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…

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…

First Ride Review | Shimano Deore XT M8100 1×12 Drivetrain & Brakes

First Ride Review | Shimano Deore XT M8100 1×12 Drivetrain & Brakes

Wil gets a first ride review on the brand new Shimano Deore XT M8100 groupset  Last year Shimano unveiled its first 12-speed mountain bike groupset; also known as XTR M9100.…

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…

First Ride Review: Quiet hubs and smooth shifting – Shimano is BACK with new XTR!

First Ride Review: Quiet hubs and smooth shifting – Shimano is BACK with new XTR!

Just over a month ago, Shimano unveiled the most anticipated product launch of 2018: the brand new 12-speed M9100 XTR groupset. Took ’em long enough eh? We brought you all…

2-piston or 4-piston? Testing & comparing Shimano’s brand new XTR disc brakes

2-piston or 4-piston? Testing & comparing Shimano’s brand new XTR disc brakes

Last week I was lucky to find myself in the wonderfully atmospheric Kranjska Gora in Slovenia. A location unfamiliar to this antipodean, Kranjska Gora is squeezed into the north western…

2 Videos To Show You How Good Shimano XTR 12-Speed Is

2 Videos To Show You How Good Shimano XTR 12-Speed Is

Unless you’ve been residing below a stone-based dwelling for the past month, you’ll be well aware that Shimano recently delivered one of the biggest product stories of 2018; new, 12-speed…

We Get Our Grubby Paws On Shimano’s Brand New 1×12 XTR Groupset

We Get Our Grubby Paws On Shimano’s Brand New 1×12 XTR Groupset

Shimano XTR M9100 may have only launched a week ago, but already the 12-speed groupset has been making waves amongst the global mountain bike media and on internet forums everywhere.…

First Look: Shimano Introduces 12-Speed With XTR M9100

First Look: Shimano Introduces 12-Speed With XTR M9100

They’ve only gone and done it! That’s right, Shimano has finally gone 12-speed in one of the most anticipated moves of the millennium. While SRAM has been dominating the drivetrain…