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Hi all!
I've been a member of these forums for a couple of months now and I have found it extremely useful in aiding my general cycling knowledge - anything ranging from maintenance, reviews and opinions to how to cycle confidently and safely on Britain's roads. Many thanks to all of you in the Cyclechat community.
I started cycling to work (5 miles each way) on a decent Scott hybrid I picked up in last years winter sale and needless to say, I got bitten by the bug and have been riding to work and in my spare time ever since. You can imagine my childish glee when my employer announced this year's cycle to work scheme and I promptly signed up and began searching for my new pride and joy.
I eventually fell in love with the Cube Peloton SL - I loved the green/black/white colour scheme - and based on the pictures/feedback from "Cubist" when he purchased one, I knew I had to have it. Much to my dismay, everywhere locally/online had supply problems (either that or this years Cube's were just too damn popular!) and my LBS didn't have a single Cube I was interested in or in my size (62cm - 6ft 3). They did however give me the 2012 Cube catalogue and that's when I began tracking down the Cube Agree GTC.
Many phone calls and e-mails later, my search led me to Certini, a bike shop located in Saltash in Cornwall. Alas, they didn't have the Peloton SL but they did have the Agree GTC and even better - it was in a 62cm frame, compact crankset - perfect. Certini's customer service was excellent and I'd highly recommend them to anyone local or otherwise. Cornwall is ~275-300 miles from me and they allowed me to reserve the bike whilst waiting on the arrival of my certificate. When it arrived, I sent it off first class recorded and accompanied with a photocopy of my ID - as required. That was on Thursday and I have received my bike in a mostly pre-assembled fashion early this morning (Monday).
After 1 hour or so of careful assembly and tweaking, this is what I was left with:
I've just gotten in from a quick 10 mile-ish ride to get acquainted and to be honest, it did feel very alien at first coming from a flat-bar childhood and hybrid commuter but now I'm feeling pretty confident and I love it! It might not be the Peloton SL but hey, it's Carbon Fibre, Shimano 105 and damn sexy if I do say so myself.
TL;DR - I R BUY BIKE - IT R GOOD
I've been a member of these forums for a couple of months now and I have found it extremely useful in aiding my general cycling knowledge - anything ranging from maintenance, reviews and opinions to how to cycle confidently and safely on Britain's roads. Many thanks to all of you in the Cyclechat community.
I started cycling to work (5 miles each way) on a decent Scott hybrid I picked up in last years winter sale and needless to say, I got bitten by the bug and have been riding to work and in my spare time ever since. You can imagine my childish glee when my employer announced this year's cycle to work scheme and I promptly signed up and began searching for my new pride and joy.
I eventually fell in love with the Cube Peloton SL - I loved the green/black/white colour scheme - and based on the pictures/feedback from "Cubist" when he purchased one, I knew I had to have it. Much to my dismay, everywhere locally/online had supply problems (either that or this years Cube's were just too damn popular!) and my LBS didn't have a single Cube I was interested in or in my size (62cm - 6ft 3). They did however give me the 2012 Cube catalogue and that's when I began tracking down the Cube Agree GTC.
Many phone calls and e-mails later, my search led me to Certini, a bike shop located in Saltash in Cornwall. Alas, they didn't have the Peloton SL but they did have the Agree GTC and even better - it was in a 62cm frame, compact crankset - perfect. Certini's customer service was excellent and I'd highly recommend them to anyone local or otherwise. Cornwall is ~275-300 miles from me and they allowed me to reserve the bike whilst waiting on the arrival of my certificate. When it arrived, I sent it off first class recorded and accompanied with a photocopy of my ID - as required. That was on Thursday and I have received my bike in a mostly pre-assembled fashion early this morning (Monday).
After 1 hour or so of careful assembly and tweaking, this is what I was left with:
I've just gotten in from a quick 10 mile-ish ride to get acquainted and to be honest, it did feel very alien at first coming from a flat-bar childhood and hybrid commuter but now I'm feeling pretty confident and I love it! It might not be the Peloton SL but hey, it's Carbon Fibre, Shimano 105 and damn sexy if I do say so myself.
TL;DR - I R BUY BIKE - IT R GOOD
to CChat, congrats on your new bike!
My brother has just got a Cube Agree and it seems a good bike, he thinks its great, it has certainly upped his average speed.
, Saracen hybrid and Cube Aerial). Had the roady for 6 months and bounce out of bed at 0545 every morning looking forward to the run to work. Saying that though the rain necessitated me getting the hybrid out of the shed today. And I loved it. Not as fast obviously but it was great to ride the old thing again. I reckon with these new "summers" we are having the hybrid will have a lot more action.
