Cross Race
Origin
Cube's Cross is two different bikes that share a confusing name. The Cross (no suffix) and Cross Hybrid are flat-bar fitness/urban bikes — aluminum frame, 28" wheels, 40-50 mm tyres, a SR Suntour suspension fork on some trims, and Shimano 2x9 drivetrains aimed at the commuter who wants something faster than a touring bike. The Cross Race C:62 is a completely different animal: a UCI-legal cyclocross race bike with a carbon C:62 frame, Shimano GRX 2x11 off-road drop-bar drivetrain, Shimano 105 hydraulic discs and 33 mm Schwalbe X-One file-tread tyres. Cross Race C:62 Pro sits around €2,599 for 2024; fitness-Cross trims run €749-€1,299. The naming has tripped up buyers for years — Cube even quietly renamed some fitness variants under the SL Road and Nuroad lines to clean things up. Within the Baltic market, Cross usually means the flat-bar fitness bike unless the listing says C:62 explicitly.
Specifications
- Frame
- Carbon — C:62 Advanced Twin Mold (mid tier) or C:68X (premium, ~200g lighter); historic 2012-2019 Cross Race used HPA aluminium
- Weight
- kg
- Drivetrain
- Shimano 105 Di2 R7170 2x12 electronic (C:62 Pro/SLX) or SRAM Rival XPLR AXS 1x12 wireless (C:62 Race); SRAM Force XPLR AXS at C:68X SLT top tier. Crankset Rotor Vegast BC2 46x36T on the Di2 build; cassette 11-34T (105) / 10-36T (Rival XPLR).
- Brakes
- Hydraulic disc, flat mount, 160/160mm rotors. Shimano 105 BR-R7170 (Pro/SLX), SRAM Rival AXS (Race), Shimano Ultegra-level on higher trims.
- Wheels
- CUBE OR 2.5 alloy, 28/28 spokes, 12x100mm front / 12x142mm rear thru-axle, tubeless ready (C:62 Pro). C:62 Race uses Newmen Performance X.R.25 Gravel; top builds spec Newmen carbon wheels.
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