Wondering how the black finish on Canyon frames hold up – is it clear coated or is it just an anodized finish? Hard to tell.

Does it leave a bunch of scratches after the first muddy ride & wash?

Debating black or silver 🙂

Yup, it looks like black paint to me, seems to hold up ok, bike hasn’t had a huge amount of use but has been kicking around for about 3-4 years now.

Mine’s black-ish – Meteor Grey. It’s painted.

Not seen a stealth finish in the flesh – that might be different.

Not seen a stealth finish in the flesh – that might be different.

Yeah, thats the finish im on about. Hard to tell if it’s a paint, or an anodize, or what.

its anodised. much tougher than the painted ones. I use the muc off spray from aldi to give it a nice sheen after washing. looks great still

Got a matt black Torque from 2014. Definitely paint rathern than anodized. It’s pretty hard wearing, got a couple of scuffs from crashes and where the car clamp grips but nothing major. Certainly more hard wearing than the black anodized handlebars it came with which are a right mess now.

Cool, cheers – either way it sounds like it tough enough to not scratch at the first sign of some gritty mud. Cheers!

Pretty good here too, until son decides to drag the lock through the frame putting a big scratch in it…. 🙄

Got a 4 year old Matt black anodised, the anodising os in good nick, the white painted bits a mess. Also have a 2 year old grey painted and the paint quality is awful, so thin and through to undercoat in many places. Not helped by using white not grey undercoat