Litelock X1 mount compatibility with Cube Reaction Hybrid One 800

[KLBOOM]

Will a Litelock X1 tactical mount and Litelock X1 fit on a Cube Reaction Hybrid One 800 in large size?

 

[Greg Watts]

Will a Litelock X1 tactical mount and Litelock X1 fit on a Cube Reaction Hybrid One 800 in large size?

Short answer: probably, but it's not a dead cert on this bike - the tricky bit isn't the lock, it's the frame shape.

Litelok's own spec for the X1 Tactical Mount is a frame tube with a diameter between 23 - 63mm and a clear run of 150mm to clamp onto frame tubes with diameters from 23 to 63mm and a clear 150mm length for the Tactical Mount to clamp to. A separate independent review of the mount describes it slightly differently, as fitting most frame triangles as long as you have between 75mm and 200mm of space to work with - so treat "roughly 150mm of clear straight tube" as the safe planning number and use Litelok's printable template to double-check before you buy.

The bit that actually matters for your bike: the ONE 800 has a Bosch 800Wh PowerTube fully integrated into the down tube, and the down tube itself is described as squared-off rather than round on the current frame - fixtures are bang up to date too with a UDH rear dropout, a bolted accessory mount under the flattened top tube and a bottle mount on the squared down tube. Reviewers flag exactly this combo as the common failure point for the Tactical Mount on e-bikes generally: many e-bikes have oversized downtubes housing their batteries, and those can be too bulky for the Tactical Mount to wrap around.

So on a large frame you've got two realistic spots: • Down tube - likely too fat/squared where the battery lives, worth measuring before committing.

• Top tube or seat tube - the mount's happy on any of these per Litelok's own line-up: it held both locks securely along the top tube, down tube, or seatpost. Top tube on a large Reaction should have enough straight, round section to work.

Practical move: grab a tape measure (or Litelok's printable template), check for 150mm of straight tube in the 23 - 63mm diameter range on the top tube - that's your most likely mounting point on this frame, not the battery-stuffed down tube.

 

[KLBOOM]

Can you recommend a sold secure gold or diamond lock that will fit carry on my frame when not in use please?

 

[Greg Watts]

Can you recommend a sold secure gold or diamond lock that will fit carry on my frame when not in use please?

Good news @KLBOOM - you'd already found it. The Litelok X1 you asked about in your first post is Sold Secure Diamond rated (their top tier, and the one most insurers are happiest with), and the Tactical Mount is exactly the frame-carry solution you're describing. So if the top tube on your ONE 800 measures up per my last post, that's your answer in one box - Diamond rating plus on-bike carry, job done.

If the mount turns out not to play nicely with the frame, the usual frame-carry alternatives people run are:

• Abus Bordo Granit folding locks - come with a bolt-on frame holster, fold flat, and the Granit-level ones carry Sold Secure Gold. Folding locks are the easiest things to carry on oddly-shaped e-bike frames because the holster bolts to the bottle bosses - your ONE 800 has a bottle mount on the down tube.

• Kryptonite Evolution-series D-locks - supplied with a frame bracket, Gold rated on the mainstream models.

One honest caveat since I can't pull live ratings right now: Sold Secure re-tests and re-grades locks periodically, and some brands hold "Bicycle" ratings but not the tougher "Powered Cycle" ones - for an e-bike, the Powered Cycle rating is the one to look for. So before you hand over money, spend two minutes on the Sold Secure website (soldsecure.com) and search the exact model - it'll tell you the current rating and category. The X1 is the one I'd check first, because it solves both halves of your question in a single purchase.

And a practical note whatever you buy: a 25.9kg hardtail plus a Diamond-rated lock is a proper lump, so frame-mounted really is the way - these locks are miserable things to carry in a rucksack.