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List of Shimano groupsets

Shimano offers groupsets for road and mountain bicycles, among others.

Road groupsets

Current list of road bike groupsets in order of descending tiers:

  • Dura-Ace
  • Ultegra
  • 105
  • Tiagra
  • CUES (new standard that replaces Sora and Claris)
  • Sora (being phased out with CUES)
  • Claris (being phased out with CUES)
  • Essa

Mountain groupsets

The first Shimano MTB groupset was Deore XT in 1983. It was based on a 1981 Deore derailleur built for touring.

Current list of mountain bike groupsets in order of descending tiers:

  • Saint (Gravity-focused)
  • XTR
  • Deore XT
  • SLX
  • Deore
  • CUES (new standard that replaces Alivio, Acera, Altus, and parts of Deore)
  • Alivio (being phased out with CUES)
  • Acera (being phased out with CUES)
  • Altus (being phased out with CUES)
  • Essa

Mountain bike groupsets include:

Gravel groupsets

GRX was launched in 2019 as a line of gravel cycling specific groupsets intended to be compatible with road groupsets and mountain cassettes. All GRX brakes are hydraulic disc.

Other groupsets

Other current and previous groupsets include:

  • Capreo [F700] – Groupset designed for small-wheeled bikes such as folders and features a cassette with a 9-tooth sprocket.
  • DXR [MX70] – Performance BMX racing component.
  • Nexave [C810] – Several sub-groupsets are designed for comfort and commuting bikes, some of which feature internal hub gears and roller brakes.
  • Tourney - Lowest-end groupset, a mix of inexpensive components including 6-, 7- and 8-speed.
  • Zee [M640] - Lower-priced version of Saint, SLX-performance level.

Groupsets no longer offered include:

  • 70GS and 100GS - budget groupsets in 1990-1992
  • Exage Action, Exage Sport, Exage Motion - 1988 (Shimano A450)
  • Hone (M600 : 9-speed) – discontinued in 2008
  • Metrea [U5000] – Groupset designed for urban riding, promising reliable performance with clean, simplistic design. Introduced in 2015 and discontinued in 2020.
  • RSX -1995 (Shimano A410) Positioned below RX100. Replaced by Sora.
  • RX100 - 1990 (Shimano A550) Comparable to Tiagra
  • Santé - 1987 (Shimano 5000 : 7-speed) Positioned between Dura Ace and Ultegra 600. Characterized by white paint scheme.

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