After appearing to be heading headlong down the Dual Control route, you could almost hear the cheers when Shimano reintroduced XTR Rapidfire - and it's even better than before. The neat little pods ...

Shimano claim that their new XTR race pedal (PD-M980) offers the ultimate in power transfer. After a month-and-a-half riding on them, we agree – but this efficiency comes at high cost to the pedal’s ...