The 2016 Sea Otter Classic Festival and Expo is just getting under way, but there's already news from Shimano about a new Deore Di2 mountain bike group, greater options for Di2 configurations for drop ...

Ok, let's get this out of the way first: We don't usually (or ever) review groupsets. There are a few reasons for this--availability, novelty, and (quite frankly) interest. Also, not a ton of ...

Shimano’s long-awaited wireless XTR Di2 groupset is here. We test the upgrade kit to see if it upholds the brand’s reputation for fast, smooth shifting. In June 2025 Shimano unveiled what many of us ...

Though Shimano’s announcement at Sea Otter of a new 1×11 XTR component group had us excited, it was the whispers of a new electronic mountain group that sounded truly groundbreaking. Having kept the ...

Shimano recently filed for a patent for a new wireless shifting system that appears to function much like the Japanese company's mechanical shifting configuration where the brake lever moves to shift ...

Powered shifting – changing gear with an electrical signal not a traditional gear cable – isn’t strictly new, Suntour released its Browning Electronic AccuShift Transmission (snappily known as BEAST) ...