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Hi guys,

I’m a mtb’er that has no mountain near home. Which means, during the week days (and odd wknd) I’ll be using a hybrid bike to keep up with fitness level.

I recently moved to the country side of Ireland and although where we live has plenty of asphalt, I do like to think this n+1 will be able to comfortably tackle dirt roads.

Given my mtb background, gravel bike is not an option, I like the flat bars too much. I will add barends to provide a bit of extra comfort on long rides.

I’ve found this bike:

Cube SL Road Race City 2022

(apologies, newbie user, I can’t upload URL’s)

She ticks pretty much all boxes really, well, I wouldn’t mind going full carbon, but the budget doesn’t allow:

- hydraulic disks (are tektro any good)
- tire clearance up to 42mm, bike comes with 40mm I’m very happy with the thickness.
- Shimano GRX, I’ve read only good things about it
- Front and rear mount ready. I’ll potentially be multi day bike packing around Europe with this bike

Does anybody have this bike, came across her

Any feedback will be highly appreciated

cheers