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…
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The Singletrack Shimano Archive
The name Shimano is probably the most famous brand name in all of cycling, this Japanese brand is simply ubiquitous throughout the industry.
On this page you can browse and access every Shimano story, article and review we’ve ever published that features this most iconic of brands.
Whether you are a 10 year old getting your first bike without stabilisers or a seasoned pro on a bike priced in five figures, it’s a safe bet that the words ‘Shimano’ will be found somewhere on your bike.
Formed in 1921 under the name Shimano Iron Works the ‘Big S’ has shaped the world of cycling with bike designers around the world basing their latest designs around what this giant of a company releases each year.
Each year the latest technological developments trickle down to the gear levels below, effectively meaning this year’s Shimano LX users are riding the technology of the XTR riders just a few years ago.
As big as the brand is there is competition from the likes of SRAM and Campagnolo.
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…
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. With two new brake systems, the choice of 1×11, 1×12 and 2×12 drivetrain options, a…
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…
Review | Shimano SH-XC901 SPD Carbon Soled MTB Shoes
Jason reviews the latest go-fast SPD MTB shoe from Shimano; the S-Phyre SH-XC901 If you’re serious about riding bikes fast and going faster than other people, you’re probably going to be interested in the S-Phyre SH-XC901 shoes (or the XC901 if you want to keep…
Newsdesk 10: Racing news, Yorkshire bikes, and Shimano reshaping e-Bike design
This week we’re talking big wheels, racing, downhill, Yorkshire bikes, Ripley and a new battery from Shimano that could reshape e-Bike design. Mullet Bikes take 1 and 2 at Maribor If you followed our coverage of the first round of the UCI DH WC then…
Head To Head Trail Bike Review | 2019 GT Sensor Expert Vs 2019 Trek Fuel EX 9.7
When it comes to full suspension trail bikes these days, there are so many options to look at. We’ve got super high-end, luxury carbon options from the likes of Santa Cruz, Yeti, and Pivot, to the other end of the scale with alloy offerings from…
Review | Shimano goes for mega bearing durability with the tough-as Saint M828 flat pedals
For over a quarter of a century, Shimano has held an unwavering reputation for producing some of the most functional and durable clip-in mountain bike pedals on the market. Curiously, the dominating popularity of its SPD system hasn’t exactly translated through to its flat pedal…
A Beautiful Mason, Several Gurns, A New Frame – And The World’s Smallest Samurai Sword… It’s Fresh Goods Friday 436!
No sooner had Chipps returned from his most recent endless holiday, but it seemed that everyone else took that as a cue to take time off for half term (or mid-life crisis adventure holidays…) Never mind, it means that the office this week has been…
There’s More To Life Than Shredits: Singletrack’s Top Ten Videos Of 2018
Where we list our most popular Singletrack videos of the year featuring our resident token attractive Australian.
Fresh Goods Friday 430 – The Mid January Thoughts Edition
Dry January. Veganuary. Januhairy. Dogs are for life and not just for Christmas, but lifestyle choices are seemingly only for January. Or possibly just the first fortnight of January. Apart from Januhairy. That one requires the expending of less effort and is much easier to…
Top 10 Most Read Singletrack Reviews Of 2018, And Number 1 Isn’t an eBike
Last year was pretty full-on for reviews. We tested some of the hottest bikes on the market, both standard and e-MTB types (GASP!), we reviewed the latest clothing, accessories, brakes, forks, protection, glasses, and there was even a 1000Â word review all about a towel (or…
A Fun E-Day Out With Shimano Steps E8000, Turning Descents Into Climbs.
We wanted to find a way of showing how averagely fit mountain bikers can have an absolute scream on an e-bike. Sportline kindly loaned us one of its Ariel-e bikes, equipped with Shimano's top of the range E-8000 electric groupset.
FGF 427: Is It Too Early To Start Christmas Shopping?
