Shimano Joins Us for a Deep Dive on Di2 Wireless Development, Redesigning Brakes & more... Ep. 158

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

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Today on the podcast, Jared and Liam are joined by our friends Nick and Mike from Shimano Mountain Bike Division. They dive deep into the development process for their wireless Di2 mountain bike drivetrain, how they were able to make improvements on their brakes and much more. Tune in! Our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCczlFdoHUMcFJuHUeZf9b_Q Worldwide Cyclery YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCxZoC1sIG-vVtLsJDSbeYyw Worldwide Cyclery Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/worldwidecyclery/ MTB Podcast Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mtbpodcast/ Submit any and all questions to podcast@worldwidecyclery.com

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to episode 158 of the MTV podcast, presented and hosted by Worldwide Cylory, Kettle Mountain Apparel, and Trail One Components. I'm Jared. I'm Liam. I'm Mike. I'm Nick. Nice.
0:21.4	Nailed it, guys.
0:23.3	And in this episode, we are lucky enough to have our friends from Shimano Mountain Bike Division joining us to talk all things Mountain Bike, as well as the recent release of wireless DIY2 drive-trons and refresh brakes, plus some classic listener questions, ranging from replacing our arms with utensils to drive-t refresh brakes plus some classic listener questions ranging from replacing
0:39.1	our arms with utensils to drive train replacement parts and everything in between.
0:45.3	Yeah.
0:45.8	Pretty legit, huh?
0:46.9	Thanks for joining us, guys.
0:48.2	Thank you for having us.
0:49.5	Absolutely.
0:50.0	Anytime.
0:51.3	Zach's words of wisdom, just keep going. Pretty simple this time around. Yep. Zach's a simple guy. Yeah. Kind of like finding Nemo. Just keep swimming, right? You probably got it from that. He probably watched it last week. Zach had kids. No. Zach does not have kids. Nice. Zach is a kid.
1:11.6	He's not.
1:12.7	He's like 32 years old.
1:13.5	Just sit in front.
1:16.2	But yeah.
1:18.4	Yes, kid and man body.
1:20.4	Sometimes, but very responsible.
1:21.4	He's grown up a lot lately.
1:22.1	Yeah.
1:22.6	Yeah.
1:26.5	You know, sometimes you just need that special person in your life to really straighten you out, you know.
1:28.2	Speaking of which, Daniel's fun fact, bananas are considered berries, but strawberries are not.
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