 It's interesting that Dual Control and Rapid Rise are completely missing from SLX. It's nice to know that Shimano will listen to feedback and have moved away from their original "this is the future, get used to it" line.
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 Well they didnt have much choice, i know after owning a single bike with rapid rise my next bike would've been equipped with Sram had shimano not dropped the stupid idea.
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 So LX is becoming a Touring groupset? *worries that Ramascese will sprout Brookes saddle and panniers..*
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 No, LX becoming Trekking is more to do with those high end Euro 'fitness' type bikes with flat bars. They're massive on the continent, and the 2008 Deore XT had a specific sub-group of components aimed at that market. I guess Deore LX is simply following that lead, with SLX giving a bit more of a dilineation between the types of use.
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 But I like rapid rise, got it on both bikes now. Prefer when you need to shift whilst climbing.
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 It's still on XT if you don't want a Shadow mech. SLX will be Shadow-only.
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Oh good, I don't think my tiny brain would cope with having to get used to back to front shifting...
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 Rapid rise is illogical as it realies purely on the spring in the mech to bring it up to larger gears, where as normal rise the cable pulls it there, and a lesser spring is required to drop down the block. Swapping from 1 to the other frequently would just be insane to!!
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Rapid rise is illogical as it realies purely on the spring in the mech to bring it up to larger gears, where as normal rise the cable pulls it there, and a lesser spring is required to drop down the block. Neither is really any more logical than the other, it's just what you're used to. Low normal is pretty damn ace for downshifts on climbs, but not so ace that I rushed out and adopted it wholesale  Swapping from 1 to the other frequently would just be insane to!! I have one low-normal bike, it catches me out the first few shifts but you get used to it. It's not really any worse than switching between SRAM and Shimano triggers, or MTB to road STI or something.
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I've been riding SRAM attacks for ages, went back to deore on the HT, really couldn't get used to the shifting even after 3 or 4 rides.
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As with anything, if you switch more frequently you acclimatise quicker. I seem to end up with different shifters nearly every ride
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 Same here, four bikes with different shifters, they all work well.
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 I've one bike with low-normal dual controls and with with high-normal triggers. I don't find it particularly tricky switching between then, I kind of like the angular look of the new group anyway, looks smart
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Looks a bit robocop to me.
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Makes me want to hold off on getting XT servo waves and Shadow mech, I'll wait and get the cheaper LX version sorted!! Roled into Deore for 2010 I bet, hmmmm Deore !!
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 Overall, looks cool, but I'm very keen on dual control.
The pads look really inaccessible: they're deeply recessed so that they look difficult to get at.
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 I think it was a need to redifine the groupset as I think most people would always spend the extra few pounds and go with XT or save the few pounds and go Deore. I have also heard this is going to replace the Hone groupset, don't know how true that is though.
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From the news article I think it said Hone is being dropped. Yeah it's a more all mountain ( atleast in looks ) than XC chainset which does make it a seperate product not a slightly heavier/cheaper product which is a good thing.
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 On current bikes I've got down tube, sti road, bar end, rapid fire, rapid fire dual release, SRAM triggers, grip shift and thumbies. :-/
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 I like the angular look too, the chainset and brake levers make me wanna buy them on looks alone! Agreed on the shifter thing, I have five bikes four of which with different shifters and have no problem, two with lx shifters, one with sram gripshift, one with indexed rotary thumb shifters (the old above bar type that came after friction jobbies) and one with ye-olde non-indexed rotary thumb friction shifters. However the issue of gears going in the opposite direction is a bit different, after years of doing it the conventional way, even if I got accustomed to it, when under pressure on a stiff climb, fast descent, or undulating trail where you're constantly up and down the gears I'd tend to forget, with obvious consequences!
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