Welcome to the final Fresh Goods Friday before Christmas. While it’s probably a little late for gift ideas, there’s nothing to stop you doing some Boxing Day laptop shopping while trying to stay awake through the sherry haze… And this week, well, we hope you…
First Look: 2019 Vitus E-Sommet e-MTB With The All New Shimano Steps E7000
Regular readers of Singletrackworld.com will have read our roundup of 2019 Vitus Bikes earlier in the year. The latest range caters for pretty much everyone from XC racers on a budget to EWS slayers, and they’ve not missed out the E-curious either! Vitus has 3…
4 Mini-Backpacks Tested & Reviewed For The Minimalist Mountain Biker
Not everyone wants to ride with a big ‘n’ heavy backpack, so we’ve been testing a variety of different options for the minimalist mountain bikers out there, waist packs, frame bags and mini-packs. Here, we have the micro-packs – basically, a backpack, only smaller. These strip…
FGF 425: The 17 Days Until Christmas But We’ve Already Opened Our Gifts Edition
There’s something for everyone in this week’s Fresh Goods Friday. Chipps gets a strikingly beautiful carbon frame, Ross gets to dress as his all-time hero, Hannah and Amanda get ultra casual, and Andi is preparing to “Taze” every KOM on Strava. Evil Following Frame Price:…
Orbea Wild FS eMTB Boasts An Off Trend “Upright Trail Bike Position”
There is nothing that we love more than receiving a Press Release on the day that the embargo is to lift. We especially love it when the press release drops in our inbox with just hours to spare and doesn’t include major details. So thanks…
First Look: Genesis Tarn Keeping It Real With UK Steel
Made from steel, the Genesis Tarn is a dedicated 27.5 Plus bike for riders wanting the spring of steel, the boing of chunky rubber and the confidence and stability a modern geometry offers. We’re not sure how the bods at Genesis went about developing the…
Orange Alpine 6 E now available in ‘more affordable’ S spec
Orange Bikes has released it’s Alpine 6 E eMTB in a new S spec build, bringing the same handmade single pivot frame full-suspension bike down to a new lower price point. The S spec model has the same handmade, in the UK, folded alloy frames…
The office dog is better dressed than the lot of us! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 421
If you could design your own bike, what colour would you go for? Would you just choose your favourite colour, or would that mean you’re too matchy-matchy given that your riding kit has been selected on that basis? So maybe a contrasting colour, or a…
First Ride Review: Intense Tazer eMTB
A few years ago we wouldn’t have dreamt that Intense would build an eBike, but they have and judging by the fact that Intense’s head honcho, Jeff Steber managed to leak every stage of development on to his personal Instagram shows just how excited the…
Fresh Goods 414 – Bamboo, BMX, Brakes, Algae, Smart Watches And Acid Brass!
I sit here listening to DJ Boring, sipping my brew from a bamboo cup and await the onslaught of Bronagh. There are a lot of ‘B’s in this weeks edition of Fresh Goods Friday! Beware, brace yourself, but above all do not become bemused! And…
August Summer Savers! Up to 50% off Fox Clothing, Bargain eMTB, and deals on Five Ten
Don’t let the slightly wet weather dampen your spirits, in fact, you should grab a summer bargain while you can and get out and ride more! Just a friendly notice that the links provided below are affiliate links. Five Ten Impact Low From £49.99 CRC…
Review: The huge Shimano Deore XT PD-M8040 flat pedals come with vicious pins, but not all of them made it
First announced over a year ago at the Fort William World Cup alongside the new Saint flat and Saint SPD pedals, the PD-M8040 is the first ever flat pedal from Shimano to wear the Deore XT name. Joining the Deore XT SPD pedals, the XT…
Eurobike 2018: New Shimano & Giro shoes, ropey spokes, and a heavier Orange
Swedish brand Thule is expanding its range of hydration backpacks for mountain biking, and chose Eurobike to debut its new Rail series. Available in 8L, 12L and a 12L Pro version, the Rail backpack builds on the existing Vital backpack, but uses a sturdier harness,…
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 the juicy details in our news story here, and then we gave you a virtual…
Review: Shimano’s Powerful Deore XT M8020 4-Piston Disc Brakes
I’ve been a fan of Shimano brakes for quite a few years now. After trying numerous different brands I always seem to gravitate back to the modern Shimano’s – their predictive feel and ease of maintenance being hard to beat. My go to brake of…
Comfortable kit upgrades, many components and one VERY nice frame – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 402
Did you know that in Idaho there is a button you can press that induces pancakes? Instant, fresh, warm pancakes! Hannah has been over there checking out that button, so expect a full write up soon. Rigorous testing has been done. In other news, we’ve…
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 corner of Slovenia, right up against the intersecting border with Italy and Austria. Surrounded by…
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 XTR. In one of the most eagerly anticipated moves of the year, Shimano finally retaliated…
Poll: How will you convert to 12-speed?
