Race Face has earned a decent reputation for its cranks over the years, offering lightweight models for XC riders and burly DH friendly versions, and...
The Shimano Saint groupset was the component giant's first foray into parts specifically designed for "extreme" riding.
We’ve often commented in the past on the somewhat arbitrary nature of the bike industry’s calendar, and the increasing randomness of the model year. The...
We brought you an early look at the all new 2008 Shimano Deore XT groupset a while ago (part 1, part 2). Since then we’ve...
Having got you up to speed with the new Shimano Deore XT transmission components, here’s the rest of it. Brakes Shimano’s Servo Wave system was introduced for...
While we tend to think of mountain biking as a young sport, it’s actually starting to look quite middle-aged. By way of an example, this...
We’ve already presented our first riding impressions of 2007 Shimano XTR cranks and brakes. Here’s the bit that’s really interesting, though – the wonderful world...
The all-new 2007 Shimano XTR groupset won’t be in the shops for a little while yet, but recently we had the opportunity to get a...
You’ve no doubt seen the 2007 Shimano XTR brakes, wheels/hubs, rear mech, pedals and shifters: all that’s left is the new chainset and front mechs....
We’ve already revealed everything from Shimano that comes beneath XTR, but this is the really exciting stuff – a brand new Shimano XTR groupset. These...
These are the first official pictures of the 2007 SRAM X.9 drivetrain components, as ridden by OE customers (that is, the people who buy transmission...
On the murky outskirts of Birmingham, the covers were whipped off Shimano’s 2007 range of products. No-one’s going to pretend that Shimano is anything less...
The Shimano Deore group has always been kind of a shire horse of the component world – not all that pretty, not all that light,...
Around six billion years ago – okay, just the one – we got hold of most of a Shimano Deore XT groupset. I promptly fitted...
SRAM’s X-7 and x-9 trigger shifters have become well-established – there’s tons of the stuff coming on 2005 bikes and the all-thumbs shifters have a...
Shimano has released details of a bunch of new parts for the 2006 model year. Actually most of what we’re looking at here is scheduled...
We brought you news of lots of Shimano’s 2005 gear a little while back, but the big S was keeping some stuff back. Now, though,...
Had enough 2005 kit yet? Well, SRAM has released details of – wait for it – 2006 components. Actually while the revised trigger shifters were...
As we’ve previously mentioned, this is the time of year when bike industry product managers are busily speccing next year’s bikes. Which means that they...
Thanks to Shimano’s rigidly-enforced press embargo, there’s a fair chance that you’ve already seen these only-officially-released-today pictures. They’ve been all over everywhere, after all. Still,...
You might have seen sneakily-published images of the new Shimano Saint freeride/DH group elsewhere, but these are the first officially-released shots. Bear in mind that...
For approximately for ever, Shimano’s MTB groups have been for mountain bikes. Obvious, yes, but the point is they’ve never really made much of a...
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