SHIMANO GOES EAGLE HUNTING

Scan through the spec sheets of any leading mountain bike brand these days and one thing will be abundantly clear: SRAM’s Eagle drivetrain has sunk its talons deeply into the high-end market, to the point where Shimano has been left picking at the scraps. With its new 12-speed Deore XT and SLX groupsets, however, the Japanese giant is determined to recover lost ground.

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