Bicycles Asked on October 30, 2021
Shimano uses abbreviations in their model numbers. For example, the Shimano Deore Hollowtech II MTB Crankset 3×10-speed has model number FC-M6000-3. Is there a table somewhere that defines all the abbreviations?
You can see an overview of the whole Shimano range, including the hierarchy of groupset series in the line-up chart. You can also drill down into each groupset and see which components are intended to be combined together.
Basically the mountain bike series all start with M and go from M2xxx Acera to M9xxx XTR. Road groups start with R and go from R2xxx Claris to R9xxx Dura Ace. The higher the number the better the groupset. Note that some adjacent ranges of numbers now are grouped under the same grouset name. E.g. the 'Deore' range includes M6100 12 speed, M5100 11 speed and M4100 10 speed. Trekking, gravel and urban ranges follow the same sort of scheme. Below all of that are the Tourney ranges which have a much less structured numbering scheme.
The Wikipedia page for Shimano includes tables of the current and past mountain and road groupsets which also shows the hierarchy and how the groupsets names and number ranges have evolved.
Answered by Argenti Apparatus on October 30, 2021
Shimano publishes archived Portable Document Format (PDF) documents on their website at:
https://productinfo.shimano.com/#/archive
For example, the 2019-2020 specification is at:
https://productinfo.shimano.com/download/?path=pdfs/archive/2019-2020_Specifications_v034_en.pdf
Early in the document there is a table of word definitions. The following is the list of word definitions for 2019-2020:
Answered by mbigras on October 30, 2021
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