It’s easy to be jaded about yet another load of shiny new bike components, but I’ll know it’s time to quit my job when a new Dura-Ace groupset doesn’t cause mysterious flutterings in my loins.ĭura-Ace may be a halo product few riders can actually justify buying, but because of the way Shimano trickles its tech down through the groupset hierarchy, it’s a significant moment when a new version launches. On Saturday evening BikeRadar broke the news a brand-new Shimano Dura-Ace groupset had been spotted in the wild, and I’m genuinely excited for the next generation of components to land. Matthew Loveridge | It’s understated but I am stoked for new Dura-Ace It’s possible the levers are not physically connected to the rest of the system, with Shimano’s patent suggesting the use of a wireless receiver in the seat tube allowing the levers to communicate with the derailleur, but we simply can’t tell from these images. Shimano’s patents appeared to point to the latter option and, based on the presence of a wire connected to the front and rear derailleurs, that’s more likely based on what we can see here. Will new Dura-Ace be wireless? We simply don’t knowĪs discussed in the original speculation article below, one of the big questions was whether Shimano was planning to go wireless or, as a recent patent suggests, perhaps semi-wireless with its new flagship groupset. Given Shimano’s wheels do not typically feature swappable freehubs, it’s possible the brand will not adopt a 10t cog with the new groupset. It’s interesting to note these wheels were being used with Dura-Ace 9100, which has an 11-tooth minimum cog. These are almost certainly the same wheels as ridden by a number of teams during the 2020 Tour de France. The bike is fitted with a pair of unbranded mid-depth carbon tubular wheels. Unless Team Ineos-Grenadiers – the only WorldTour team still using rim brakes as standard – is seen using the groupset ahead of its eventual official release on the also unreleased Pinarello Dogma F14, we won’t be able to confirm what the new Dura-Ace might look like with rim brakes. On that note, so far we have only seen a disc brake version of the groupset. Dion Kerckhoffs / Cor Vos / Immediate Media
The groupset was fitted to Joris Nieuwenhuis’s Scott Addict RC.
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