In 2009 Shimano brought electronic gear-shifting to road bikes, in the form of its Dura-Ace Di2 group. The slightly-less-pricey Ultegra Di2 system followed, although it was still aimed at roadies.

Just like that first XTR mechanical 12-speed group, though, the new XTR Di2 group is worth the wait. More importantly, it finally makes a solid argument in favor of the wireless MTB group with more ...

Shimano has quickly followed the launch of XTR Di2 with two additional wireless groups: XT M8200 and Deore M6200. We got our hands on a sample of the XT group in the compact GS Enduro 1×12 flavor ...

The History of the Shimano XTR Components originally appeared on BikeMag. A recent teaser on Instagram from Shimano got me thinking about how long it's been since we saw the brand update its mountain ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Skeptics decried electronic transmissions on road bikes are unnecessarily complicated and an ...

In 1990, SunTour gave the world the BEAST: the Browning Electronic AccuShift Transmission, the first electronic shifting system. They threw it on a mountain bike triple, and it worked half the time.

Editor's note: this speculative article was published in 2015. We now have a clear view of what Shimano was working on. Read all the details about the development of Shimano's new XTR M9100 drivetrain ...

Last September at Interbike, Shimano showed its first working samples of Di2 for the dirt crowd, and the 30-odd minutes we got to ride the prototype left us captivated. Shifting was fast and accurate, ...

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 ...

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Shimano today announced details of a new Di2 electronic version of its top-tier XTR mountain bike groupset. Rumours, as well as leaked images of the group, have been floating around the net for some ...