Advice on new bike

i enquired about a cube attain last week and was told it would be in next november .

Carbon is night and day, absolutely worth it in my opinion. If you can afford it that is. Definitely noticeable comfort difference over aluminium.

I’d disagree. In my experience, Alu bikes can be equally comfortable

Carbon is far stiffer for a given mass. Comfort shouldn't be affected by frame material, as there's no real give in the triangles.

Lighter weight &/or greater stiffness is what you're after with carbon.

The carbon Attain is a kilo lighter than the aluminium one you're looking at, according to their website. If you're looking for something lighter then that one should do.

Aluminium all the way. But a good one, not a cheap one. Same for carbon if you go for it - 2300 is going to get you a very cheap carbon composition and in that case I'd go Alu much quicker.

Would have thought a bike over 2k would be decent enough unless you are comparing it to the really high end ones that most will never own .I own a couple of cube bikes I found the attain a pretty good bike and have done a lot of miles it depends on how much you would use it what kind of distances you regularly do the more expensive bike will be better on the longer trips but for regular short runs the cheaper one will be fine . The better bike will cost a bit more to maintain as well.

Just because something is entry level doesn't mean it isn't a quality product. Very cheap carbon is the likes of Seva or any other Chinese special. We're talking about Cube here. If my budget, entry level €1,500 2017 Canyon Endurace CF7 has held up with a rider over 100kg I think it will be fine.

Elvis Hammond has a good point with the GTC Race, 105 is a great groupset and it's still a light bike but you'll have €400 in the pocket. If you want you could use that towards nicer wheels to save weight (can't find much info about those Cube wheels on the €2,000+ model)

Good choice, never mind the comments here as 95% of us (me included) wouldn't notice a difference what frame we're on and Cube are a good reliable brand so I wouldn't label there carbon bikes low end. All the talk of compliance and feel of certain frames is all marketing, as Sean Kelly said the best bike is the one his sponsor is paying for 🙂

Enjoy the new ride.

Low end heavy (relative of course) carbon composite frames are a marketing dream. Queues of Mamils out the door conditioned to think only carbon will do for their next bike, when it's well worth taking the time to research thoroughly and look at all the options.

Not saying anything wrong with the like of Cube or Giant or any of the low-end mass-produced carbon moulds - perfectly good from a longevity and safety perspective, it's more the mindset of "it must be carbon" I'd challenge as it's a bit lazy.

I think it's really worth considering if you want to buy another aluminium bike when you already have a decent aluminium bike. Why not just throw a set of wheels on the current bike rather than buying another similar bike and throwing wheels on that?

Buy the fancier bike. For no other reason than its fancier 😂 and you have the bike to work.