Shimano XT M8000 pricing announced, available in August – UPDATED with European Pricing

I’m still waiting to see a weight for the cassette.

Aesthetics? Really? That’ your priority in a mtb group?

Where is the Di2 version?

Who’s taking bets on when the M8050 Di2 announcement will happen?

XT Di2 will some for 2017 (according to an sales rep.)

I’ll wait until after the election! lol

its NOT 104 BCD,, its 96

@davechopoptions: If Shimano wanted extra support for chainrings, they should have never gone 4-arm. Ironically, the best BCD ever made was Shimano’s 94/58. 5-arm, plenty stiff. Asym chainrings are pure marketing BS.

@Tom…the point is to not have to get a Sram driver to go to 11spd.

I question the explicit need for the range of a 10-42.

Like gearing a 3-speed, you can set-up a 1x system two ways: Set the easiest gear to allow you to climb your hardest hill, and your hardest gear is what it is, or the other way around. Clearly, most people are going to set their easiest gear to the hardest climb. Unless you’re spinning out your 11t at 120 RPM, you don’t need a 10t.

Meanwhile, the finer grained nature of a 11-40, or 11-42 11s cassette allows for better matching of cadence to climb conditions.

My lowest gear on my 1x bike is 32×42 on 180mm cranks with tires measuring out around 2.2″. This works out to a gain of 1.6 on the low end, and a rather steep 5.9 on the top end. Simply switching over to a SRAM 10-42t while keeping the 32t front (as most pre-builts do), would change the top end to a completely pointless off-road gain of 6.5.

Road bike sports a 12-25, which says something about the terrain around here.

I have to travel a bit for actual elevation.

@Tom…I have XT hubs, so it is not a matter of a few bucks…I have no issues with the 11-36 / 30t ring I am running now. So not really a big deal…

I’m interested by the brake and the crankset of the XT series

Crankset XT FC-M780 42-32-24 sell at 140€
Brake set (front&rear) XT BR-M785-B sell at 146€

Do you think the price will drop more in august ?

For the crank it can only be will be the M780 because i need the 104 BCD.
For the brake, i can go for the M785 or the M8000 if the price is under the ZEE BR-M640-B (167€)… but the official US price is $319,98 for now

What do you think ?

I absolutely LOVE Shimano product, but honestly when was the last time their product arrived on schedule? XTR M9000, DA 9000, DADi2 9070, 6800, 5800, 7900 were ALL heavily delayed. Plus, why even announce it now? At best, they are 3 months out of being able to touch it. I just don’t get it…

Great pricing: by the time they hit the store you can easily take of 20-30% those numbers! You can now have a single 1142 (if you care) complete (rear derailleur, shifter, cassette) for less than $300!

Got to Love Shimano!

Looks like I’ll be doing some upgrading this summer…new 11 speed rear, new rear shifter and the cassette…$335 out the door…not a bad price.

I’ve never had an issue with 2x. But with all the hype I think my next set-up will be a 1x and maybe I will be a convert.

@Edge – Didn’t say looks were a priority. But an m980 crank looks nice AND works well. The new XT crankset just doesn’t do it for me. Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t buy it and ride it, just would be better if it also looked good.

I’m glad the wear parts, like the teeth of the chainwheels, are not painted like on some of Shimano’s road parts.