Is this bike any good?

[Dave7]

My two pence worth
The bike looks superb and at that price a relative snip.
You seem to indicate that you are of a certain age when you say "that'll probably have to last me more or less the rest of my cycling days" and one of the reviews says it is a "race geometry".........would you possibly be suited to a more relaxed geometry ?
I had a tripple on my last (stolen) bike and this time went for a double 11-28. Wish I had stuck with tripple and am going to pay £100 for a new 11-32 sprocket.

 

[Accy cyclist]

My two pence worth
The bike looks superb and at that price a relative snip.
You seem to indicate that you are of a certain age when you say "that'll probably have to last me more or less the rest of my cycling days" and one of the reviews says it is a "race geometry".........would you possibly be suited to a more relaxed geometry ?
I had a tripple on my last (stolen) bike and this time went for a double 11-28. Wish I had stuck with tripple and am going to pay £100 for a new 11-32 sprocket.

Yes it might be a bit too low down for me? I'm 54 by the way so maybe something a bit more comfy would be better?

 

[vickster]

Have you looked at ribble, Planet X and Dolan for sub 1k carbon?

 

[Dave7]

Yes it might be a bit too low down for me? I'm 54 by the way so maybe something a bit more comfy would be better?

Have you looked at ribble, Planet X and Dolan for sub 1k carbon?

My stolen bike was a Ribble Sportive carbon and was very relaxed..........so comfy.
My replacement bike is a Giant Defy 2 carbon.........not AS relaxed but still comfy. TBH it was £1800 as against the Ribble £1200 and although they both had 105s it is far more responsive.
Cube do have a reputation for excellent value............is there another Cube model that would suit you ?

 

[vickster]

The peloton is more relaxed, akin to the synapse, defy, roubaix etc

Paulscycles worth a look for the first two ranges

 

[Cyclist33]

My two pence worth
The bike looks superb and at that price a relative snip.
You seem to indicate that you are of a certain age when you say "that'll probably have to last me more or less the rest of my cycling days" and one of the reviews says it is a "race geometry".........would you possibly be suited to a more relaxed geometry ?
I had a tripple on my last (stolen) bike and this time went for a double 11-28. Wish I had stuck with tripple and am going to pay £100 for a new 11-32 sprocket.

Sorry to go off topic but... 100 quid for a cassette?!!

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/...uimyfzmaxCQE1KMFX_bMCxoC5kDw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[Onyer]

Wish I had stuck with tripple and am going to pay £100 for a new 11-32 sprocket

£38 at Wiggle!!

 

[Cyclist33]

£38 at Wiggle!!

Much less elsewhere!!

 

[vickster]

Need a new medium cage dérailleur too ?

I ride up most hills slowly on 50/34 at the front, 11-32 on the back. I have the same on all my geared bikes. Tbh my fitness usually gives out before my crap knees so not sure if I'd benefit from a triple, I don't know how the lowest gear would compare

The hills are pretty tame in these parts too compared to those mountains oop North!

 

[Onyer]

Arghh! There are so many out there! Paul's don't give descriptions of the bikes(as far as i can see). I've always gone for a triple as i'm sure of buying something that'll get me up steep hills,whereas double chainsets could be hard work.

The gearing at either end is the important bit. So a 34 chainset with 32 cassette will be a very low gear. A 50 chainset with 11 cassette will be a high gear. A triple tends to give more range in the middle rather than extra low (or high) gearing. I moved from a triple to a double without any problems.

 

[Kbrook]

The peloton is aluminium, the agree is Cubes carbon endurance/ sportive bike.

 

[Dave7]

Sorry to go off topic but... 100 quid for a cassette?!!

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/...uimyfzmaxCQE1KMFX_bMCxoC5kDw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

yes...........going from 11-28 to 11-32 (or the new 34) needs a new chain and derraillier/cage (spelling) etc. Can get it cheaper at Decathlon but TBH the guy I spoke to didn't fill me with confidence).
I dont have the confidence to do it myself so am willing to pay my LBS.

 

[vickster]

Doesn't sound bad fitted then. The SRAM wifLi kit was around £100

 

[cuberider]

Ive been very happy with my Cube

 

[jowwy]

Personally i prefer riding a triple over a compact......not sure what extra moving parts there are and the extra few grammes for the middle ring is not worth worrying about to be honest