Thoughts on this bike? - Cube
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Im thinking of buying a new bike and Ive heard alot of good things about the Cube MTBs. Im going to go for a hard tail as I'll be using it for alot of riding not just blasting down the trails.
Any thoughts or experience with this?
http://www.cube.eu/en/hard/ltd/ltd-race-grey-metal...
Any thoughts or experience with this?
http://www.cube.eu/en/hard/ltd/ltd-race-grey-metal...
Great bike. I have that exact model myself - the 2011 version.
Light and very chuckable. Fork is nice and smooth, brakes are powerful (although they were Formula RXs on the 2011). Have swapped out a few bits in the 6 months I've had mine but nothing huge - pedals, grips, saddle, seatpost and of course tyres. The tyres the come with have little grip and a hard plasticky compound.
If I was to pick one negative, it's that the bike is not great going down steep slopes. It it though an XC bike and probably no worse than any other at doing that.
Got mine just before Xmas last year for £800. They tend to get reduced a lot when the new year's models come out. Might not be more than a couple of months away from that happening.
Light and very chuckable. Fork is nice and smooth, brakes are powerful (although they were Formula RXs on the 2011). Have swapped out a few bits in the 6 months I've had mine but nothing huge - pedals, grips, saddle, seatpost and of course tyres. The tyres the come with have little grip and a hard plasticky compound.
If I was to pick one negative, it's that the bike is not great going down steep slopes. It it though an XC bike and probably no worse than any other at doing that.
Got mine just before Xmas last year for £800. They tend to get reduced a lot when the new year's models come out. Might not be more than a couple of months away from that happening.
Alex rims are ok, pretty much industry standard at this sort of price, they are worth changing in due course but it wouldnt put me off that bike, the rest of the spec (where it matters) is high end stuff like SLX, XT, Fox forks and Easton components. i'd go for the black and not that silver/blue ugliness though! 
pablo said:
Alex rims are ok, pretty much industry standard at this sort of price, they are worth changing in due course but it wouldnt put me off that bike, the rest of the spec (where it matters) is high end stuff like SLX, XT, Fox forks and Easton components. i'd go for the black and not that silver/blue ugliness though!
All the black Cube bikes look the same though. I quite like the silver/blue. FartKong said:
Ive heard alot of people mentioning the tyres and pedals being rubbish on them. Are they really that bad?
Tyres are nasty. I swapped them for Schwalbe Nics (front) and Ralphs (back) with evo/pacestar compounds. Much more grip and saved almost a pound in weight between them.Pedals are those half plastic half metal things with reflectors on them that I had on my bike 30 years ago as a kid.
I've got the black too as the alternative last year was a bit bling. The grey looks a lot better this year.
Put on an Easton Elite seatpost and a Selle Italia gel flow saddle since that pic
Edited by Gren on Friday 6th July 19:02
Looks a nice balanced spec.
Yes pedals are s
t, all someone has said, all OE pedals are crap, once you get up to a certain price point bikes don't even come with them.
What brakes does it have? The spec sheet shows Shimano, the pics look like Formula RX?
What's the price? It would make a great 2nd bike for the Mrs - she's outgrown the ability of her GT Agressor.
Yes pedals are s
t, all someone has said, all OE pedals are crap, once you get up to a certain price point bikes don't even come with them.What brakes does it have? The spec sheet shows Shimano, the pics look like Formula RX?
What's the price? It would make a great 2nd bike for the Mrs - she's outgrown the ability of her GT Agressor.
FartKong said:
Here's a sneak pic -
I'll get some proper pics taken tomorrow with a real camera. I havent been out on it yet as its been pissing down but so far all I can say is I love it! It looks amazing and feels so light and nimble compared to my old crappy bike.
Cant wait to hit the trails.
Looking good, but get ya brake levers positioned properly ;-)I'll get some proper pics taken tomorrow with a real camera. I havent been out on it yet as its been pissing down but so far all I can say is I love it! It looks amazing and feels so light and nimble compared to my old crappy bike.
Cant wait to hit the trails.
Max_Torque said:
Looking good, but get ya brake levers positioned properly ;-)
Yeah I just put the bar on quickly and left it like that for the first run to get an idea of how far it needs rotated. Finally got a break in the weather to get a few pics.
That looks ace Leon. How much travel in those front forks?
Got a few pics of the bike today and even got it christened.
I love how nimble it is!
Needs new pedals.
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