Cube Reaction Hybrid Pro trekking adaptation for winter use

[petercastleton]

When I got my bike I had a plan to use it stripped back for summer off road blasts and then in the winter use it more sedately as a trekking bike. So I have bought some Cube Acid mudguards and a rack and refitted the prop stand it came with. They were a bit of a fiddle to fit, the rear guard has to be drilled in the right places and I adapted the rear stay fixings to go on the front as you don't need stays fitted to rear if you have the rack. The mudguards and rack are both of good quality and I'm rather pleased with the results. I was even allowed to bring the bike into the study to do the work in the warm and dry!

 

[petercastleton]

Quick shakedown ride, nothing fell off so that's good right?

 

[Trip Hazard]

Looks spot on Peter ?. Had to look twice at the first picture as I thought your back wheel looked tiny ?

 

[PablitoDeRoma]

I really like it, got mine in the grey colour. Installing the mudguard was tricky but not difficult. Had to shorten one of the stays as it was too long for the front mudguard.
I know added the rack, however, bikester.com sold me a wrong rack which it's meant to fit a 27.5 bike (I realised this too late) . I managed to fit it by bending the rack in some points and by removing the little adapter and by cutting in half the big adapter. The issues was that on the website the title of the product it's for a 29" on the label attached to the rack it says that it also good for a 29" but in reality it's not.
I'll post some picture later.

Hey Peter, did you have difficulty installing the rack? Did you have to make any alterations to fit it?

 

[petercastleton]

Hi, yes. I had to cut a fair bit off the front mudguard stays. I also had to cut down the plastic block at the rear of the rack shown in one of the photos. I went out for a very muddy off-road ride on Friday and the mudguards made a massive difference. They didn’t clog up either. It was also a very rough route and everything stayed in place and rattle free.

I really like it, got mine in the grey colour. Installing the mudguard was tricky but not difficult. Had to shorten one of the stays as it was too long for the front mudguard.
I know added the rack, however, bikester.com sold me a wrong rack which it's meant to fit a 27.5 bike (I realised this too late) . I managed to fit it by bending the rack in some points and by removing the little adapter and by cutting in half the big adapter. The issues was that on the website the title of the product it's for a 29" on the label attached to the rack it says that it also good for a 29" but in reality it's not.
I'll post some picture later.

Hey Peter, did you have difficulty installing the rack? Did you have to make any alterations to fit it?

 

[gavcav]

When I got my bike I had a plan to use it stripped back for summer off road blasts and then in the winter use it more sedately as a trekking bike. So I have bought some Cube Acid mudguards and a rack and refitted the prop stand it came with. They were a bit of a fiddle to fit, the rear guard has to be drilled in the right places and I adapted the rear stay fixings to go on the front as you don't need stays fitted to rear if you have the rack. The mudguards and rack are both of good quality and I'm rather pleased with the results. I was even allowed to bring the bike into the study to do the work in the warm and dry!

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Hi, how is the rear mudguard attached to the frame at the bottom bracket area please? i've just bought a set of this type of acid mudguards and fitted, but i cannot secure it at this point because they are supposed to be secured by a bolt. However, my bike does not have anywhere i can fit a bolt at this position of the frame.