Why is No One Talking About this Drivetrain?

Seriously mindblowing. I didn't even believe it when I chose it for my Adventure Bike build. Like, seriously, too good to be true. I had a mini anxiety attack the night before filming my build video thinking I'd get it on the bike and learn I was an idiot to think it would work. Well...it works, and it works GREAT! And they say it's 3x more durable? I mean...why even bother with the other stuff. I'm officially a fan of 11 speed CUES.

I work in a bike shop, and the insights and knowledge you give into Cues, I'm sure will cover this donation. I'm super curious to see how drop bar cues pans out!

My 3x9 system has 910% bandwith with rear 11-50 and front 48-32-24 😅 A mixed system of mtb components in the rear and road in the front. Like rd-m7000 as the rear derailleur.

This information is way more valuable than other channels

This is the only channel with real bicycle fundamentals at its core, thanks for keeping to the basics Russ.

I've gotten lazy with maintenance which is why I love my Pinion and belt drive, but this is impressive stuff from Shimano. If I go back to traditional drive train, this is probably the way to go. Would love to see more about it!

This is seriously the only direction the industry can go to stay viable, making it affordable and versitile. There is such a huge amount of folks like myself that could never afford these ridiculously high prices like those derailleurs and these other bikes/components on the market. Outpricing people is insane and not sustainable. Hopefully Cues sets a new industry trend so more people have access to good quality cycling!

Cues is pretty awesome. In a brilliant stroke of genius, Shimano gave it a lame name to prevent it from cannibalizing its other product lines.

Hi Russ Shimano have made a number of extremely wide range drive trains over the last few years but the media does not seem interested and only because of my own interest and backpacking bikes up of fitted them to a number of my bikes. First there was Shimano XT 3x11, then the Shimano XT 2x12 and lower end models of these twodrive trains. I learned about the Shimano Cues in early 2021 because of my love of extreme gear range drive trains and the local Shimano rep who knew I would be one of the few that would like the new product range. There is a number of road bike shifters coming to suit this group set . And it’s a way of shops not having to carry so much product to be able to fix more customers bikes. Unfortunately, because of a severe Brain Injury from an accident (would’ve been dead if I had not been wearing a helmet) and having to stop working and riding I forgot all about it. There was a timeframe some of the information I got to see with different parts of the group System being released .

I guess you could say Shimano did Create a Unique Experience,,,

SHIMANO ACERA Rear Derailleur 8-speed RD-M3020-8 long *25, Shimano HG51 8-Speed Cassette (11-32) *20, Front Derailleur Altus FD-M310 3x7/8 * 20, Shimano M361 Hybrid Crankset *35 (42-22 bolt on chain rings), 9 speed chain for more wiggle room on friction shifters *20. this is what im rocking, loving it, dont break the bank either. the cage still has some room to tweak a higher high or lower low if needed. 4.82-.69

I like curly bars. GIVE US THE CUES BRIFTERS damn it! (I mean Shimano not you Russ!)

Thank you. Once again im going back to the drawing board on a project with this info. Love the channel.

This is the content we need! Really helpful and surprising, thanks for highlighting this - especially in a world of high priced road spec shifters gravel bikes.

I've been running 1x9 CUES for a while now (U4000 rear, U6000 front), and I can confirm that is quite nice, even great, I could say. The shifting is lighyears away compared to other cheap-o 1x9's. And the 11-46T cassette is more than enough for me (32T front)

Awesome, can’t wait for the results with drop bar shifters!

I've been using 2x Cues system now for 2000-2500 km with friction shifting and of course Uno for the rear derailleur. Originally I had 10 speed cassette at the back, but the gears never felt like they were on. I think it was somehow my fault, but still I put on an 8 speed cassette and since it's worked flawless. At least for friction I like it that Cues derailleur is perhaps a bit rough when it changes, because it's easier for me to know when it's making the changes. Yesterday I rode 52 km including 20 km gravel and the rest pavement in about 1h 50min. My Singular Peregrine sure ain't the lightest of the bikse and I had my Carradice Nelson and a frame bag full of stuff and that's all the speed I will ever need. From my experience Cues works flawlessly. All this remainds me that I learned everything about Cues and friction shifting from this channel, so it's time to go to Patreon. Thank you, Russ, for all of your work!

When I saw the title of the video I KNEW you'd be talking about CUES. A while back Rivendell offered a 9-speed CUES deraileur AND shifter for $10 (just checked, still available) which I bought. In order to make it work I bought a 2x CUES square taper 40-24 crankset, an 11-36 9-speed CUES cassette, A CUES front shifter and chain. All in for about $100. As soon as they turn off the blowtorch in my garage (I live near Phoenix) I'm gonna install it on a 90s Trek mountain bike just to see how it works.

This kind of content is why I support your Patreon channel.

Looks like I found my crank for my wide range double! Thank you Russ!