It has taken a little longer than we expected but there are now more 12-speed options available than ever before! The past few weeks have seen SRAM introduce the NX Eagle 12-speed groupset. Officially the most affordable 12-speed drivetrain on the market and a pretty…
Thank Fork! It’s Fresh Goods Friday 401
Brace yourselves! After a brief suspension of service, summer is returning. Prepare for news coverage of lobster coloured people on beaches, children playing in fountains of questionable water quality, and exclamations of how it was hotter in Hull than Benidorm. Before you head home to…
The New Intense Tazer Is Nothing Like The Old One!
Cast your mind back to last week, and you may remember our post about Intense boss Jeff Steber and his prototype e-Bike project. Well, it appears that it has come along quite a bit from the alloy mule we reported on. Again Steber has taken…
Review: Shimano GR7 vs GR9 Flat Pedal Shoes
Shimano unveiled a brand new line of gravity-oriented flat and SPD shoes last year, and since then we’ve been testing a whole swag of them. Two such shoes are the latest GR7 and GR9 models (GR = flat pedal specific), which we decided to give…
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. Aside from taking the logical step to go 12-speed in order to keep up with…
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 market with its superb 1×12 Eagle groupsets including XX1, X01 and GX, Shimano has been…
Longterm Review: Shimano XC7 vs XC9 SPD Mountain Bike Shoes
At the risk of RUINING EVERYTHING, consider this a somewhat cautious announcement that summer is now finally upon us. The weather is (steadily) improving, the trails are (sort of) drying out, and the over-ripened muddy puddles of a brutally long winter are (mostly) making a…
A Threesome Of Bikes, Lots Of Pants, And A Couple Of Strap-Ons – Fresh Goods Friday 396
There is no introduction today because it’s *ping* too difficult *ping ping* to think straight when *ping* your Twitter feed has gone *ping* into overdrive because you *ping ping* innocently tweeted about a column that Bez wrote. *ping* It’s quite the experience. Being famous and…
8 Platform Clip-In Pedals Tested & Reviewed
Wil and the clip-in crew have spent the last few months trying to work out which are the best platform clip-in pedals. Here’s what they found. In Issue 113 of Singletrack, David coordinated a flat pedal group test that put no fewer than 17 flatties…
Cor Blimey It’s Hot! Hot sun and hot product in Fresh Goods Friday 393
Who is heading into the weekend with a light sun burn after over indulgence in the bright stuff this week? Who is heading into the weekend with the smugness of one who had booked Thursday off work and actually got to go and bask in…
Winner Of ‘Best All Round’ – Shimano Saint M820 SPD Pedals
Wil and the clip-in crew have spent the last few months trying to work out which are the best platform clip-in pedals. For this group test, they took eight of the latest platform clip-in pedals to see what each brand has to offer. Each pedal…
Shimano’s Deore XT M8020 4-piston disc brake is here! Plus, confirmed weights & UK pricing
Shimano has some new 4-piston stoppers for 2018, and they’re sliding into the range at the Deore XT level. Rather than being a replacement for the current XT 2-piston brakes though, these new brakes are an addition to the line, and Shimano is pitching them…
Review: The Shimano AM901 is good enough for Rachel Atherton, but is it good enough for regular trail riding?
If you’ve been flicking through fresh pages of the current issue of Singletrack Magazine, you may have already read our in-depth technical feature about the latest generation of platform clip-in pedals. As part of that feature, we took eight sets of these new generation clip-in pedals and…
Cheap on price, but not on performance; we test and review Shimano’s entry-level Deore M6000 groupset
With very little fanfare, Shimano quietly unveiled its new Deore M6000 groupset last year. We got our test groupset in before Xmas, and put it in the hands of a mile-munching Huw Oliver to put the new drivetrain and brakeset through its paces. Over to…
Warm your cockles and melt that snow with the 386th Fresh Goods Friday!
SNOWMAGEDDON! BEAST FROM THE EAST! COLD WINTER CONDITIONS! Have you survived it? Are you currently huddled in your living room with your loved ones, circling around a fire on the floor with the front door jammed shut behind a huge snowdrift? Considering which family member…
Begin Your Weekend Wind Down Here With Fresh Goods Friday 380
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Peace, love and goodies for all bikers – it’s Fresh Goods Friday 379
You may have given up lots of things for January, but Fresh Goods Friday is definitely good for you, so come on in and join us.
Did 2017 Suck? Here Are Three Reasons Why It Did. And Seven Reasons Why It Didn’t.
2017 was memorable in many ways. Not all of them were good, but most were. See if you agree
Stop, HAMMERTIME! We Test 8 High-Powered Stoppers In Our Disc Brake Group Test To Find Out Which Is Best
Looking for an upgrade? We test and review 8 high-powered trail brakes to see which ones come out on top.
