CUBE REACTION HYBRID HPA PRO 29 2015
£1423
http://www.mhw-bike.com/cube-reaction-hybrid-hpa-pro-29-black-n-grey-n-white-2015-3026
£1423
http://www.mhw-bike.com/cube-reaction-hybrid-hpa-pro-29-black-n-grey-n-white-2015-3026
Anyone got a Raleigh Motus ?
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They are a cube dealer, have been for full 2015 season - just too busy selling bikes to update their website by the looks of things.
from Germany - hasn't got the same warranty or legal repercussions as buying from the UK, it's worth the extra £300 for the warranty IMO. (In Germany the warranty laws are different from the UK and so you could be really stuck if it breaks!)
German import taxes on the goods, German exports taxes, German VAT levels. Warranty is shifted from the retailer to someone else so the retailer doesn't need as much cash reserves to cover themselves.
I'd think twice about those Magura rim brakes. They are like rim brakes only worse. Magura have managed to combine all the disadvantages of rim brakes with all the disadvantages hydraulics. I had them on my Pro Connect and they were dreadful. The caliper pistons stick giving uneven adjustment and making it impossible to use the red adjuster wheel on the brake lever. They really are bad.
Having experienced disk brakes, I would never go near rim brakes ever again, especially Magura v
Having experienced disk brakes, I would never go near rim brakes ever again, especially Magura v
But they have to go back via the dealer, & that becomes a problem if your dealer is in a different country.tho if its a motor problem all have to go back to bosch anyway.
Hargreaves was one of the last places in the country to sell it's reaction hybrid pro 29er. It/they went the week I was looking at trying to test ride one. (About 6 different online stores sold out that week.) I'm sure they'll have something to try - you can always call and find out!
Didn’t you retro fit them on an older bike? Maybe they didn’t work so well on that? I have them on my Agattu and they are really good. I still prefer hydraulic disk brakes but these are so much better than normal rim breaks.
Yes John, I retro fitted them in place of cable operated rim brakes. I think the cable brakes were better. For me though, disks are the only option. They are easier to set up, work better and don't chew up the wheel.
Of the 5 bikes I'm able to use at the present time, two have cable rim brakes - good! Two have cable disc brakes, - good but a real nuisance to maintain. One has hydraulic rim brakes - easily the best for feel, progressive action and ultimate stopping power with next to no maintenance.
I may change the discs to a hydraulic set-up at some point but I certainly wouldn't discard my hydraulic rim brakes in favour of discs.
Tom
Cheers Tom....I'd much prefer magura rim brakes on my next bike but unfortunately most of the bikes are fitted with disc brakes which as you say, can be a pain, If rim brakes are a deal breaker I may have to stick to my first choice Raleigh Motus.
....Mike
....Mike
They are fitted with hydraulic disks though not mechanical ones. It’s the mechanical disk brakes which are the pain. Hydraulic disk brakes are practically maintenance free. Just like my Magura hydraulic rim brakes.
Leaving aside the pros and cons of brake systems for a moment, this thread has demonstrated another of those areas of confusion which 'modern times' has helped create.
As with the difficulty many have describing correctly, the foot placement areas adjacent to the bike crank, i.e. pedals and not peddles, some seem to have confusion about circular components. The brake parts are not disks, (unless you're American or have spent too long around computers). They are discs, the same as the type of brake now commonly found on motor vehicles.
In medicine, doctors in the UK may perform a discectomy to relieve acute back pain. Curiously, the Americans spell that procedure exactly as we do in the UK!
So, on an a bike, it's disc brakes; on a Harley, probably disks! Not that it seems to matter at the end of the day as spelling, grammar and English usage have all gone the way of manners, discipline and respect in this selfish new world.
Tom
As with the difficulty many have describing correctly, the foot placement areas adjacent to the bike crank, i.e. pedals and not peddles, some seem to have confusion about circular components. The brake parts are not disks, (unless you're American or have spent too long around computers). They are discs, the same as the type of brake now commonly found on motor vehicles.
In medicine, doctors in the UK may perform a discectomy to relieve acute back pain. Curiously, the Americans spell that procedure exactly as we do in the UK!
So, on an a bike, it's disc brakes; on a Harley, probably disks! Not that it seems to matter at the end of the day as spelling, grammar and English usage have all gone the way of manners, discipline and respect in this selfish new world.
Tom
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I soppose it’s the medium forming the message. Forums like this, or fora if you like, are pretty informal with a very lax attitude to spelling and grammar. So when on auto pilot it’s possible to write all sorts of things without noticing. But I do know how to spell pedant Tom.
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