50 years of shimano dura-ace

The latest 12-speed electronic road bike groupsets are excellent – but I reckon the eight year-old, 11-speed Shimano Ultegra R8000 is a better choice. Why? Firstly, Ultegra R8000 offers rim brakes or

The headlines about Campagnolo’s Super Record 13 – reviewed on p60 – are exciting. It’s the first 2x 13-speed option from one of the ‘Big Three’ groupset brands, and the lightest electronic, disc brak

Little more than two years after their previous effort, Campagnolo have come out swinging with Super Record 13 – the world’s first 2x13-speed wireless electronic road bike groupset. It’s fair to say t

Japanese brand Shimano offer the widest range of groupsets for mountain biking, from budget-focused Tourney to top-end XTR Di2, with 14 steps in between, plus two downhill-specific options. With sever

When SRAM released their redesigned Red XPLR AXS groupset last year, I was impressed. It paired the brilliant shifter ergonomics and brakes from the road-going Red AXS with specific gravel parts – a w

S ram’s new Force AXS road groupset has borrowed some of the clothes of its older sibling Red AXS while adding a few neat touches of its own. Measured against Force’s previous update in 2023, which mo