A BOOSTED STEREO

THE CUBE STEREO HYBRID 140 HPA 27.5 RACE 500

The drivetrain is the ubiquitous Shimano XT 11-speed which as you can imagine, works flawlessly. The only obviously striking difference being the tiny front drive ring which only has 16 teeth. This may lead you to believe that the bike is going to be terribly low geared but fear not, the crank and motor system is a planetary geared unit with one full rotation of the cranks giving the equivalent of around a 32-tooth ring. Battery charging is completed by detaching the battery and charging it on the supplied lead through the mains. A full charge, depending on what setting you are using can get you a reliable 80kms before the e-bike just turns into a really heavy bike. If only using it on the Turbo setting you’ll get a bit less. The battery clips and locks into place in the downtube using a simple key system to prevent theft. So about that extra weight. Yeah. It’s a lot, the whole bike comes in at about 24-25kgs, double