Restoration of a 2014 mountain bike with NEW Shimano CUES, Starring a Novara Larch 27.5 

When you said you’re going to give the bike some love, you weren’t kidding. What a transformation!

Sweet! I've been looking into building up a 90s GT with this system. Very inspiring

Into a nuclear war can survive roachs and Suntour forks😂😂😂😂, i have 4 SR Suntour and are prety solid, greetings from Spain

I’m actually a big fan of nine speeds. You’re definitely right about the Suntour forks. I saw some kind of thing on them how they were built and they do all kinds of testing and all to make sure they’re not gonna break.

Very nice upgrade 👍

Very nice. Like the CUES.

Nice job! Looks as though the only Cues parts were the derailleur and cogset. I totally get keeping the cost down but I have yet to see a refurb video where someone does the whole groupset. Still, big upgrade for that bike.

Good to have you back!

I just picked up a 2010 Novara Ponderosa 29er in pretty good condition, mostly just needs a cleaning. I just started the video, but I'm excited to see what you share.

Nicely executed.

Cool build! That bike is actually a 2014 model!

Wow impressive.... apparently you've done this before.. well done sir.

Congratulations. Very good job!!!

Im quite interested in those adpters you used to fit TA boost wheels into a non boost QR frame. i thought that those adapters only worked for odd TA sizes like 135x12/15 or 100x12/15

Cool man 😊 I fix up bikes too , great job

😅 the ocd kicked in when you adjusted the peddle for the final review

So it is what we all knew it would be. Remco can't keep up with Pog in the mountains, and neither can Ving. Ving's only chance was to out time trial Pog, but as we just saw, that didn't happen either. So this one is all over barring any crashes by Pog. He'll end up winning this one by at least 5 minutes, maybe closer to 10.

Slacken the rear mech with the wheel clamped in situ. A lot of strain on a flimsy hanger without.

I did today Shimano Cues 10x

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Very interesting thx! Informations on the fork and on the cues system very valuable ! And also on the budget! Surprised that the cues cogs are thicker (how fit the 11 cogs)?

I have a question; is that bike 135mm rear axle or 142mm? I've got an old Scott Aspen from 2005 which has 135mm rear axle _and_ disc brake mounts (but it's fitted with centre pull). I was thinking about refitting it with Shimano CUES, but also, now I see you've put hydraulic brakes on that bike, I was wondering if I actually can get hydraulic brakes for it, as well as CUES?

the front wheel was definitely stolen from the previous owner. sad.

What no wheelies😁 Must be because of the “heavy forks”

no idea why switching to 1x system tbh

Warning: Retrogrouch rant approaching. I firmly believe bicycle design and quality peaked sometime in the early 1990's. I loathe aluminum frames, suspension forks and disc brakes. Rigid, triple butted chromoly frames and reliable drivetrains (like Shimano 7 or 8 speed setups) are my thing. Thanks for sharing though.