We’ve got Dave and Dan stalking around Demo Day to deliver the goods on what’s new and shiny.
There’s a lot of product for 2015 that’s already either been seen in press releases, launched in somewhere exotic or just plain old leaked out at races. Demo Day at Eurobike is our first opportunity to grab photos of it in the flesh here in Germany. Here’s a taster of what we’ll be reporting on once we get inside the halls tomorrow…
Chipps reported from Albstadt back in May on Shimano’s XTR Di2. Here it is on their stand, in all its wireless glory.
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Interesting… 3k carbon looks a bit cheap these days IMHO and surely most people will want a narrow/wide ring instead? Cranks look nice but spider/chainring interface looks like bottom of the range shimano no?
Wow, the new XTR cranks are ugly. They look like the dreadful low end cranks. Give it five years and they’ll grow on me like the M960s
It’s getting a bit out of control isn’t it? How much stuff do we actually need to go out for a bike ride?
The chainring uses taller teeth and so Shimano reckons that a narrow/wide ring isn’t needed. Plus you can use odd-numbered chainrings.
Hideous chainring with propietary BCD, teeth no taller than a regualr single ring Renthal or simialar (which definitely do need a guide), hideous 3k weave guide – replacing cheap plastic with expensive carbon – and a only 11-40 at the back.
And who still wants wired Di2 days after SRAM’s well-timed leak of their wireless groupset?
I’m with chapps123.
BigChris said: On August 26, 2014
I’m with chapps123.
+1
Until you’re forced to use this level of kit, why whinge? I take it you all ride wooden hobby horses? 😉