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Cube e-bikes 2025The Kathmandu Hybrid touring e-bike - Lady in Black with gold dust

Barbara Merz-Weigandt

 · 04.09.2024

Lady in black with gold dust: the Cube Kathmandu touring e-bike is not only coming with a new paint job this season, but also with many exquisite components.
Photo: Lars Scharl

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Bavarian manufacturer Cube is revising many of its models for 2025. Among the e-touring bikes, the Kathmandu Hybrid touring pedelec is getting an update with innovative components.

The Cube Kathmandu was already available as a non-motorised version a classic in the touring and travel bike category. With the Cube Kathmandu Hybrid SLT e-bike model, the touring bike has now been raised to a new level.

The finest: The electronic 12-speed Sram XX Eagle drivetrain provides propulsion on the Cube Kathmandu.Photo: Lars ScharlThe finest: The electronic 12-speed Sram XX Eagle drivetrain provides propulsion on the Cube Kathmandu.

The electronically controlled XX Eagle 12-speed drivetrain from Sram shifts precisely from gear to gear and delivers the power of the Bosch Performance Line CX motor via the Newmen Beskar 30 wheels with Schwalbe Marathon Efficiency tyres, the bike is perfectly geared to the ground. The bike owes its enormously long range to the powerful PowerTube battery. Hydraulic Magura Gustav Pro Disc brakes enable controlled braking manoeuvres even in adverse weather conditions. The Fox suspension fork, adjustable stem and retractable seat post also ensure a comfortable ride.

Just get on - just ride off: the lowerable Cube seatpost is an additional comfort booster on the Cube Kathmandu step-through bikePhoto: Lars ScharlJust get on - just ride off: the lowerable Cube seatpost is an additional comfort booster on the Cube Kathmandu step-through bike

The Cube Kathmandu Hybrid SLT touring pedelec is completed by the new X-Connect light integration system for e-bikes, consisting of a front headlight and integrated rear light. This system makes it easy to connect a compatible Acid front light via a pre-installed cable in the frame. Operation is simple: switch on the appropriate Acid light and set off.

Clean look in black and gold: the aluminium frame is neatly finished and the Bosch PowerTube battery is integrated in the down tube. The cables run internally.Photo: Lars ScharlClean look in black and gold: the aluminium frame is neatly finished and the Bosch PowerTube battery is integrated in the down tube. The cables run internally.

The low step-through frame of the Cube Kathmandu Hybrid makes it easy to get on and off the bike, so you can start your tour right away! The Bosch CX motor and PowerTube battery are aesthetically integrated into the frame design.

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The Fox 34 suspension fork with 100 mm travel easily irons out bumps in the road. The Acid headlight is connected via a pre-installed cable.Photo: Lars ScharlThe Fox 34 suspension fork with 100 mm travel easily irons out bumps in the road. The Acid headlight is connected via a pre-installed cable.

A 100 mm suspension fork supports the comfort geometry of the frame and facilitates control even under difficult road conditions. The internal cable routing gives the chassis a clean look and significantly reduces maintenance requirements. What else? A versatile, almost indestructible universal derailleur hanger for easy availability of spare parts, an integrated chain guard and a stable, robust, extremely attractive integrated IC 3.0 pannier rack, which has room for everything you need to take on tour. Not forgetting the kickstand and Knog bell.

For lovers of lightweight e-bikes, the Cube Kathmandu Hybrid C:62 with Bosch SX motor also remain in the range.

Facts and features of the Cube Kathmandu SLT at a glance

The Cube Kathmandu touring pedelec 2025: an elegant frame with a black and gold look, a tidy design thanks to the integrated battery and internally routed cables and new in-house components such as lights, carrier and stand.Photo: Lars ScharlThe Cube Kathmandu touring pedelec 2025: an elegant frame with a black and gold look, a tidy design thanks to the integrated battery and internally routed cables and new in-house components such as lights, carrier and stand.
  • Frame: Aluminium, low step-through, internally routed cables
  • Colour: golddust'n'black
  • Frame sizes: 46cm, 50cm, 54cm, 58cm, 62cm
  • Motor: Bosch Drive Unit Performance Line CX, Smart System
  • Battery: Bosch PowerTube
  • Control unit/display: Bosch LED Remote/Bosch Kiox 500
Proven system: The Bosch Performance Line CX is controlled via the remote LED unit. All riding data is always in view on the Kiox 55 display on the handlebars.Photo: Lars ScharlProven system: The Bosch Performance Line CX is controlled via the remote LED unit. All riding data is always in view on the Kiox 55 display on the handlebars.
  • Price: 5499 Euro >> available here
  • Fork: Fox 34 Float AWL, 100 mm
  • Stem: Cube Comfort Stem Pro, 31.8mm, adjustable
  • Circuit: Sram XX Eagle AXS Transmission, 12-speed, 10-52 t.
  • Brakes: Magura Gustav Pro, hydraulic 4-piston disc brakes, 180/180 mm
  • Rims: Newmen Beskar 30
  • Tyres: Schwalbe Marathon Efficiency, Super Race, V-Guard, 55-622
  • Seat post: Cube dropper post, lowerable
  • Headlights: Acid Front Light PRO-E 150 X-Connect, 12V
  • Rear light: Acid Mudguard Rear Light PRO-E, 12V
  • Mudguards: Acid 65 Integrated Carrier 3.0
  • Luggage carrier: Acid Integrated Carrier 3.0, compatible with Cube adapter
  • Weight: 28.2 kg

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Barbara Merz-Weigandt

Barbara Merz-Weigandt

Editor-in-Chief

Barbara Merz-Weigandt, editor-in-chief of MYBIKE, the magazine for dedicated everyday and touring cyclists, lives on Lake Starnberg. Her great passion: travelling. She has crossed the Alps by touring bike - on the Via Claudia Augusta, the Ciclovia Munich-Venezia and the Alpe-Adria cycle path. She has explored the islands of Croatia and the Lycian coast by motorised sailboat and bike, and has travelled to all the Balearic and Canary Islands by bike. Her favourite place to ride her mountain bike is on the trails in the Bavarian Alps, the Dolomites or on La Palma.

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