Stan’s & Hope Respond To Shimano Micro Spline Licensing Frustrations

Stan’s & Hope Respond To Shimano Micro Spline Licensing Frustrations

Hub manufacturers express frustration at Shimano’s tightly-controlled licensing over Micro Spline freehub standard  Last year when Shimano released the XTR M9100 groupset, it also unveiled a brand new proprietary freehub body called Micro Spline. This Micro Spline freehub body was developed specifically to be able…

Live Q&A On The New Shimano 12-Speed Deore XT & SLX Groupsets

Live Q&A On The New Shimano 12-Speed Deore XT & SLX Groupsets

Send us in your questions on the new Shimano 12-Speed XT & SLX groupsets! In case you missed one of the biggest product announcements of the year, Shimano has just announced it will be rolling out brand new 12-speed iterations of its popular Deore XT…

First Ride Review | Shimano SLX M7100 1×12 Drivetrain & Brakes

First Ride Review | Shimano SLX M7100 1×12 Drivetrain & Brakes

Wil gets his grubby mitts on the new Shimano SLX M7100 groupset for an early ride review  In case you hadn’t heard the news, Shimano has just announced it will be rolling out both new XT and SLX groupsets for 2019. Having launched XTR 12-speed…

Shimano Unveils Brand New 12-Speed Deore XT & SLX Groupsets

Shimano Unveils Brand New 12-Speed Deore XT & SLX Groupsets

Shimano Deore XT M8100 and SLX M7100 see 12-speed technology trickled down from the XTR M9100 groupset In a move that will surprise literally nobody, Shimano has just revealed its brand new 12 speed Deore XT M8100 groupset – almost exactly one year after XTR…