Ready to take on the trails? Because the Stereo HPC Race certainly is. Start with a RockShox Psylo Silver RC fork, and add a matching Deluxe Select+ RT shock for 145mm of rock- and root-swallowing travel at the rear, and 150mm up front. Add a Newmen Performance 30 wheelset shod with Continental's tenaciously grippy Xynotal 2.4in tyres, and hold it all in check with Magura's powerful Louise hydraulic disc brakes. Add Shimano's legendarily reliable XT 1x12 gears. And finish it all off with a dropper seatpost, because you never know what the trail will throw at you. Yeah... it's definitely ready.Frame descriptionLook, we'll be the first to admit we're pleased with the Stereo HPC's looks. It's pretty sleek, right? The High Performance Carbon front triangle and aluminium rear end are certainly neat. But dig a little deeper, and it's also about practicality and function. So the straight seat tube, for example, allows for a longer dropper post with deeper insertion. The threaded bottom bracket features a secure, three-bolt ISCG05 chain guide mount. The UDH dropout is tough and future-proof. There's a new and improved down tube storage system. An angle-adjust headset with Internal Cable Routing, but also head tube ports for optional semi-internal cables. And a modular top tube mount for your Garmin/Wahoo/X-Mount device. Trail-ready, all of it.
The biggest obstacle to going faster isn't you, it's air. Which is why, for the Aerium C:68X SLT Aero, we took a close look at our medal-winning race bike and fitted it with components that are to air what a hot knife is to butter. Profile Design ASC Pro extensions combined with our CUBE cockpit help put you in the most efficient aero tuck possible, and the Hammerhead Karoo 3 head unit keeps you on top of everything you need to know. Meanwhile, the Newmen Streem Aero/Disc TT80/Disc Vonoa wheelset – clad with Schwalbe Pro One Aero tyres – features a carbon disc rear to complement the deep-section front wheel. Sram Red AXS brakes have the power to slow you quicker, so you can maintain your speed for longer. Put it all together, and it means that more of your output will go into forward propulsion, transferred to the road via Sram's Red AXS 1x12 gears with a CeramicSpeed waxed Red chain and a Sram Red crank with built-in power meter. It's quick. You will be, too.Frame descriptionDeveloped in close collaboration with CUBE athlete and World Champion Lucy Charles-Barclay, the Aerium C:68X can rightly claim its title as the fastest frame we've ever made. Every detail, from the aero fork design, disc brake integration and in-frame hydration and storage systems, has been designed with zero compromise, tested in the wind tunnel and then tested again under pressure, in race conditions. That's why, for example, we fitted a high rise bar for the medium and large sizes – because seemingly small touches make a difference. Lucy has full confidence in the frame and its configurable storage and hydration, and now you can, too.
