- By Caley Fretz
- Published Feb. 29, 2012
- Updated 8 hours ago
Shimano CX75 cyclocross disc brake. Photo courtesy of Shimano.
The new CX75 brake. Photo courtesy of Shimano
The R515 road disc. Photo courtesy of Shimano
R515 road disc. Photo courtesy of Shimano
Sora 50/34 compact crankset. Photo courtesy of Shimano.
New Sora shifters. Photo courtesy of Shimano.
New Sora shifters. Photo courtesy of Shimano.
Shimano’s 2013 product line is beginning to trickle out, including updates to Ultegra Di2, new disc brakes, wide range drivetrains and some new affordable 11-speed compatible wheels. Read on for details.
Ultegra Di2 gets satellite shifter
The much more wallet friendly Ultegra Di2 group will get the same top-mounted satellite shifters as Dura-Ace Di2. The shifters allow easy front and rear shifting from the tops.
No word yet on UDi2 TT shifters or sprint shifters, though we believe they are in the works. At the very least, the next generation of Dura-Ace Di2 is expected to use the wiring system now used by Ultegra, making the two systems compatible, and we can’t imagine Shimano sending Dura-Ace Di2 out the door without all the accessory shifters it currently has.
Road and cyclocross disc brakes
No hydraulics yet, but Shimano will be debuting two “performance oriented” mechanical disc systems for road and ‘cross. The new systems, dubbed BR-CX75 and BR-R515 for cyclocross and road respectively, will offer a 20% lower profile and 30% performance increase over Shimano’s previous mechanical discs.
A new road-centric compact V-Brake, likely intended for integration into aero frames, will be available as well. Availability on all the new brakes is set for this summer.
Wide range road drivetrains
In an effort to catch up to SRAM’s wide-range WiFLi drivetrains, which are available on Rival and the new Red group, Shimano will be adding wide-range options for its Ultegra, 105 and Tiagra groupsets. Each group will have the option of a short
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