Cube Peleton

[CRVFR]

Only fairly recently got back into cycling & currently riding either a Trek hybrid or Marin MTB. I've come to the conclusion I'd rather have a road bike than the hybrid & have seen some great buys in the end of year sales. My current favourite is the Cube Peleton, available for £599 from a number of outlets. It seems to get good reviews from the magazines, any views on here as to whether this is a good buy for the money?

 

[vickster]

Have you got a link to the spec? For £600 on a sale bike, you should be getting Sora groupset and carbon fork, for a little over the Giant Defy 2 with Tiagra and carbon fork comes into play

Go test ride one to know if it is the bike for you

 

[themosquitoking]

+1 for testing a giant defy.

 

[CRVFR]

Yes it has the Sora group set & carbon forks. I'm not sure if I can manage to post a link whilst on the iPad I'll maybe have a go in a minute. Giant bikes also seem to get good reviews and are sold at Cycle Surgery where I was looking at the Cube, so maybe I'll have a look at them this week.

 

[CRVFR]

No, try as I might I seem unable to copy & paste the specification into this page. Must be doing something wrong!

 

[vickster]

This one on the Cyclesurgery website? http://www.cyclesurgery.com/cube-pe...nents-bikewear/fcp-product/46860?listing=true

Only got a 58cm on the website, tall chap, or got smaller in store?

 

[CRVFR]

Yes, they only have 58cm left, however Cube seem to size very slightly smaller than some due to the sloping top tube. I'm an even 6' with 33" inside leg & I got them to set the saddle height to what I use on my other two bikes & it seemed just right.

 

[Cyclist33]

The Cubes are much better looking than the Giants, especially if you're looking at the 2013 Defy 2 which has the worst colour scheme ever placed onto an aluminium road bike! However, once you've ridden one you do find yourself strangely addicted to its square-jawed manfulness.

My Defy 3 is mostly black and as such, really good looking, and is a proper man's bike without the silly (though effective) curves on, for example, my Cannondale.

 

[CRVFR]

The Cube Peleton spec is as below. The only trouble is, I went into my lbs this morning to book my hybrid in for it's first free service & saw a number of other bikes I liked - this return to cycling could get expensive!!

Frame Alu Superlite 6061 AMF Double Butted, RFR-Geometry, inner cable routing
Forks CUBE CSL Race Carbon, 1 1/8"- 1 1/2"
Rear Derailleur Shimano Sora RD-3500GS, long cage
Front Derailleur Shimano Sora FD-3503BL
Shifters Shimano Sora 27 Speed
Chainset Shimano Sora FC3503 Hollowtech II 50x39x30T
Bottom Bracket Shimano Sora Hollowtech II
Chain Shimano
Freewheel Shimano 11-30T 9 Speed
Headset FSA Orbit Z-t semi-integrated
Stem Easton EA30 Oversized, Lenkerklemmung 31.8mm, 8°
Handlebars Easton EA30 Oversized 31.8mm
Front Brake Shimano Sora BR-3500
Rear Brake Shimano Sora BR-3500
Brake Levers Shimano Sora
Rims Shimano R500
Front Hub Shimano R500
Rear Hub Shimano R500
Tyres Schwalbe Lugano 700X25C
Saddle Selle Italia X1 Road
Seatpost Easton EA30 31.6*350mm
Seatclamp: RFR Close 34.9mm