Never before has a frame achieved a score of 1.3 in the TOUR lab test, and never before has a road bike frame been tuned more comfortably. Even more impressive than the fork, which offers better suspension than any carbon fork before it, is the canyon seatpost, which has been turned into a real suspension beam thanks to a proportion of basalt fibres. Only the external cables and the classic threaded bottom bracket show that the frame is no longer state of the art - although both features also have advantages in terms of service. Mechanically, the model is perfect - the comparatively high air resistance shouldn't matter to many road cyclists. Especially as Canyon also has an aero frame in its programme with the Aeroad.
ConclusionThe most comfortable frame that TOUR has ever tested. Mechanically perfect, but relatively high air resistance.
Price 4,599 Euro / Price frame set 1,699 Euro
Weight 6.4 kilos
Reference/Info www.canyon.com
Weight frame/fork/steering bearing** 945/315/62 grammes
Frame sizes*** 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64 cm
Seat/steering angle 73,5°/74°
Seat/top tube/head tube 570/570/169 plus 17 mm
Headset cap Wheelbase/caster 990/54 mm
Stack/Reach/STR**** 582/398 mm/1.46
EQUIPMENT
Steering bearing Acros Ai70, top 1-1/4 inch, bottom 1.5 inch
Brakes/gears/bottom bracket Campagnolo Super Record (53/39 t., BSA)
Wheels/tyres Mavic R-Sys SLR/Mavic Yksion
Handlebar/stem Ritchey WCS EvoCurve Carbon/Ritchey WCS
Saddle/post Selle Italia SLR/Canyon VCLS (27.2 mm)
*The overall grade includes: the aerodynamics grade with 20 per cent and the grade for the frame set with 80 per cent. The grades are calculated up to the final grade with all decimal places; however, for the sake of clarity, all grades are given with rounded decimal places.
**Weighed weights.
***Manufacturer's specification, test size bold.
****Stack/Reach: projected vertical/horizontal measurement from the centre of the bottom bracket to the upper edge of the headset cap; STR (Stack to Reach): Values 1.45-1.55 mean a sporty riding position, below that race-like, above that comfortable.
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