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Shimano blocks arrive in the Hammerhead Karoo GPS

Shimano sees Hammerhead as a competitor now that it is part of SRAM and has asked for all Shimano Di2 related features to be removed.

Written by

David Finetto

May 27, 2022

A few weeks ago there was a surprising movement in the industry. SRAM has acquired Hammerhead, the company behind one of the most promising cycling GPS devices of the moment, the Karoo 2. This move has just had a side effect. Shimano will block some features, one of which included interfacing with the brand's Di2 electronic groups.

Starting this week Hammerhead will need to remove all Di2-related features used in their Karoo GPS via a software update. It is a request from Shimano that, after the sale of the company to SRAM, sees Hammerhead as a rival.

In this article:Gps, Hammerhead, Karoo, Shimano, Shame

Written by David Finetto

[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').