Cube Elite C:68X: more comfort and new standards
With the new C:68X, the Cube Axel Schnura, who once produced lightweight carbon parts from Germany with his company AX-Lightness, was in charge of the project. The frame of the new Elite C:68X now not only has a Boost rear triangle, but is also lighter and more comfortable. Cube claims 12 per cent less weight and 25 per cent more comfort with unchanged stiffness. Three models from 3999 to 5199 euros are planned. The top model of the Elite C:68X is said to weigh just 8.6 kilos.
Cube Stereo HPC 120: hard calculated and even lighter with a carbon main frame
The current aluminium version of the Stereo 120 already impressed with a BIKE tip in issue 7/19. Now the Upper Palatinate company is presenting its successor model with a carbon main frame. The Stereo 120 HPC TM should be around 800 grams lighter thanks to this measure. It will cost 2799 euros (only 300 euros more than the aluminium model). In size 20 inches, the new trail bike thus weighs a light 13.16 kilos without pedals (BIKE measurement). Cube has based the geometry on the aluminium model. The steering angle is 66.2 degrees, the chainstays are 433 millimetres long. In addition to the TM model, there will also be a 3699 euro SLT version with the same suspension travel but lighter parts. The SLT boasts Fox Factory suspension and lightweight E-Thirteen carbon cranks and is said to weigh just over twelve kilos. The first test of the new Cube trail bike can be found in BIKE 11/19.
Stereo 170: rough machine on 29-inch tyres
With the new Stereo 170, Cube presents a potent downhill machine on 29-inch tyres. The prototype of the Stereo 170 has already been chauffeured into the top ten twice at the EWS by Gusti Wildhaber. The steering angle can be adjusted from 64.4 to 65 degrees using an angled headset. At the rear, 170 millimetres of suspension travel are available, which can be realised either via a steel or an air shock. To compensate for the different progression, the frame has two different damper suspensions. The aluminium frame will be available in three frame sizes from 16 to 22 inches at prices starting at 2999 euros. The top model with air shock should weigh 14.4 kilos, the middle model comes with a steel spring.
