Latest Price: £43 – SAVE: 22% RRP:54.99
We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £43 on Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter review we’re going to look at why it scores 9.8/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 184 products in the Gear Shifters category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.
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Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter reviews
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Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter Specification
- . This light and responsive 12 speed shifter is perfect for MTB use as it improves your efficiency, control and concentration. Shift both up and down with a single lever and enjoy its instantaneous push and pull movements as you conquer the trails. Furthermore, its compact design combined with some of the top Shimano technologies around makes it a perfect upgrade for quick and easy shifting performance Features: Front Speed: 2 Rear Speed: 12 Max Multiple Shifts: 4 Release Function: 2-Way Release, Multi Release, Instant Release Shifter Type: Rapidfire Plus Mount: I-Spec EV and Band On options available to select Average Weight: 78g (Left); 117g (Right)Technologies: SIS:¬†Shimano Indexed Shifting. It’s the technology behind that “click” you hear and feel every time you shift through your gears. That “click” captures the light, precise, and consistent shifting bikes equipped with Shimano deliver. It’s the sound of perfect gear changes, of levers directing derailleurs in harmony and the feeling that resonates into your hand, letting you know that your commands are being answered. Whether you ride for fun, fitness, commuting, or competing – and on pavement or trail – Shimano S.I.S is a foundation of your cycling experience. Rapidfire Plus:¬†Mountain bikers have used Rapidfire Plus since 1985. Rapidfire Plus is still a winning choice from a wide range of riders from XC racers to freeriders. Rapidfire Plus is suited to quick shifting, giving riders the ability to downshift three gears in one stroke. Rapidfire Plus shifters from Deore to XTR all feature 2-way Release, which means release shifts by a pull of the index finger or push of the thumb. 2-Way Release:¬†The Rapidfire Plus shifter release lever is commonly called a trigger because it is operated like a pistol, by pulling toward the grip. The release lever of Rapidfire Plus shifters from Shimano Alivio to XTR can be operated in this same manner but adds the ability to activate a release shift by pushing with the thumb. Instant Release:¬†Instant Release shifting replaces the two-stage click and release shifting you are familiar with. Instant Release shifting releases cable as soon the lever is activated, resulting in the quickest possible gear changes. Whether it is an upshift with a top normal rear derailleur or a downshift with low normal rear derailleur a quicker shift is always a better shift. Multi Release:¬†Previous shifting systems shifted faster in one direction than the other. Choosing top normal or low normal always meant sacrificing shifting speed in one direction. Now with Multi Release you can release shift two gears in one stroke. The result – the fastest possible shifting in both directions regardless of rear derailleur choice. Rapidfire Plus Mono:¬†The Rapidfire Plus Mono lever provides intuitive and simple front control that empowers riders to shift both up and down with a single lightweight and compact lever. Simple and intuitive single lever operation, quicker access and lighter front shifting enhances concentration. Front double shifting with natural finger positioning supports intuitive shifting operation. Easy front shifting helps riders quickly and accurately respond to rapidly changing conditions.A 2-year warranty is offered with all Shimano products from Chain Reaction Cycles (3 years on Dura-Ace and XTR products) Buy Shimano Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Product codes: 4550170447823
- SLM8100R
No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like Gear Shifters.
Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 184 different products in the Gear Shifters category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 954 products from Shimano (although only 77 of the 954 are in the Gear Shifters category).
Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your Gear Shifters. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.
Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Shimano. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter to help you see how the prices stack up.
We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for Gear Shifters. There are 184 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 184, the average price is £106.58. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £5.99 and most expensive was £479.99.
The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Shimano. The average price was £98.07 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £0.49 up to £2089.99 with Shimano products.
And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Shimano products that appear specifically in the Gear Shifters category. So you can see that the price of Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter at £43 is great value considering the average price of Shimano Gear Shifters is £114.36 and the price varies from £6.69.
It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £43 which represents a £11.99 or 22% saving against RRP. If you think Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.
Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter Reviews
Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for Gear Shifters too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find reviews scoring it out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Shimano. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the Gear Shifters category is 4.3 and the average score of products from Shimano is 4.4 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Shimano in the Gear Shifters category the average review score is 4.4.
That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter such a high overall score of 9.8 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.
So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are reviews for Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter which score it , so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.
If you do go on to buy Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Shifter or in fact any of the other Gear Shifters, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.
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