep, you can still get Shimano V-Brakes. Yay!
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New 2010 Deore shifters still get two-way shifting - (push the finger lever in either direction) - which is a great thing.
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A box of goodies. Some days it's great when the doorbell rings.
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Decent V-brake levers for retro, simple or cheaper bikes.
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A close up of that Shadow mech
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The hydraulic brakes come pre-bled and ready to fit.
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The Deore 2010 hydraulic lever. Very stealthy, though it lacks the adjustability of other models (and no, you can't flip-flop them)

Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

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Replies (22)

    ziwi June 17, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    I know Deore never had dual control, but do you think Shimano are going to dump it for the next iteration of XT and XTR whenever that arrives, as they seem to be hated by everyone for some reason. I hesitate to admit I really liked the last dual control interations – and never accidently change gear while braking, am I the only one – should I buy stock now?

    myheadsashed June 19, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    And all for the price you were paying for XTR a couple of years ago………..probably.

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