Sram red vs 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

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

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

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

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

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