The choice of road bike groupsets is huge, from the latest 12- and 13-speed wireless electronic tech through to basic 8 or 9-speed cable-actuated set-ups.
There’s an increasing number of electronic groupset options available with a wider range of prices. They were once the domain of the best road bikes in the higher price brackets, but you can find electronic options on mid-priced bikes these days too. They’ll probably never make it down to the best budget road bikes, but trickle-down-tech has come a long way in recent years.
Road bike groupset hierarchies by brand
Shimano
Groupset | Speeds | Electronic? | Brakes |
---|---|---|---|
Dura-Ace Di2 | 2×12 | Yes | Disc/rim |
Ultegra Di2 | 2×12 | Yes | Disc/rim |
105 Di2 | 2×12 | Yes | Disc |
105 | 2×12 | No | Disc |
Tiagra | 2×10 | No | Disc/rim |
Sora | 2×9 | No | Rim |
Claris | 2×8 | No | Rim |
SRAM
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