Cube Litening HPT 2011 Review
There is something about owning a titanium steel bike – it is like your first marriage, you believe it’s going to stay with you forever 
Help to Cube you can get this dream Ti bike for less then reasonable amount – only £2599 to be precise. Cube Litening HPT titanium road bike is a truly dream come true bike. 3Al/2.5V aerospace titanium frame built with highest craftsmanship and featuring optimized details.Timeless classic.
The spec is fantastic for your money, especially considering that to get hight quality titanium road bike frame set going to cost you al least thousand ‘bob’. Easton E70 SL full carbon fork in white, full Ultegra 6700 10 speed groupset with compact chainset (50x34T), Fulcrum Racing 5 Evolution wheelset, Schwalbe tyres and Syntace finishing kit. Frame, tyres, forks, rims and hubs are custom colour tuned into raw steel/blue/white look. Subtle yet gorgeous as hell. And clocking the scale at 8.1 kg (18 lb) is not bad at all.
The ride is fantastic as well, accelerates with ease yet self damping character of titan steel smooths the rough stuff away and it is snappy as a whip when you hit the pedals – you could race it, tour the world or just ride it on your local back roads straight out of the box. So if you looking for sweet titanium racer/audax/tourer and don’t have time or simply the cash to build it from bits, Cube Litening HPT is definitely bike to consider.
Cube Litening HPT Technology:
HPT: The titanium used for our titanium frames is characterized by low density, unique tensile strength and outstanding material hardness. The self-damping feature has makes for a super smooth ride. For our titanium frames, we use the same titanium alloys as applied in aircraft construction. This alloy has an especially high stiffness and material hardness with very high resilience and is used for example in hydraulic or compressed air conduits in aircraft. The tube sets hold high ductility and corrosion resistance at very low density.
Integrated Cable Routing: Internally routed cables offer many advantages: clean appearance, cables are protected from dirt and therefore have a considerably longer life and the not required external housing saves weight.
FSS Frame Save System: To protect our high-end aluminium frames, they are built with the CUBE Frame Save System replaceable derailleur hanger. The thread is in the hanger and not in the frame as usual. In case of a crash, this hanger can be easily and quickly replaced by a new one.
Press Fit BB: With press-fit bearings, the outer bearing ring is pressed directly into the frame housing and not screwed-in as usual. With its wider housing, the down tube and the chain stays are joined with the full width. Because the width of the housing is a parameter in calculating the stiffness, every millimetre of additional width gives a significant improvement of lateral stiffness, whilst retaining the comfort-bringing resilience of the chain stays.
CUBE Litening HPT 2011 Specification:
Frame: HPT Titan 3AL/2.5V Aeropace Triple Butted
Fork: Easton EC70 SL CNT Carbon 1 1/8″ – 1 1/2″
Headset: FSA Orbit Z-T
Stem: Syntace F149 Oversized
Handlebar: Syntace Racelite 2014 Oversized
Bar Tape: CUBE Grip Control
Rear Derailleur: Shimano Ultegra RD 6700SS
Front Derailleur: Shimano Ultegra FD-6700BL double, clamp 34.9mm
Shifters and Brake Levers: Shimano Ultegra ST-6700, 10-speed Brakes: Shimano Ultegra BR-6700
Cranks: Shimano Ultegra FC-6750 Hollowtech II Compact 50x34T, Press-fit BB
Cassette: Shimano Ultegra CS-6700 11-28, 10-speed
Chain: Shimano Ultegra CN-6701 106 links
Tyres: Schwalbe Ultremo ZX Kevlar 23×622
Rims: Fulcrum Racing 5 Evolution Custom
Front hub: Fulcrum Racing 5 Evolution Custom
Rear hub: Fulcrum Racing 5 Evolution Custom
Spokes: Fulcrum Racing 5 Evolution Custom
Inner Tube: Schwalbe RR
Pedals: None
Seat: Scape Natural Shape 0.2WLS
Seatpost: RFR Prolight 31.6mm Setback
Seatclamp: Scape Close 34.9mm
Weight: 8.1kg
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