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 ...

While news of the new XT Di2 groupset might grab the big headlines, for many riders the new SLX groupset is arguably more relevant, bringing Shimano’s 11spd gearing to the MTB masses. As you’d expect ...

Providing much of the performance of XT, SLX does the business on the trail and in your wallet SLX is the Shimano gateway into 10-speed systems, combining Dyna-Sys technology, low-profile Shadow rear ...