Mt.Buller, VIC, Australia, January 22, 2012 - The sun was out all weekend in the Australian alpine, to set the tone for Team Norco International’s first Downhill event of the year- Round #2 of the Gravity Cup at Mt.Buller. With a lot of big changes in regards to equipment and training, Bryn and I used this Aussie National to get a feel for the new bikes, go through the motions of racing, and build... More

IRVINE, Calif. (January 23, 2012) – Despite heavy overnight and morning rains, competitors amassed for round two of the Shimano Winter Series at Fontana, creating a 30% increase in sign-ups and widespread excitement. Competitors and spectators who rolled the dice and showed up we’re treated to epic race conditions as the rain tapered off mid-morning.

In the two-run format Shimano Super D it wa... More

Atherton Racing and SHIMANO are thrilled to announce that they will continue their partnership for another three years. Since 2008 the Atherton’s and SHIMANO developed in intense collaboration Downhill and Gravity components. They had a huge share in developing new SHIMANO Saint and PRO components. The knowledge and experience that the Atherton’s brought has been incorporated into the SHIMANO Sain... More

Congrats to Kevin Pauwels on winning the 2012 Cyclocross World cup series! Also congrats to Sven Nys for coming in second. Kevin won 4 of 8 races and Sven 3 of 8, giving Team Shimano a dominating 7 of 8 series wins. Both athletes are Dura-Ace Di2 and Shimano wheels!

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Shimano sponsored athletes swept the fields this past weekend at the 20th Annual Southridge USA Challenge, highlighted by current World Cup champion Aaron Gwin who rode his Shimano Saint equipped Trek downhill bike to win the pro men’s downhill field with a time of 2:15.32. The final podium included three other Shimano athletes including KHS riders Kevin Aiello, Logan Bingelli and Neko Mulally o... More

Congratulations to Craig "Crowie" Alexander on his third Ironman World Championship title in Kona! Crowie put together an epic performace setting a new course record of 8:03:56! Race officials said temperatures on Queen Kaahumanu Highway reached 135 degrees!

Congrats to the King of Kona!

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