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 ...

Shimano has added new 12-speed mountain bike groupsets – Deore XT and SLX – to the range-topping XTR 12-speed, which was launched last year. Shimano joined SRAM – which has 12-speed road and mountain ...

After launching tweaked 10-speed versions of their Deore XT and SLX groupsets, Shimano have finally responded to the threat posed by SRAM's top-end XX group by unveiling an all-new set of XTR kit for ...

Ok, let's get this out of the way first: We don't usually (or ever) review groupsets. There are a few reasons for this--availability, novelty, and (quite frankly) interest. Also, not a ton of ...