Shimano recently received a patent filing from the USPTO for a wireless shifting system that appears to function much like the Japanese company's mechanical shifting configuration where the brake ...

A growing cottage industry has started up in the US based around hacks of Shimano's Dura-Ace Di2 electronic groupset. Small companies have created a whole range of products, from prototype wireless ...

This is not the case with Shimano's new Q'Auto system, however, as it draws on the rider's own pedaling power. Designed mainly for urban, trekking and gravel bikes – both regular and electric – Q'Auto ...

With the launch of the Dura-Ace 9100 comes new firmware offering road riders Synchronized Shifting options between front and rear derailleurs. This technology has now been made available to Ultegra ...

In 2009 Shimano brought electronic gear-shifting to road bikes, in the form of its Dura-Ace Di2 group. The slightly-less-pricey Ultegra Di2 system followed, although it was still aimed at roadies.

Look, we all love new tech, and Shimano’s new wireless XTR Di2 seems cool, but this new Deore Di2 M6200 simply seems to make a lot more sense to me – and likely to a lot of other mountain bikers, too.

Stefan Schumacher of Germany speeds down Ombarde Pass using Shimano's Di2 electronic shifting system during the 2008 Tour De France. Photo: Christophe Ena/AP Japanese parts manufacturer Shimano is ...