Editor’s note: High Gear features outdoor sports gear, technology and innovations useful in the High Sierra and America’s West. Shifters and derailleurs have been the bane of my existence since I ...

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 ...

Shimano has shown for the first time its Deore XT M8000 mountain bike groupset, which brings 1×11 into a more affordable price bracket for mountain bike riders. It’s a fully mechanical system that ...

Shimano has really had to rethink its mountain bike componentry offerings over the past few years in... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Just like London buses, Shimano launches come in twos, and this time the headline grabber is the junior partner in the launch brace. Deore, the starting point for serious Shimano MTB components, is ...

Shimano Deore has made the jump to 12-speed with the new Deore M6100 mountain bike groupset, adopting nearly all of the tech seen on the brand’s higher-tier options and getting a premium-looking ...

YT’s Decoy MX Core 5 eMTB is the brand’s range-topping gravity-focused motor-assisted bike, boasting a Shimano EP801 drive unit and electronic Shimano Deore XT M8150 Di2 Hyperglide+ gear shifting.