The Shimano's MTB product line of mountain bikes

 


Shimano's current MTB groupsets are classified by name and code from low to high:

1. Tourney
2. Altus : M2000
3. Acera : M3000
4. Alivio : M3100 
5. Deore : M4100 / M5100 / M6100
7. SLX :M7100
8. Deore XT : M8100 / M8050
9. XTR : M9100 / M9050
10. Zee : M640
11. Saint : M820

Let's analyze a bit about each of these Groupsets

1. Shimano Tourney




Tourney is Shimano's popular line, at first the group was equipped with 1 disc and 6 cassettes, until 2020 shimano will be upgraded to 2 or 3 discs, respectively, with the cassette increasing to 7 or 8.

The weight of the group tourney is quite heavy because it is made entirely of steel and plastic.

2. Shimano Altus M2000



Shimano Altus is equipped with 3 front discs and 9 gears (27 speeds). The upgrade of this line is a Shadow Design design with a Lower profile shank to help reduce crash damage when running on trails.


3. Shimano Acera M3000


Shimano Acera belongs to the mid-range line with upgrades that use stainless steel materials on some parts and has a better gear ratio range than Altus. Acera uses 40/32/22 or 36/22 front forks with 9-speed 11-36 gears (18 or 27 speeds).


4. Shimano Alivio M3100

Alivio is also in the 9s series like Altus, but the upgrade is that Alvio has used hollow cores, not square cores like the three lines above. Group weight also decreased significantly. In terms of configuration, Alivio also has the option of 2/3 front forks and 9 rear cassettes.


5.Shimano Deore M6100, M5100, M4100



If before Deore only had 1 line, now Shimano has 3 Deore lines coded as M6100/M5100/M4100 in which M6100 is the highest line with 12s cassette using Shimano's latest generation MicroSpline mortar. The M5100 and M5100 still use the 11s cassette with the old standard HG mortar Both come with 1 or 2 forks option M6100 : cassette 12s 10-51 , mortar MS M5100 and M4100 : Gear 11s 10-51 , mortar HG.

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6.Shimano SLX M7100



SLX M7100 is currently Shimano's best P/P (Price/Performance) line, because it has the technology of the highest lines such as XT and XTR, only heavier weight and smoothness, but not equal. In terms of gear ratio range, it is completely equal to XT and XTR M7100 has the option of 1 or 2 forks, with 12s cassette using MS mortar, optional 10-45t or 11-51t.

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7. Shimano Deore XT M8050 Di


This is the electric group version (Swivel, electric disc, not with a cable like normal group) of the M8000 series. so it still keeps the old configuration of the M8000, which is gear 11 and uses the HG die. Except for the knobs, shifters and cranks using Shimano's Di2 standard, the rest (brake, chain, cassette) are still be used by the M8000 set.

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