shimano

Shimano is a Japanese manufacturer of cycling, fishing,snowboarding, and until 2005, golf components.

Cycling - Shimano products include drivetrain, brake, wheel and pedal components for leisure, road and mountain bikemountain bikes. These components are generally organised and sold as groupsets intended to be supplied as a near complete collection of a bicycle's mechanical parts.Groupsets commonly include: crankset comprising cranks and chainrings; bottom bracket; Bicycle chainchain; rear gear cogs or cassette; front and rear wheel hubs; gear shift levers; bicycle brake systemsbrakes; brake levers; cables; front and rear gear mechanisms or derailleur gearsderailleurs.The Italian firm Campagnolo is a competitor as the other major manufacturer of road groupsets. SRAM (bicycles)SRAM is a competitor as the other major manufacturer of mountain bike groupsets.In 2003 Shimano introduced "Dual Control" to mountain bikes, where the gear shift mechanism is integrated into the brake levers, and reintroduced the "Rapid Rise" rear derailler which works in the opposite direction to traditional deraillers. This development was controversial and cynics viewed it as an attempt to monopolise the mountain bike components market because the use of Dual Control integrated shifting requires the use of Shimano brakes, and the Rapid Rise derailler is believed to work more effectively with the Dual Control system. Shimano also introduced new proprietary standards for disc brakes and hubs, and for bottom brackets and cranksets, further fueling speculation about monopolistic intentions.Many people believe that "VIA", which is stamped on all Shimano parts, is a form of corporate logo, since it does not appear on Campagnolo parts, for instance. In fact, VIA is an official approval stamp used to certify parts of Japanese vehicles - including bicycles.Current racing bicycleroad bicycle groupsets include:

Dura-Ace

Ultegra

105

Tiagra

SoraCurrent mountain bicycle groupsets include:

Saint - This is the top of the range for DownHill(DH)/FreeRide(FR) bikes

Hone

XTR - This is the top of the range for CrossCountry(XC) mountain bikes

XT

LX

Deore

Alivio

Acera

Altus

Tourney - this includes several different levels of quality, and can be found on department-store bicycles.

External links -

shimano.com - Shimano.comCategory:Cycle !manufacturersCategory:Companie s? of !Japande:Shimanoja:シ 510;ノpl:Shimano?

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