Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset Review

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset Reviews

Review score: 8.6/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £1125 – Save 6% (RRP: £1199.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset worthy of a review score of 8.6 out of 10.

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset Review


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Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset features

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset specs

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Power Meters found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

BoltCircle: 110mm

Other Power Meters found with this Spec: 82

Spec 3

Teeth: 50.34t

Other Power Meters found with this Spec: 13

Spec 4

Speed: 11 Speed

Other Power Meters found with this Spec: 368

Spec 5

Length: 170mm, 175mm, 172.5mm

Other Power Meters found with this Spec: 10

Spec 6

Material: Aluminium

Other Power Meters found with this Spec: 762

Feature 1

Integrated power meter with ±2% strain gauge power measurement accuracy

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 2

Feature 2

Power meter is waterproof and has a rechargeable battery

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Connects via Bluetooth or ANT+ for compatibility with most cycle computers

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 2

Feature 4

Enhanced design saves 7g while maintaining rigidity

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 4

Feature 5

Iconic 4-arm construction maintains high rigidity and reduces weight

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 4

Feature 6

Optimised crank arm design strengthens key stress zones

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 4

Feature 7

New chainring tooth profile is adapted for race bike specific disc brake systems

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 3

Feature 8

Accommodates shorter chainstays (410mm) with 135mm OLD rear spacing

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 3

Feature 9

Hollowglide chainring construction maintains smooth shifting whilst reducing weight and increasing stiffness

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 4

Feature 10

Weight: 700g (50/34T)

Other Power Meters found with this feature: 1

Price

£1125

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Power Meters. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Power Meters. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Power Meters. Brands like Shimano are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Power Meters category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Power Meters.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £1125 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.5 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Power Meters

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Power Meters.

We found 41 in the Power Meters category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £599.10, making it above average at £1125.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Power Meters. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £1125.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £299.00.

With 41 products available we worked out that 0 cost more than Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset and 39 were cheaper.

Cost of Shimano products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 854 products from Shimano, of which 2 were in the Power Meters category.

For now though we’re looking at Shimano branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £94.29 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Shimano product we found was £1.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £1999.99.

Of the 854 from Shimano, 8 were more expensive than Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset and 844 were cheaper.

How much are Shimano Power Meters?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Shimano products that are listed in the Power Meters category.

The average price of the 2 products that match this search was £1125.00, with the cheapest coming in at £1125.00 and highest price was £1125.00. With the average being £1125.00, Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset comes in below average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset and 0 were cheaper.


Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Power Meters category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset or another similar product, like Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Double Chainset reviews or Shimano Acera M360 8 Sped Trigger Shifter Set reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Power Meters.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Power Meters. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Shimano, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.6/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25249911995
  • Product ID 2: 576263UK
  • Brand: Shimano
  • Model number: FCR9100PD04
  • RRP: £1199.99
  • EAN: 4524667669630
  • Description: Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact ChainsetThe Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset has been completely re-designed to offer the very best combination of light weight and stiffness. It features Shimano’s iconic 4-arm hollow spider that is made from hollow-forged aluminium. A first for Shimano, this model is also equipped with an integrated power meter with Bluetooth and ANT+ connectivity, providing you with in-depth power data to help to analyse and improve your performance.Accurate Readings in all ConditionsShimano have extensively tested this new power meter system to ensure its accuracy and reliability in all weather conditions. The chainset is equipped with dual sided and internally hard-wired crank arm strain gauges, which provide a ¬±2% power measurement accuracy regardless of your pedalling position.Easy to MaintainThe power meter is powered with a simple rechargeable battery for easy maintenance and can be updated wirelessly. As it is mounted to the crank arms 4-arm spider, you can change the chainrings without having to worry about affecting the power measurement.Lighter and stifferAlthough the crank arms and spider arms are noticeably bigger to increase stiffness, the overall weight has dropped by 7g over the previous edition of Dura-Ace. The chainset has been adapted to work with disc brake road bikes that generally have 135mm rear hub spacing and shorter chainstays without the need to increase Q-factor thanks to its wider chainring spacing. This Compact version features a 50/34T chainring profile to offer an excellent rider tuned gear combination for varied conditions from flats to high mountains.Features: Integrated power meter with ¬±2% strain gauge power measurement accuracy Power meter is waterproof and has a rechargeable battery Connects via Bluetooth or ANT+ for compatibility with most cycle computers Enhanced design saves 7g while maintaining rigidity Iconic 4-arm construction maintains high rigidity and reduces weight Optimised crank arm design strengthens key stress zones New chainring tooth profile is adapted for race bike specific disc brake systems Accommodates shorter chainstays (410mm) with 135mm OLD rear spacing Hollowglide chainring construction maintains smooth shifting whilst reducing weight and increasing stiffness Weight:¬†700g (50/34T)Please note: Bottom bracket is NOT included.A 2 year warranty is offered with all Shimano products from Chain Reaction Cycles (3 years on Dura-Ace and XTR products).Buy Shimano Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Components > Power Meters
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 6%
  • Size: 50.34t
  • Unisex
  • 74.99
  • Adult

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As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Power Meters. 41 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Shimano Dura-Ace R9100-P Power Compact Chainset included,
Shimano XTR M9000 11 Speed Trigger Shifter reviews, Shimano XTR Di2 M9050 11 Speed Shifter reviews, or we really liked the look of Shimano R785 Di2 11 Speed STI Road Shifters reviews as another alternative.

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