Cycling World Magazine December 2017 | Page 4

4 | Cycling World CUBE is a German bicycle manufacturer that produces many types of bike, but is best known for its mountain bikes. The company was founded 1993 by the former student Marcus Pürner, who began with an area of 50 m² in his father’s furniture factory in Waldershof, Germany. The company has expanded its production area to 20,000 m² and sells to more than 60 countries all over the world. German innovation for world class state of the art bikes that are the perfect match for both professional bikers and amateur enthusiasts – Cube bikes cater to the demand for cutting-edge high quality bicycles for the connoisseurs. Renowned all over the globe for their world class mountain bikes, Cube brings its entire range of mountain, road, hybrid and Cyclocross bikes for the athletes and cycling enthusiasts in India. For the UK and Ireland, the brand is distributed by Cube Bikes UK in conjunction with One-Way Bike Industry BV, Cube’s distributor for Holland. Cube Bikes are manufactured, built and tested in and around the Bavarian Alps and the factory in Waldershof, Germany. This gives them some of the most demanding terrain on which to test their products; plenty of mud and lots of fast technical descents and climbs. There’s no better place to test bikes for the UK and European markets. They have some of the world’s best terrain on which to decide if a new product makes the cut. Cube builds most of their frames in the Far East. They then ship them back to their Waldershof factory and have guys do all the quality checks, reaming, facing and assembly. This way they can maintain total control of the finished product to ensure the highest quality standards are met while remaining strongly competitive. Cube currently have over 180 models, including spec and colour options. On their website (Cube.eu), they are divided into six categories: full suspension, hardtail, road, tour, ‘Woman Like Series’ (WLS) and kids. To complement this they also have a strong range of parts, clothing and accessories. With such a vast product portfolio, Cube firmly believes they have the perfect bike for anyone who walks into a dealership. If a new retailer would like to stock Cube’s products they must have their own retail premises open to the public. They run a pre-order system, but also permanently carry around 4,500 bikes of free stock, although stock does change on a daily basis due to replenishment from the German factory. A bike could be built in Germany on the Monday, delivered to our Dutch warehouse on the Wednesday and delivered to a UK Cube dealer on the Friday. This flexibility allows them to react quickly to dealers’ needs. If a retailer is interested in stocking Cube, they can telephone 0031 180 441 350 or send them an e-mail to: [email protected] who will then arrange a meeting. For the UK, there are three account managers on the road and three sales support staff based in the Rotterdam office. The growth of Cube across Europe has been overwhelming over recent years, growing from strength to strength. The quality of the product, product design and test results are directly related to their performance. The growth of Cube across Europe has been overwhelming over recent years, growing from strength to strength. The quality of the product, product design and test results are directly related to their performance.