Few things have shaken things up in the mountain bike component world lately more than Shimano’s groundbreaking XTR Di2 M9050 electronic group. After years of experience with motor-driven transmissions on the road side, one would expect that the XTR version would knock it out of the park on the first swing – but does it?
Three BikeRadar testers throttled a trio of XTR Di2 2x11 groupsets on two continents for nearly nine months and while it’s undeniably a technological wonder, we still have lots of lingering questions on whether it’s ultimately anything more than an engineering exercise.
Setting a new shifting standard (mostly)
Upon the groupset’s introduction back last October, Shimano essentially promised to do for the mountain bike world what the original Dura-Ace Di2 group did for roadies more than seven years ago: deliver absolutely perfect shifting performance regardless of conditions and with essentially no maintenance required whatsoever (aside from occasionally charging the battery).
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After plenty of initial backlash and skepticism, Di2 is now more than accepted on the road; in fact, nearly everyone who’s ever used both standard and electronic transmissions will admit that the latter just flat-out works better.
Syncro Shift makes 2x drivetrains relevant again
Putting it to the test
Glitches in the brave new electronic world
Component weights:
Okay, so XTR Di2 works awesome – does it matter?
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