RIP Sora and Claris? New drop bar Cues amalgamates Shimano’s lower tiers into one family

Shimano CUES components have been available for flat bar bikes, electric bikes and mountain bikes for a couple of years now, but Shimano’s announcement of a new set of components finally extends CUES equipment to drop bar road and gravel bikes.

CUES provides one common component set that will work with 11, 10 and 9-speed drivetrains and across the different disciplines, offering bike makers and riders a much simpler range of products to choose from. It also allows riders to swap a few components to add extra speeds to their drivetrain, rather than needing to replace their groupset in its entirety.