A side from road bikes, are there any new of the shelf MTB’s available as standard with Di2 fitted? I’d like to see some reviews if possible.
There are virtually no working groupsets available at the moment for the press – hence the only reviews you’ll see are from the odd teaser event hosted by Shimano, like the one the aussies had recently and the europeans/americans had in Albstadt in the summer (when there were only 3 available to ride anywhere, except the 3 which were on the pro XC racers’ bikes). there’s not yet been the full launch event yet for Di2, just teaser events.
you can pre-buy Di2 bikes for delivery when its available (plenty out there), but you’re likely looking jan/feb delivery at the moment. it’ll be the same for journos testing bikes too, at least in europe…
if that aussie at cycling tips actually has Di2 as a longterm test (as opposed to the mechanical groupset that the likes of singletrack have), he’d be the first journo to have one, and given that its an aussie roadie blog (as opposed to a global MTB website), it’s somewhat surprising…
(I’ve been chatting to a bike journo mate about it…)