Originally Posted by
lasauge
Shimano put out some very basic info about CUES for their dealers on Monday and it's something to be launched soon, but there aren't any details publicly released yet. If you really want to puzzle things out in advance, look at the part numbers in the leaked document from Surly - there's quite a bit of info there if you understand how to read their part numbers.
Thanks, but it's not that important, really. Interesting, though. It should be released by February 22nd I'm guessing, as I got the impression the new Surly bike was pegged for release on the 22nd. A few years back I was really pumped to get my hands on the Metrea groupset, but South Korea's low on Shimano's priority list and you can't order Shimano from CRC/Ribble anymore, so I was interested to see a new urban groupset featuring derailleurs.
Also, with cable brakes etc. I think the pics are prototypes, because you can actually see Microshift Acolyte or Advent in one shot and a few other things, like missing rear rack braze-ons on the seat stays. I'd say the specs are correct and the photos are of prototypes with prototype colors and components.