All about the brand of bicycle equipment SHIMANO

Shimano is the world leader in the bicycle equipment segment (derailleurs, shifters and brakes, pedals, wheels, etc.). Its cycle activities contribute to three-fifths of its turnover. Shimano is also the leader in the field of fishing reels and rods. The Japanese brand is recognized worldwide for the quality of its products, from the first price range to the top of the range. It offers a whole series of components for transmission, for braking. These products are fitted to a large proportion of bicycles in all ranges, from city bicycles to high-performance machines used forar professional runners. Discover our range of products SHIMANO for your bike, whether mountain bike, road or gravel.

A bit of history on SHIMANO

In XNUMX, Shozaburo Shimano founded his company in Osaka, Japan. He starts par the manufacture of a freewheel pinion.

In XNUMX, Shimano pulls out his first derailleur.

In XNUMX, Shimano enters the professional cycling peloton. It is then a question of making known its top-of-the-range series “Dura-Ace”.

In XNUMX, Shimano is taking on the world of mountain biking with its "Deore" range XT ».

In XNUMX, the release of the very first STI group (Shimano Total Integration) revolutionizes the practice of mountain biking with shifters allowing you to no longer let go of the MTB handlebar and therefore to have better control of the MTB in all circumstances.

XNUMX sees the arrival of the first mountain bike pedal and the first STI lever allowing dancer shifting.

In XNUMX, the company markets an electric derailleur to counter its rival Campagnolo and restart this system.

Shimano is present in 1000 countries, employs some 100,000 employees (all subsidiaries combined) for a turnover of more than 1000 billion euros in 2009.

Find more information on the Shimano official website.

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SHIMANO in competition

In XNUMX, Shimano enters the professional peloton by becoming a partner of the Flandria team of Freddy Maertens . That year, a controversy broke out after the world championships, Eddy Merckx being accused of having furthered the interests of Campagnolo (by letting him win Happy Gimondi ) rather than helping his compatriot Maertens.

Since 2000, the company has sponsored a large number of teams but no longer has a role as title sponsor (although some teams such as the team Sunweb or FDJ greatly contribute to the development of new high-end products).

In XNUMX, Shimano team more than the XNUMX/XNUMX of the professional teams.

For XNUMX, Shimano can be proud of having won the three Grand Tours and several Monuments of cycling with its riders equippedar the new DURA-ACE XNUMX-speed group.

The neutral breakdown service team of Shimano is present with its cars and motorcycles at major cycling events to change wheels, provide spare bikes and repair mechanical problems. Whether on the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix, the white paths of the Strade Bianche, the winding roads of the junior and para-cycling events or the mountains and valleys of the Tour de France Women with Zwift.

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