Cube One44, a Great Value & Lightweight eMTB

The Cube One44 ticks a LOT of boxes - 17.9KG light weight, Bosch SX Motor, 400Wh battery, 600w peak power, range extender compatible. Priced from £5499 - £7999

ETHICS, DISCLAIMER and TRANSPARENCY: Cube hired me to test the bike, review it and to produce a video for on my YouTube channel, and is such labelled as a paid partnership on YouTube. Cube have had no direct input on this content or any editorial or narrative control over the video. Cube do not see the video before it goes live. This paid partnership with Cube has allowed me time to test the bike and also film and edit working with an independent film crew to help capture the bike shots and produce the video content.

[roadlesstraveledtruckee]

Really nice videography and quality exposure and lighting - this is not easy, I know. Nice work Rob and camera person too!

[markbennett]

Thank you Rob, this is the review of this bike that I've been waiting for. So far only limited european reviews available. I think this might just be the bike to encourage me off my short travel analog onto an emtb 😀

[MTBGeordieDownSouth]

I'm waiting for you to do a One 55, it's probably the one I'm looking for as i already have a Trek Exe, great review as usual!

[CeciliaCykelmartin]

5, 5K are not "great value", it is more than many could bear. And all the cables through the headset is a real pity - it will be so much more difficult to make the repairs in the future.
But the bike seems nice to drive and cube makes good bikes - you video was as always Rob very well done!

[Leo-trsc]

Great looking bike, but I'll wait until the small but powerful motors (such as DJI's) replace the full-fat motor systems.

[stanleymustacheshaver]

I worked at Cube in Germany for a while. For me it looks so weird seeing a guy make a professional video about a bike that was put together by people who knowbs nothing about how a bike should be put together. Yet somehow cube still manages to keep going while paying minimum vages and forcing overtime 😢 great video tho!

[Salvaregh]

I have owned this very light e-bike for a couple of months, primarily using it for all-mountain and enduro riding on Alpine single tracks. It's a highly capable machine, though calling it a "mini enduro" might be a bit of an overstatement :) While it can handle challenging enduro sections with ease, it requires skillful riding. As Rob noted, it tends to generate significant speed and isn't very forgiving. However, I wouldn't describe it as "nervous." Perhaps "razor-sharp, requiring precision" would be more accurate.
The Bosch SX motor provides plenty of power – you can do most of the things you usually do with a full-power bike, but with considerably more effort and by significantly increasing your pedaling cadence. The walk mode is extraordinarily powerful, decidedly more so than the walk mode of the Bosch gen 4 (not Smart System) on the full-power e-bike I own, a 2020 Orbea Wild.
The main issue with this e-bike by Cube lies with the stock braking system, which is woefully inadequate – spongy (despite repeated bleeding) and lacking power. This is due to both the brake model (MT Trail Carbon, featuring 4-piston MT7 calipers on the front and 2-piston MT8 calipers on the rear) and the brake discs (180mm, which Cube, for some inexplicable reason, even installs on their analog enduro models – ONE55 and ONE77!).
Upon receiving the bike, I implemented the following improvements (which Rob also suggested): 1) Increased the fork length to 150mm (by changing the air shaft) to improve downhill capabilities, achieving approximately a 65° head angle; 2) Swapped the rear disc to 203mm while retaining the MT Trail Carbon (which resulted in minimal improvement); 3) Installed 4-piston MT7 calipers on the rear (again, with little improvement).
Finally, I replaced the entire brake system with a classic pair of reliable Shimano XT BR-8120 brakes (which I have on my Orbea Wild). This completely changed the braking performance, eliminating forearm and hand fatigue during rides. It's disappointing that such an expensive bike is sold with such an undersized braking system (MT Trail Carbon).
P.S. I am familiar with Magura brake systems. I have MT5 brakes on my front enduro bike, which I think I'll keep as they work fairly well. I also had MT7 brakes installed on my analog enduro - a 2020 Trek Slash that I've upgraded significantly over the years. Over time, the MT7s have often given me problems, showing poor reliability and being difficult to bleed. So I took the opportunity to replace these as well with Shimano XT brakes.

[GglieS]

I did a test ride on this thing. It's definitely the noisiest bike of the decade. Amount of rattle on decents was absolutely terrible. For the price of 8000k Euros that's absolutely unacceptable.

[MYMOUNTAIN_]

def looks nicer than the Norco with the same unit, also being a shorter rider I'd be inclined to mullet this bike, which would nicely slacken the Ht a bees also, Cubes are a very good value for money bike hands down.

[Mark]

I’d say bump the fork to 150. That could make it less twitchy due to the slacker head angle

[sergeikulichkov]

Funny fact. It has 100kg limit including bike weight

[bokstroll]

I've sat on this bike and rode it for a while at the shop. Have anyone noticed, that the rear triangle is so poor designed and built, that the tyre literally touches the frame? It's so soft that you can do it just by hands! Can't imagine what it feels like riding it downhill...

[ForbinColossus]

Rob, it would be helpful if you said which countries the bike is sold in if distribution is limited. Some—like Haibike—are Euro only

[TheAfricanGarage]

Damn it Nicholasisernhangen. 😅. Fair play mate!

[petec]

Another great video thanks Rob
What trails are they????

[alanrxs]

These bike companies are too late with these new light weight ebikes when DJI just came in with an amazing bike and technology.

[neilelliston]

Next year il get one i think! Currently have stereo hybrid 160. Its a lil bit heavy

[kickin]

been waiting for this one. Anyt thoughts on this vs the Rise SL (you've ridden both I believe)

[rwalker]

It's a real shame that these models are equipped with the outdated fox fork and dropper. Pretty much the same month these bikes came out was the same time that Fox launched their 2025 fork and dropper models. I wonder if Cube will implement rolling changes on future builds that leave the factory or whether they took up Fox on a mega pricing for outgoing 2024 kit?

[mtb_]

Rob - could this bike be converted to 160/150 by air shaft replacement and different shock?