I have a nerve al 7 and I’m awaiting the delivery of an grand canyon al 6.9. Wanted to now if anybody else is riding them and what they thought of canyon as a brand and the whole buying direct??

Welcome to the forum streaky.

Got a SLX 7.9 coning as my first MTB. So I can’t comment yet, and even when I can it will be as a noon.

My wife has one, loves it. Well it’s a Canyon of some sort, probably not that model though. The brand seems good value to us. She did try bikes in a range of bike shops and would have bought from one if she’d found something she liked, but even big shops hardly had anything suitable in stock (ie all of size/style/price).