Hi does anyone own a cube LTD pro or anyone advice me if this is a good bike for £750? Is there much difference between the LTD pro and the LTD for £100 less? Both are the 2013 models.

Cube LTD
Frame Alu Superlite 6061 AMF, RFR-Geometry, double butted, disc only
Forks Rock Shox Recon Silver TK Air, 100mm, Poploc
Rear Derailleur Shimano XT, RD-M781-SGSL, Shadow 10-speed
Front Derailleur Shimano Deore FD-M590-10. Down Swing 34.9mm, 10-speed
Shifters Shimano Deore SL-M591, Rapidfire-Plus, 10-speed
Chainset Shimano FC-M522, 42x32x24T, 175 mm
Bottom Bracket Shimano BB-ES25 113mm
Chain Shimano 10 Speed
Freewheel Shimano HG-62 10 Speed 11-36T
Headset FSA No.10 semi-integrated, 1 1/8″
Stem Easton EA30 Oversized 31.8mm, 8°
Handlebars Easton EA30 Lowriser Oversized, 660 mm
Front Brake Shimano BR-M395 hydraulic disc brake(180mm)
Rear Brake Shimano BR-M395 hydraulic disc brake (160mm)
Rims RFR ZX24 26″
Front Hub Shimano HB-RM66 Centerlock Disc
Rear Hub Shimano FH-RM66 Centerlock Disc
Tyres Schwalbe Smart Sam 26 x 2.25
Saddle Selle Italia X1
Seatpost Easton EA30 31.6*400mm
Seat Clamp: RFR Varioclose 34.9mm
Pedals Alu PD-971

Cube LTD pro
Frame Alu Superlite 6061 AMF, RFR-Geometry, double butted, disc only
Forks Manitou Marvel Expert Air, Remote Lockout, 100mm
Rear Derailleur Shimano XT, RD-M781-SGSL, Shadow 10-speed
Front Derailleur Shimano Deore FD-M590-10. Down Swing 34.9mm, 10-speed
Shifters Shimano Deore SL-M591, Rapidfire-Plus, 30-speed
Chainset Shimano FC-M552 Hollowtech II, 42x32x24T
Bottom Bracket Shimano Hollowtech II
Chain Shimano 10 Speed
Freewheel Shimano HG-62 11-36T
Headset FSA No.10 semi-integrated, 1 1/8″
Stem Easton EA30 31.8mm, 8°
Handlebars Easton EA30 Lowriser Oversized, 660 mm
Front Brake Shimano BR-M395 hydraulic disc brake(180mm)
Rear Brake Shimano BR-M395 hydraulic disc brake(160mm)
Rims RFR ZX24 26″
Front Hub Shimano SLX HB-RM675 Centerlock Disc
Rear Hub Shimano SLX FH-RM675 Centerlock Disc
Tyres Schwalbe Smart Sam 26 x 2.25
Saddle Selle Italia X1
Seatpost Easton EA30 31.6*400mm
Seat Clamp: RFR Varioclose 34.9mm
Pedals Alu PD-971

Thanks for your time

Nothing wrong with either bike. The £100 buys a few wee “upgrades” and shaves off a wee bit of weight. Have a word with your LBS and see if they’ll offer you the Pro at a bit of a discount 🙂

Worth it to get the Rockshox over the Manitou.

Thanks for your replies. The bike with the rockshox is the cheaper one. Are the Manitou no good?

They’re ok, I’m just a RS fan.

If there isn’t much in it you might of just saved me £100 🙂

I’d rather have the Manitous than the Recon Silvers (though I run Rockshox forks on some of my own bikes).

It looks like apart from the forks there isn’t much in it then

Recon Silvers are rather flexy, I used to have a pair.

And the pro has Hollowtech Chainset, and SLX wheel hubs. I expect that is where the weight saving is.

The LTD is a well built, reasonably light hardtail. I had one in 2009 “race” flavour ( back in the day that had Reba fork and Hayes Stroker brakes with Truvativ Firex cranks. )Great starter bike for XC, bridle ways and fire road/ easy red trail thrashing. They have a racy geometry, so you have to do all the input but then it wasn’t designed for big rocky stuff! It’ll ride virtually anything of coursein the right hands, but a steep head angle means it climbs really well. On smooth singletrack it was an absolute scream, but a lowered seat and sound line choice was required on stuff like Kirry red.

I have no experience of either fork, but perhaps some googling would give you more of an idea as to whether the Manitou and Hollowtech Chainset justify the extra 100 quid. .

Either way, you’re getting a good bike for the money. I would suggest that if you are sold on the RS fork, then the first upgrades to consider would be the wheels anyway. I hate the faff of Shimano cup and cone hubs. Mine let in water and were bastards to set with cone spanners, so I treated it to a pair of Superstar wheels for little money. A bit of weight saving by getting hold of a lighter chainset if you ever manage to wear the Octalink one out may also be in order if you go for the Ltd.

Thanks guys its helped to get a few different opinions on this. Sounds good for a starter bike and not too expensive .
cheers for your time

I’ve got the Cube Ltd from 2011. Really wish I’d gone for the next model up with the better fork now.

Love riding the bike – it’s brilliant fun if you’re positive and commit.

mine has the basic shimano hubs which aren’t really serviceable so I will need new wheels soon. I think the SLX are serviceable so you won’t have to buy a whole new wheelset when the hubs are worn out.

The hollowtech II bottom bracket will wear out quicker than the octalink one but it’s only £15 for a new one.

You won’t be dissapointed with either bike but if you use it a lot you may find the more expensive one cheaper to keep going for longer.

All cup and cone hubs are serviceable! You need a set of come spanners, some decent grease and three hands, but SLX are the same as basic Shimano to service.

I stand corrected. Thanks I’ll look in to doing that then – got to be cheaper than a new wheelset!!