2019 CUBE ATTAIN GTC Race Ultegra

Surprisingly comfortable and fast long-distance race bike!

CUBE designed the Attain GTC Race so that it's as comfortable as it is fast - which means it's the ideal choice for endurance riding. It's a bike made to break personal bests, whether that's on a long distance training route or a local hill climb. To achieve this blend of pace and plushness CUBE selected the best off-the-shelf technology available - including Shimano's Ultegra components, which borrow heavily from the range-topping Dura Ace groupset - and bolted it all to a cutting edge carbon frame. Fulcrum Racing 77 wheels and sleek, light and strong CUBE finishing components complete a package that's pure-bred racing snake, built to take on anything from a sportive to an epic hilly ride with your training buddies. 

The Attain GTC Race is built around the latest development of CUBE's carbon frame technology, complete with matching carbon fork plugged into an integrated headset. They also equipped the frame with aero Flex Stays - an important feature that adds a dose of welcome comfort to this race-bred machine, without in any way detracting from its ability to devour the miles at speed. Incredible stiffness is provided by the tapered head tube, joined in turn to the large cross-section down tube - which means assured, stable handling and instantaneous responses, even at high speed. To ensure the best drivetrain efficiency CUBE selected PressFit for the crucial bottom bracket bearings. And, in keeping with the sleek Gran Turismo-inspired looks, CUBE ran all the cables internally for longer-lasting clean shifts. 

• Gran Turismo Composite - In designing the GTC carbon fiber frames, safety and comfort are the main factors. CUBE use high modulus fibers for the parts which are stressed the most ?the head tube, the seat tube top and the bottom bracket area. That is why the frame still offers flex and comfort resulting from the flexible tubes. CUBE's special production process with inner and outer molding forms ensure that the minimum of required material is used, reducing overall weight even with complex frame designs. All GTC frames have of course passed DIN - Plus testing.
• Twin Mold Technology - The Twin Mold technique uses re-usable cores during the lay-up process to ensure precision frame moulding. Special inserts guarantee optimum ply orientation during the production process to add extra strength at frame points subject to higher loads. This improves the safety of the product and delivers outstanding stiffness characteristics.
• Integrated Cable Routing - Internally routed cables offer many advantages. Cables are protected from dirt for longer life, weight is saved thanks to the absence of external housing and the bike has a clean, sleek appearance.
• Tapered Steerer - This steerer tube design is stiffer than a conventional straight steerer and yields a more secure ride feel even in difficult terrain. Minimal flex at the front of the frame means the greatest possible steering precision. With the larger steerer, the forks become more rigid. At the same time weight is saved due to the absence of bearing shells as the lower bearing is fully integrated into the headtube. On all of CUBE's carbon models the upper bearing shells are also directly in the frame, so that once more a few grams are saved and the energy transfer is very direct.
• Press Fit BB - With Press Fit bearings, the bottom bracket bearings are pressed directly into the frame and not screwed in as usual. This gives a wider bottom bracket shell and allows them to build a wider downtube and more broadly-spaced chainstays. Every millimeter of additional width gives a significant improvement in lateral stiffness.
• Wet Paint Surface - On polished, brushed aluminium and all HPC frames, the logos and graphics are applied in multi-layer wet paint. CUBE use this surface treatment technology mainly to save weight.

Fact Sheet of CUBE ATTAIN GTC Race Ultegra