Wanting to pull the trigger on the Cube Analog, it’s massively discounted rn, and then I saw the 2022 version is 100€ cheaper. I checked the specs and I couldn’t see a single difference, even the bikes look the same except for a black bar of paint on the newer one. Does anyone know any difference?
by Dr_Haubitze
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Looked their specs up, virtually none. They seem to ship with different pedals though, but you’ll want to swap them anyway at some point. Grab the 2022.
It differs a lot between countries, so it’s hard to say.
Cube does this thing they called the “country spec” where the euro model comes, most of the time, with different components than the latin america/north america models.
Anyways, year to year changes are usually changing from 1×12 sram, to 1×12 shimano, going from a rockshox reba to a rockshox judy, thru axle or a remote lockout, different brakes, different saddles, different grips.
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I beeeeelieve that year was when they redesigned the frames, the are noticeably different in the cross section between the top tube and the saddle tube, also they went from PM rear brakes to flat mount rear brakes. And the biggest change was that they started to include the dropper port in the seat tube, previous years didn’t have that.
All in all, if I’m correct the newer frame is better. So I wouldn’t buy based on spec because the analog usually sits in the middle ground between being a city bike with knobby tires and a more focused mountain bike. I would go attention or attention sl if it’s within your budget. Those usually are better value for money, as they use to come with hollow cranksets and higher tier transmissions and forks.
There is no difference.
They are exactly the same bike. Components also look about the same. Are you in NL or DE?