Cube Cross Race 2023 Cyclocross Bike

About the Cube Cross Race

The Cross Race’s aluminium frame is a breed apart. Designed to be both light and tough, we added 12mm thru axles front and rear to ensure that stiffness and steering precision are on the money for race-winning control. A full carbon fork helps filter out high-frequency buzz and vibration, helping you to concentrate to the end of the race. And internal cable routing ensures that your gear shifts remain clean and precise from start to finish, no matter how filthy the conditions.

Key Features

• CUBE’s Aluminium Superlite starts with heat-treated 6061 aluminium, which has the qualities – high fatigue resistance, good stiffness, low weight and excellent strength – that are important for a bicycle frame. Then we make it into double butted tubes, to reduce weight without sacrificing any of its strength. The result? Exceptionally light, strong and tough frames.
• Advanced Mechanical Forming is a way of manipulating tube shapes to better fulfil their function as part of a frame. Varying cross-sections and external dimensions helps create a smoother look for a frame, but it’s also a great way to increase the strength, stiffness and durability of a frame without increasing weight.
• Smooth Welding isn’t easy, but worthwhile things usually aren’t. It has two advantages. First, and most obviously, it looks great: one tube seems to almost flow into the other. Second, and at least as importantly, it helps to minimise load peaks on welded areas for better frame strength and durability.
• Cables connect your handlebar controls to vital components like gears and brakes, but there’s no need for them to get in your way. With Internal Cable Routing we’ve reduced clutter and maintenance by running cables through the frame, keeping them out of the way of dust and water contamination – or damage from abrasion – as well as cleaning up your bike’s appearance.

Specifications

Frameset

• Frame: Aluminium Superlite, Double Butted, Advanced Mechanical Forming, Smooth Welded, Internal Cable Routing, Flat Mount Disc, 12x142mm, AXH
• Fork: CUBE Cross Race Disc, Full Carbon, 1 1/8 – 1 1/4 Tapered, Flat Mount

Wheels

• Wheelset: CUBE RA 1.9 CX, Tubeless Ready
• Tyres: Schwalbe X-One Allround, PerfL, Kevlar, 33-622

Drivetrain

• Front Derailleur: Shimano Tiagra FD-4700, 31.8mm Clamp
• Rear Derailleur: Shimano Tiagra RD-4700GS, 10-Speed
• Shifters: Shimano Tiagra ST-4700
• Chain: KMC X10
• Crankset: Shimano Tiagra FC-4700, 50x34T
• Cassette: Shimano CS-HG500, 11-34T
• Bottom Bracket: Shimano BB-RS500, 68mm BSA

Components

• Handlebar: CUBE Compact Race Bar
• Stem: CUBE Performance Stem SLX, 31.8mm
• Brakes: TRP Spyre MD-C610C, Flat Mount (160/160)
• Saddle: Natural Fit Venec Lite
• Seatpost: CUBE Performance Post, 27.2mm

Bike Sizing

Choosing the bike size depends on the type of bike, your height, your riding style, and your preference. A correct fitting bike will be more comfortable, more efficient and more fun to ride. This bike size guide gives our customers general advice on choosing the right size.

Product code: 930177