On the same day that Shimano announced its new 12 (and 11 and 10) speed Deore groupset, it is also announcing a few more items, like bigger capacity batteries for its e-bike motors and, well, there are a few things that are particularly niche… XTR…
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Shimano XTR Groupset | Premium Components Punished Through Winter
It’s no secret that Shimano was a bit late to the game with their 12 speed drivetrains. While the other ‘Big S’ was cornering the market for wide range single ring setups, Shimano was beavering away getting their products developed to the standard they wanted…
Fresh Goods Friday 453 – At Least We Have Eccles Cakes Edition
Could that be summer, peeking its little sunny head round the corner? Or is it just the glint of our tears as we stare out at another day of foiled ride plans and wet shoes… OK, so it’s not quite that bad, but we do…
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…
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…
Fox Live Valve – Is It Better Than Turning The Knobs Yourself? Maybe Not.
We had a week to ride a Live Valve equipped bike on our own trails. What did we think? Chipps takes up the story... Fox Live Valve has just been announced, but last month, we got to spend a few days on a Fox Live…
This Sterling Silver Orange Five XTR Is Stunning!
Orange’s stand at Eurobike is full of new colour options for the coming year, but there was 1 bike in particular that grabbed our attention. Can you really say ‘No’ when someone asks if you want to take photos of an Orange 5 dripping with…
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…
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…
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…
Shimano Apologises For Its Factory Catching Fire
Yesterday, British cycle trade news website, Cycling Industry News broke the news that local Japanese media were reporting a fire at Shimano’s Osaka main factory and company HQ. We contacted Shimano’s European offices in the Netherlands and were reassured to hear that there were no…
Shimano’s Deore XT Di2 2×11 Electronic Drivetrain Is From A Sci-Fi Movie
After six months of thrashing Shimano's latest electronic drivetrain in Calderdale's wet and muddy conditions, David gives us his verdict.
Shimano Announces New Chainrings, Quicklinks, 11-46t Cassettes
New profiles for Shimano 1x chainrings, and an even wider range cassette
Shimano XTR Di2 – First Look with video.
Electric shifting comes to MTB, but is it just for XC racers or can enduro racers get anything out of it?
Chipps’ Top Ten for 2015
The editor of Singletrack gives his top ten most wanted bikes and components for 2015
Fresh Goods XTR Video Special Part 3: Drivetrain and Wheels
The last in our wondrous instalment of XTR goodness. Chainset, cassettes and wheels. It's. All. Good.
Fresh Goods Special – XTR Part 1 – Brakes
Chipps unboxes some braking spangles in 2015 XTR race flavour
Eurobike Demo Day: Here’s what caught our eye, part one
Demo Day gives the first opportunity to spot what’s coming in 2015, here’s what we’ve found so far.
Shimano XTR groupset.
If you can afford it, then it’ll certainly go the extra mile with and for you.
Fresh Goods Friday 143
Hey, it's still Friday, what are you complaining about? Lots of shiny things inside
Wednesday’s Wild Supposition: Electric Di2 XTR?
Fresh from the Twitterbox of Geoff Kabush, it'd seem electric shifting is going offroad
Long Termer Review: Jon’s Intense Tracer 2
Jon's been riding the Tracer 2 all over the place - six months down the line here's a comprehensive review
Fresh Goods
It’s Friday and freedom beckons! Before you get released from the metaphorical coal mine (or literal one if you happen to be a coal miner) here’s this week’s selection of the stuff we’ve been sent to test for you to love, hate or, even worse,…
Fresh Goods
It's a shiny selection of stuff brought to you by Marin, Specialized, Shimano (2011 XTR! Woo!) and more
Premier Broadcast
Yes, yes, we know it’s a Friday Premier Broadcast coming at you on a Monday but thanks to various unsavoury events we’ve had to delay it until today. Anyway, enough excuses, here’s the goods. This week we have Chipps talking about 2011 XTR and the…
The Story Of XTR Part Four
In Episode 4, we follow Shimano XTR from the factory in Japan to it’s first real world test at the prestigious B.C. Bike Race in Canada. Follow pros like Geoff Kabush, Catharine Pendrel and Melanie McQuaid as they successfully put XTR to the test in…
Pro’s Bikes: Emily Batty’s Trek Top Fuel
While Emily Batty is well known for being ‘the pretty blonde girl who rides for Trek’, she also happens to be a great XC rider with some good results to her name, including a 5th place at the Mont St Anne World U23 Championships this…
Long Termers: Dave’s Kona Kilauea
So it's done and I've been so busy riding I forgot to write the update. Here it is...
Midweek Mini Movies
More moving pictures including the Transwales, a new Chris Akrigg edit, Benromach 10 and much more
XTR 2011 First Look Video
Chipps takes us through the new 2011 XTR groupset, inbetween riding and stroking horses..
2011 XTR First Ride
Chipps is back from Austria where he spent a couple of days riding new 2011 XTR.
Long Termers: Chipps’ Ibis Mojo SL
There does seem to be a fair number of Ibises (Ibii?) in the office at the moment.
Another Nice Movie From Shimano
The fifth installment in Shimano's "Disc Brake" series. Featuring Wade Simmons and Andrew Shandro.