Just to influence the other way, I’ve bought three Canyons and had great service and we love the bikes.
The one thing I would consider. On the 2011 AM the rear shock is, in my opinion, too linear for its own good. There’s no bob at all from the linkage, and I really like the very long travel XC feel of the bike, stable but still feels nimble. Only downside is that with the pro-pedal off, the rear shock will go all the way through the travel and hit the end stop off largish drops.
Either the shock doesn’t ramp up enough to prevent this, or there’s insufficient high speed compression damping, not sure. Either way, it’s a niggle, but I’m hoping can be solved by Tim Flooks’ gang on first shock service. Certainly not something to put you off buying the bike given it’s other strengths.
