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VIDEO Review - Shimano Di2

 Sep 7, 2011 article & images by Nick Salazar

A zoomed out view of the stem area.
A zoomed out view of the stem area.
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Shimano's Di2 system has been around for a while, but we haven't seen any in-depth reviews from the triathlete's perspective. The system offers some tangible benefits to triathletes, which we explore at length in our video review here.

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Tags » components,  di2group,  electronic,  shimano
  • The bar-end shifters are an ergonomic dream, encouraging a pistol grip, and making shifting incredibly easy.
  • I have my shifters pointing upwards, and I shift via my thumbs.
  • The underside of the bars.
  • The brake lever shifters are phenomenal, and put shifting control right at your thumbs. And at just 112g, they're lighter than any STI on the market.
  • Internal cable routing give this Di2 installation very clean lines.
  • I really like how clean the Di2 setup looks.
  • I cut a hole in my Speed Concept's stem cover in order to integrate the control box. I stole the idea from Team HTC Columbia
  • A zoomed out view of the stem area.
  • No cables on this Di2 beauty.
  • The front derailleur shifts beautifully. We paired ours with a set of super light Fibre-Lyte chainrings, which shift amazingly well.
  • The front derailleur is one of Di2's marvels. Shimano recommends using only Dura Ace cranks and rings, but the Fibre-Lyte rings work VERY well.
  • The gorgeous rear derailleur, mounted on my Kurt Kinetic trainer.

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