Reader’s Ride: Will’s Cube Stereo Hybrid 177

Say hello to a firm and fast skill compensating Cube with a recalled crankset.

Your Name

Will Em

Bike

Cube Stereo Hybrid 177 Trail Motion

Fork

Fox Factory 38 E Optimised. 170mm

Shock

Fox Factory Float X2

Suspension Setup

3x tokens in the forks. Rebound is set up quite fast, compression is middle of the road.

3 volume spacers in the shock, similar to the fork.

I like my skill compensators to be quite fast and firm.

Wheels

Newmen Beskar 30 base/strong, 29/27.5.

Tyres

Conti Kryptotal Front & Rear, Downhill Soft, 2.4.

Brakes

Hayes Dominion A4 with Galfer Ebike Pads, Hayes Discs.

Drivetrain

SRAM GX Eagle AXS Transmission, with Pinnd 155mm Cranks & Oneup Wave pedals.

Cockpit

Burgtec – Ride High Josh Bryceland Signature bars, 50mm rise. Enduro MK3 35mm Stem, The Bartender Pro Josh Bryceland Signature Grip.

Seatpost

Cube Dropper, 170mm. with OneUp lever.

Saddle

Burgtec – The Cloud Boost

Accessories

Fidlock bottle mount, Lumiere & Co Falcon Saddle Bag.

Size and Weight

XL, 24.5kg

Additional Comments

Why this bike? I like green!

But seriously, I was looking for a full-fat, gravity focussed eeb that didn’t look hideous, and that was long and slack seemed a bit of a challenge within my budget.

By luck I came across this. Not a brand I readily considered, but glad I went to see one in the flesh first.

My first EEB, enjoying it quite a bit at the moment. Clocked up my first 100 miles on this weekend at Wharncliffe.

Does everything I want it to. Straight into the slack seating from day one. The geo mirrors my Rocky Mountain Slayer. Most of aftermarket parts were bought to mirror the setup. Heavily gravity focussed.

Likely to change the rear shock for a coil in the near future, struggling to gel with the air.

Will also change the dropper when it gives up on life. Which judging by the way it feels when actuated is very soon.

The shop (shoutout to Damian Harris Cycles) did a fantastic job in getting it set up. Cube QC on assembly leaves a little to be desired. But thus far, apart from the product recall on the OEM cranks, it’s been faultless.

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