Inline with Shimano’s
“closer to nature, closer to people” slogan, the company wants “benefit from
field riders’ experience in order to strenghten our leading design and
performance experience”.

What does that mean? In a nutshell: Shimano are looking for hardcore riders that “can bring the components to their limits. The aim is to acquire racing data from real consumers about shifting
performance under various conditions”.

They keep them in cold storage don’t you know

Applications and conditions are displayed on Shimano.com, next to the Airlines page.

A regular reporting about the riding experiences will be set up and hopefully reported here first!