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this is the new cube stereo hybrid 140
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HP CTM six-to-five i know the name may
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not sound that catchy but stick with me
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because i think you are gonna want to
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know about this bike at four thousand
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six hundred and ninety nine pounds for
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this particular model you get one
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hundred and forty miles of rear travel
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150 miles of front travel the new bosch
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CX generation four motor power tube
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sixty five battery Magura mt7 brakes and
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as all strapped to a carbon front
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triangle an alloy rear triangle that's a
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pretty good package for 2020 cuba's
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updated its entire ebike range to have
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better cable routing and easier access
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to the battery area which should help
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both dealers and customers reducing
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workshop time by up to eighty percent
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for some tasks in 2019 cube saw the
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stereo 140 hybrid show the biggest
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market increase so it puts some effort
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into updating it for this year it's a
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touch lighter than in the past and has
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shorter chain stays for better handling
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the geometry is pretty conservative but
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cube is targeting the masses and most
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will find that this bike feels pretty
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normal I got to ride it for a couple of
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hours and I have to say that I do think
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the new Bosch motor is an improvement on
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previous generations but it is still
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quite noisy which does drive me
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there's also a bit of a ratchet sound
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when you're backpedaling which again
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takes a bit of getting used to and you
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do need to do that backpedaling I got
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really frustrated with pedal strikes in
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the beginning of riding this bike until
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I got used to approaching an obstacle a
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little bit faster than I might think was
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necessary and then kind of using my
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bodyweight to get up and through it just
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to counteract that drop-off in speed
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that you get with the motor stopping
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when you stop pedaling I was really
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surprised at how nimble and agile this
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bike felt it's definitely not light but
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I could still flick it and wiggle it in
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and out of rocky obstacles across roots
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and even hopping off the odd lip I did
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notice that I needed that lip or sender
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and or just be able to get airborne
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I couldn't just jump from flat on it but
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perhaps with a little more practice and
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maybe some upper body exercises I might
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get the strength there to do that the
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trails we were riding were rocky and
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Ruthie and had plenty of opportunity for
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puncture and neither I nor anyone else
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in my group experienced the puncture
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during the whole ride which was
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something of a surprise to me I have to
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admit I did feel instantly confident
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riding this bike downhill it got me
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through some slippery routes and some
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really a little single track that I
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might have thought twice about riding on
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a new bike previously but sabri honest I
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was just too busy having fun on the
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trails to really notice that it was even
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a new bike one thing I really think
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added to my enjoyment of this bike was
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the effectiveness of the Magura mt7
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brakes they really did allow me to stop
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when I wanted to slow when I wanted to
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and just gave me a feeling of being in
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control even on the slippery routes and
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trails that we were riding I do think
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that lots of people will be tempted to
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go for the 160 stereo hybrid with the
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bigger travel which comes at the same
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price point however I do think that
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model at 4699 pounds with a carbon
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front-end frame it's going to be really
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hard to beat in the year ahead it offers
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great value for money it's going to be
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available from your local bike shop so
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you've got the confidence of being able
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to go back and get any maintenance needs
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dealt with and all around this looks
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like a great package for 2020 if you're
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looking for a big hitting ii bike that
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will handle really pretty much anything
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that you could throw at it in the UK hop
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on over to single track well for more
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information on this bike other bikes in
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the cube 2020 range and loads of other
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