April 8, 2009 Japanese bike component manufacturer Shimano seems to have the pro-cycling world in a bit of a spin with its newly launched electronic Dura-Ace road racing components. It’s still early ...

Incredibly smooth, precise and reliable shift performance that cable-actuated systems can't match, but hugely expensive and multiple shift performance could be better "A solution to a problem that ...

Disc brakes, 34t cassette, plus the best bits of Dura-Ace Shimano’s new Ultegra groupset has now been officially announced. Dubbed R8000 for the mechanical version and R8070 for the electronic Di2 ...

After all the spy shots, prototypes, anticipation and debate over Shimano's foray into electronic gear shifting, the lid has finally been officially lifted on the new electronic Dura-Ace 'Di2' ...

Dura Ace has won the iF Product Design Award 2009. This contest is one of the world’s leading design competitions, organised by the International Forum Design in Hannover Germany, with a history of ...

It's been five years since Shimano last updated the Dura-Ace groupset but today that all changes. There've been numerous hints at what was coming and we've stayed abreast of all the patent ...

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 ...