IN BRIEF
Cube unveiled its 2027 range on 12 August, with nine series renewed in one go, from city bikes to downhill. The headline fact fits in a single line of its catalogue: the Stereo Hybrid ONE44, its best-selling electric mountain bike, is now also offered with an Avinox motor and a removable 800 Wh battery — a unit designed by DJI, not by Bosch, the brand’s long-standing partner. The rest of the utility range follows: the Fold Hybrid folder has been redesigned, the Editor Hybrid city bike starts at €1,999 with a rear-hub motor, and the Nuride Hybrid ONE11 trekking bike moves to full suspension.
| Announcement | 12 August 2026 — nine series renewed |
| Stereo Hybrid ONE44 HPC | €4,049 to €8,799 — Avinox M2S or Bosch Performance CX / CX-R motors |
| Nuride Hybrid | €2,699 to €4,699 — Performance, EXC and ONE11 versions |
| Fold Hybrid | €2,999 to €3,599 — Comfort and Deluxe versions |
| Editor Hybrid | €1,999 to €3,299 — including the Editor Hybrid 360 FE |
| Anti-lock braking | Kathmandu Hybrid ABS 750 |
Cube is one of Bosch’s biggest European customers. That is what makes the 2027 model year interesting: on its best-selling electric mountain bike, the German brand is fitting a motor designed by a Chinese drone manufacturer. The announcement published by Cube says nothing on this point, but its catalogue does: the Stereo Hybrid ONE44 range page lets you filter models by motor, and the Avinox M2S appears there alongside the 120 Nm Bosch Performance CX.
A drone maker’s motor on the best-selling model
The Stereo Hybrid ONE44 HPC ranges from €4,049 to €8,799. Within that bracket, two worlds now sit side by side: the Bosch-powered versions, and those that get the Avinox M2S with a removable 800 Wh battery. Avinox claims 130 Nm of torque for this unit, and 150 Nm in Boost mode — above the 120 Nm Cube lists for the Bosch Performance CX in the same series.
Cube is not breaking with Bosch for all that. The catalogue for the same series still lists the 120 Nm Performance CX and its CX-R version. The two motor systems therefore share a single family of bikes, which looks less like a divorce than like a head-to-head under the same roof.
Anti-lock braking joins the trekking family
The 2027 catalogue also makes room for anti-lock braking: Cube lists a Kathmandu Hybrid ABS 750 in its trekking family. It is probably the change that will be noticed most in everyday use. On a heavy electric bike, often loaded, ABS alters braking behaviour on wet roads far more than a handful of extra newton-metres.
The folder folds better, the city bike drops below €2,000
The least spectacular part of the announcement is probably the one that will affect the most people. The Fold Hybrid, the brand’s electric folder, has been “rethought and redesigned” for 2027, in Cube’s own words, with an optimised folding system and an improved carrying handle. Two trim levels, Comfort and Deluxe, from €2,999 to €3,599.
The Editor Hybrid city bike opens the range at €1,999 and climbs to €3,299. The new arrival for this model year is called the Editor Hybrid 360 FE: under a deliberately understated frame, Cube fits a 360 Wh battery and a Bosch hub motor, in other words a motor housed in the rear wheel rather than at the bottom bracket. It is the opposite of the choice the brand defends elsewhere, where high torque at the bottom bracket remains the rule. On an urban bike, a motor in the wheel has its logic: fewer parts that wear, less noise, and a price that stays under a mark few equipped electric bikes still get past.
That leaves the Nuride Hybrid, from €2,699 to €4,699, offered in Performance, EXC and ONE11 versions. It is this last version that changes the most: the ONE11 pairs full suspension with 100 millimetres of travel with the complete equipment of a trekking bike, along with a Bosch CX motor and an 800 Wh battery. A full-suspension bike for commuting is no longer a contradiction.
Nine series at once is a lot for a single announcement. But the line to remember is not in the number: it is the one where a drone manufacturer’s name appears, for the first time, in the catalogue of one of Europe’s biggest sellers of electric bikes.
Lead photo: official image of the Cube 2027 range. Photo: Cube
