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Shimano finally unveils electronic version of its 12-speed GRX groupset, bringing wireless and 1x Di2 to gravel

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Rebecca Bland

Rebecca has been riding bikes since she was a kid and was particularly taken with mountain biking after a trip to the Forest of Dean with her dad on a sketchy MTB tandem. Since then, she’s dabbled in some road racing, time trialling, but keeps coming back to the muddy dark side – even more so now she has two border collie trail dogs to tire out. 

She began testing and reviewing bikes over five years ago and has written for various cycling publications, including MBR and our sister sites, road.cc and ebiketips. What she lacks in technical ability, she makes up for with an enthusiasm for riding snacks. As off.road.cc’s token northerner, rumour has it she’s never more than a mile away from a Greggs.

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5 days 3 hours ago

So the surely the bigger news here is that Shimano MTB and Gravel DI2 in 1x config at least has gone to external batteries on the mech?   Thus clearing the DI2 battery out of the seat tube and allowing droppers to be used.

I wonder if road will follow suit?