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 Find out what to expect from these endurance-flavoured flyers all decked out with Shimano’s newest 105 groupset

Shimano 105 has been the Japanese component giant’s go-to-groupset for decades. Back in the 1990s I raced on a Giant TCR decked out with 105 when it would have had eight or nine ratios – it’s so long ago I can’t even remember. I can remember, though, that the gear cables weren’t routed under the bar tape but hung in front of the handlebar like a pair of washing lines. And even today two of my own bikes, a Spa Audax and the Giant TCR Advanced 2 that was our 2018 Bike of the Year, come with newer versions of 105. But both of those have rim brakes and 11-speed gearing. 01 Gearing up Step forward to 2024 and the newest R7100 incarnation of 105 has upped the ante to…

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Cycling Plus (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024

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