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Shimano ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2x11 Speed review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £284 on Shimano ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Shimano ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed review we’re going to look at why it scores 8.7/10 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.






Quality

9.1

Price

8.8

Reviews

8.2

Overall

8.7

 

Shimano ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed reviews

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Shimano ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed Specification

Shimano ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2x11 Speed specs

Shimano ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed
Feature 1

Material: Carbon (lever blades), Carbon Composite (body), Alloy (wedge clamp)

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Easy touch buttons allow effortless and comfortable shifting even when hands are cold

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

Brake lever pivot is designed to be used with super SLR brake callipers

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Finely tune reach adjusters for the levers enable custom fitment for all hands

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

For use with E-tube electric cables

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 4

Feature 6

Comes complete with SLR brake cable set

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 1

Feature 7

Compatibility: Shimano Di2 E-Tube gear systems

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 1

Feature 8

Weight: 124g

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 3

Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Gear Shifters found with this spec: 1

Spec 2

Option: Pair

Other Gear Shifters found with this spec: 1

Spec 3

Speed: 11 Speed

Other Gear Shifters found with this spec: 1

Price

£284

Number of Reviews
Review Score

/ 5

Average score in category: 4.3

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  • . The Shimano Dura-Ace ST-R9160 2×11-Speed Di2 levers add an additional level of functionality to your time trial or triathlon bike‚Äôs electronic drivetrain. The electronic shifters enable changing between gears at the click of a button when in the aero position. Having the integrated brake levers in the same position at the front of the TT bars provides the rider with total racing confidence and supreme performance Pure Performance. The levers are made from carbon and aluminium so they are much lighter than traditional STI levers and have been designed to enhance performance. The weight is reduced and performance increased even further due to there being no mechanical cables to control the gearing. As these levers use Di2 technology, they function by using lightweight electrical cables to effortlessly command your derailleurs to shift up and down gears Enhanced Rider Customisation. The positioning of the shift buttons and the ergonomics of the brake lever blades allows you to both brake and shift at the same time. This means you can brake late into tight corners, change gear instantly and accelerate back to your regular speed without needing to change your aerodynamic saddle positioning. The brake levers also have tuneable reach adjusters to enhance rider customisation, so you can truly feel at one with your bike Features: Material: Carbon (lever blades), Carbon Composite (body), Alloy (wedge clamp) Easy touch buttons allow effortless and comfortable shifting even when hands are cold Brake lever pivot is designed to be used with super SLR brake callipers Finely tune reach adjusters for the levers enable custom fitment for all hands For use with E-tube electric cables Comes complete with SLR brake cable set Compatibility: Shimano Di2 E-Tube gear systems Weight: 124gA 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‚Äôs Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes: 4524667321460
  • STR9160PA

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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed 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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed 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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed 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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed at £284 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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £284 which represents a £65.99 or 19% saving against RRP. If you think Shimano ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed 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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed 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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed 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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed such a high overall score of 8.7 / 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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed 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 ST-R9160 Dura-Ace Di2 STI 2×11 Speed 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.