shimano

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Component Reviews

The Square Taper vs. External Bearing Bottom Bracket Debate

Some time ago, on our local board we had a "discussion" on the pros and cons of square…

Component Reviews

Powder Coated Shimano XT Cranks

Fred at Wolfhound Cycles hooked me up with a set of sandblasted and powder coated XT cranks to…

Bike Reviews

2008 Trek Session 88 FR and DH

Trek ushered all of the UK journos into a prefab VW garage at the Sea Otter to unveil…

Component Reviews

Shimano Saint Group – All New

The new Saint groupset shares some features and characteristics with the current group but on further inspection is…

Component Reviews

2008 SRAM X.0 Rear Derailleur

SRAM's X.0 rear derailleur went through a redesign for 2008. The most visual of these changes is the…

Component Reviews

New Shimano Component Groups – SLX and LX

Say hello to the new component group from Shimano...SLX. Set to replace the Hone and LX line for…

Component Reviews

The "New" 15mm Thru-axle Standard from Fox and Shimano

Everyone that is saying that 15mm is going to be lighter than 20mm has no engineering background at…