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Shimano officially launches entry-level CUES groupsets for drop bar road and gravel bikes, including 9, 10 and 11-speed options “at a reasonable price point”

We've had teasers already, but it's now official that Shimano has expanded the CUES ecosystem with a disc-brake-only drop bar drivetrain – offering both mechanical and hydraulic options. The 8-speed ESSA groupset is also joining CUES on drop bars

If Super Record 13 isn’t posh enough for you… Campagnolo has introduced a £900 Ultra upgrade

Carbon chainrings, titanium sprockets, and ceramic bearings are designed to improve the performance of Campagnolo’s top-level groupset, but they’ll cost you… a lot

CUES U6000 Polished Silver Drop Bar Groupset

Shimano launches special edition CUES 1×10-speed groupset with polished silver finish

Good news for traditionalists and retro-grouches alike... Shimano's versatile CUES groupset has been given the shiny silver treatment

Shimano’s wireless Di2 shifting is already more affordable with launch of new XT and Deore drivetrains

The tech has certainly trickled down fast, as Shimano completes its off-road wireless shifting lineup just a fortnight after launching XTR Di2

SRAM Force and Rival groupsets June 2025

SRAM trickles top-level Red tech down to Force and Rival groupsets, offering faster shifting, lighter weights, and braking with just one finger

Lighter weight, improved ergonomics, faster shifting, single-digit braking (if you want to)… SRAM reckons it is delivering top-tier performance at more accessible prices

Campagnolo Super Record 13-spd June 2025

Campagnolo launches overhauled Super Record, the world’s first 2×13-speed, wireless road cycling groupset… and the iconic thumb shifter is back

Campagnolo says that Super Record 13 is the lightest 2x groupset on the market, and the fastest too

A radical new take on road bike shifters or an “ergonomic disaster”? Ingrid road ‘brifters’ cause a stir as groupset nears production

Could these road bike shifters - described as 'the cybertruck of bike shifters' - rethink the way we change gear? Probably not, but they look pretty unique

More gearing choice, exclusive tech, better value — the things that make Campagolo’s new Super Record S Wireless groupset special

We look at Campagnolo’s brand new Super Record S Wireless groupset and explain all the crucial details that make it arguably the most enticing groupset around right now

SRAM Red XPLR brings 13-speed T-Type shifting to gravel bikes

The technology first introduced on mountain bike drivetrains comes to gravel.

SRAM introduces new Red AXS as “the lightest electronic groupset ever”

New groupset offers light-action braking and ‘Bonus Buttons’ on the side of the hoods for more control options. There’s also a new Hammerhead Karoo computer, and Zipp debuts new tyres that “ensure safe retention” on its rims