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I know this is a long shot but does anyone here happen to know of any knee pads, elbow pads and gloves that don't contain Neoprene? I have a somewhat rare allergy to one of the chemicals in Neoprene that means when i wear it I get contact dermatitis which is super itchy, breaks the skin and...

Thanks, good info there 👍🏻 Once my extractor arrives I'll compare the info on my cranks to yours.

Q-factor, that's the term I couldn't remember earlier, I'm not the original owner of mine so I assume it's not covered by warranty now, it's a 2020 bike and I have no idea where it was originally purchased from. Is the Q-factor written on the crank arms? I'm not home at the moment so can't check.

I'll have another look for my extractor this afternoon and if I can't find it I'll have to order another one so I can remove and check them. I'll get a chainring lockring tool while I'm at it so I can remove that to get to all the motor mount bolts also.

lol nice tip, thanks.

Nice one thanks, so it's just a regular crank extractor then, I have one somewhere but I can't seem to find it anywhere, I must have leaant it to someone 🤔 I'll order another and go from there.

I had a look on eBay for the same model bike and one of them on there seems to have a wear mark in the exact same place on the chainstay:

That said though, I can kind of already rule out drag because both bikes felt the same in all other modes, it was just ECO where there was a big difference.

Yep that's what it boils down to, which is why I've booked in for a firmware check to make sure it has the 85nm update applied to kind of rule that out. My Cube does have some draggy looking tyres on it (Michelin Wilds) and the Orbea has Maxxis Minions and the Cube has a bit more suspension travel.

Well if I hadn't rode the Orbea back to back with the Cube I'd probably agree with you because obviously ECO would feel underpowered right after using higher powered modes, but both bikes in ECO ridden back to back at the same time at the same location the Orbea is definitely way more ridable in...

Agreed, that's the issue I find with my Cube though, in ECO it feels like I'm riding through treacle and not like a normal MTB. The Orbea felt like a light MTB while in ECO mode so it's perfectly offsetting the extra weight.

I had a go on a mates Orbea Wild recently which has the exact same battery, motor and display as my Cube Stereo SL Hybrid 160 and the ECO mode on the Orbea was noticeably more powerful than the ECO mode on my Cube, we did a 20 odd mile off road route and he could spend most of the time in the...

I can't get to all the motor mount bolts without getting the chainring off and I'm pretty sure I don't have the correct tools to get it off but the bolts I could get to seemed tight enough. I'll figure out what tools I need and strip it down a bit better when I can.

Good point about the up stroke, didn't think of that, will check motor mount bolts then.

Everything seems tight as far as I can tell. It's got 165mm cranks, wondering if that's what they came with or maybe the previously owner put them on and got the wrong offset (or whatever it's called)?

Is there some kind of spacer available to move my crank arm out a little? And exactly what tools do I need to remove the crank on this bike? There's a little clearance there while static but it must be flexing and rubbing under load. The photo makes the crank arm look bent because of the angle...

Thanks, I did see that but it doesn't go into detail with the hubs, like hub length. The rest of it looks handy though.

Nice one thanks!

I might get some new wheels for mine because I get the feeling that's where Cube saved some money on the 2020 Stereo SL160 Hybrid so just wondering what spec hubs I need, like length, axle size and I guess the name of the rotor mount (it has a single lock nut type thing unlike my other bikes...

I get this every so often (also Magura), it's just flex/twist from forks and wheels and whatever else, not an issue, had it on a few bikes. I have a 24" wheel sized rigid street trials bike also with Maguras and don't get any rub on there while cornering because the frame, forks and wheels are...