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Hi there,
Anoyne any idea what my 2010 Cube Stereo HPC (Carbon) as in this link-
http://www.thebikelist.co.uk/cube/stereo-hpc-elixir-cr-2010/specs
might be worth, It cost me just over £2500 last August from chain reaction but it is a "20 and at '5 "11 it has always felt slightly too big for me, other than that its a great bike imo, good spec for the money.
It's in great condition with just a few marks of the rear suspension triangle.
Cheers for any help !
blimey who told you to buy a 20" at your height?
Can't really blame anyone but myself 🙂
So you got it cheap because it's size gimungous... I reckon you'll get £1k. If you can sell it in Brobdingnag.
I ride a 20" voodoo and i'm the same height and it feels a little small.
h4muf - then you don't know what a correctly fitting bike feels like. HTH
[i]then you don't know what a correctly fitting bike feels like. HTH [/i]
Or you don't know what shape h4muf is and how he likes his bikes to feel. HTH
Tsy, what a load of rubbish. Never buy a bike based on st size alone.
😀
Size is a good starting point but companies don't measure bikes in the same way, standover height and top tube length give a far better impression of the size IMO.
Also the shape of the rider makes a difference, two riders of the same height but one with a longer torso and arms and one with longer legs will not necessarily fit the same size of bike.
Try for £1200 posted and be prepared to take offers.
akira +1
I am 5'11 and often wonder if i would be happier on the next size up on my yeti. It has an 18" seat tube but dropped top tube and lots of standover, and whilst great fun on twisty and downhil pointing stuff, it feels a bit short on climbs even with a 100mm stem, or 'tiller' as they seem to be known round these parts. The next size up on that frame is 19.5-20" iirc, which if i didn't think about top tubes and stem length I would never have considered.
(Mr MC posting)
the fact is manufacturers size bikes by seat tube and it is a general guide to frame size as the TT goes up in proportion. And the OP has admitted that he bought the wrong size (I would guess as CRC were doing extreme sizes reduced).
To support TSY and rocketdog, if the OP had approached any of us and asked "I'm 5'11 should I buy a 20" frame?" our reply would have been probably not, have you checked the other dimensions? He has admitted to making the mistake himself and with no other information to go on saying 20" is too large for a 5'11" rider is reasonable.
I know I like bikes with a ~22.5" top tube and an 80-90mm stem, regardless of fads/fashions/internet lore/magazines and it took a few bikes to get there. I currently have a 15.5" Dialled Alpine (22"TT), a 16" Orange Alpine, and had a medium 17.5" Santa Cruz in order to get that TT length. Nearly bought a Yeti (ASR7) and their rider size guides are way out compared to other manufacturers, their small is very similar to an SC medium (17.8" ST, 22.5" TT) but Yeti recommend a medium for my height (5'10"), which is a ~19" ST and 23.5" TT and to me would feel like a gate. A lot of reviewers seem to get caught out too. julian I guess youre on a small, and might have felt better on a medium?
You'd probably get a lot more for it if you split and sell the bits separately. OR, sell the frame and put the bits on a nice new smaller frame?
Cheers for the replys !
I think it might be worth looking into splitting it if its only worth round £1200, I was hoping for £1500-1600 but that is now sounding very hopefull 😀
With regards the size, this is my first full sus and I hadn't found this forum at the time, I had sat on a "20 previously and it seemed ok so I went for it. The bike comes with a 100mm stem and once i replaced that with a 60 it actually rides well, I do have long arms and legs for my height however it is slightly too big to throw around on the downy bits.
An expensive lesson but in the future I will make more effort to try to get a test ride - I have always been a bit impulsive buying stuff and didn't want to wait 🙂
I would get another Stereo tho they are a cracking bike, very light in carbon and looks the business in matt black.
Maybe see if you can find someone with a medium and swap frames? You never know...
You are dropping the seat right?
I'm 5"7 and ride an 18", so it doesn't seem crazy for you to ride a 20". Do you know someone with a 18" you could try?
Have you thought about just buying a new frame and swapping the parts?
I have bought a Nukeproof mega and built it up separately, with the cube being so new I thought it might be worth selling as a full bike, it has to go either ways so i'll get it cleaned up and take a few pics see what happens - cheers for the help !