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I’m currently on a mixture of old, and super reliable, 9 and 10sp stuff on my all-rounder, and also excited about cues. Will likely make the jump when drop bar levers are introduced down the road. Or, when Microshift releases a Cues compatible thumb/bar end shifter.
dadbike-
My groadbike rolls on claris levers, 105 old skool derailleus, miche graff chainset, 11-32 "el cheapo" black shimano 8s cassette and r451 brake calipers
...And... Im just starting an ATB build project around a 7s 26in MTB that i get in exchange of a set of avid vbrakes from a friend of mine...
I believe this is one of the most important releases from shimano in a long long time and as you, I found myself in the enthusiast side of the target market. Only sad thing is, that in true Shimano style, they release new product thats not available to purchase anywhere
PickyAF
Yeah, they would definitely not, so you might be able to keep the old bike working for many years to come.
But when buying/building new... I think CUES is a good thing, there is joy to be had out of reasonably prized equipment, you can mix and match the gear range, chainset setup and handlebar style(when road levers become available) and end up with a cohesive groupset with good chain management
LinkGlide 300 9-Speed
11-46t (11-13-15-17-20-23-28-36-46)
11-41t (11-13-15-17-20-23-28-34-41)
11-36t (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-36)
LinkGlide 300 10-Speed
11-48t (11-13-15-17-20-23-28-34-41-48)
11-39t (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-34-39)
LinkGlide 400 9-Speed
11-46t (11-13-15-17-20-23-28-36-46)
11-41t (11-13-15-17-20-23-28-34-41)
11-36t (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-36)
LinkGlide 400 10-Speed
11-48t (11-13-15-17-20-23-28-34-41-48)
11-43t (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-36-43)
11-39t (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-34-39)
LinkGlide 400 11-Speed
11-50t (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-36-43-50)
11-45t (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-34-39-45)
LinkGlide 700 11-Speed
11-50t (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-36-43-50)
11-45t (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-34-39-45)
2x chainsets
36/22, 40/26, 46/30, 46/32
1x chainsets
30/32, 40/42
Particularly for 2x setup, you may want to pick a 9 speed, "narrow range" cassette, as the gear progression is the same al over, in order to keep crosschaining (and even weight?) Under control. Not a single 1 tooth jump to be seen, so racers of course may dislike this.
There are already in the market 2 "higher end" mtb groupsets CUES/LINKGLYDE conpatible (10s Deore M5130 and 11s Xt M8130) so there is already people suspecting that everything higher end will become Di2 only going forwards