Ordered 2weeks ago with an esitmated 4 week delivery – that got shortened and it arrived today! it took 24hrs to get from German to English soil, and then 36 for UPS to deliver it to me in Bristol from the Bristol Depo 1mile away from my house! Typical
First impresion are good – first ride wont be untill tomorrow after work though.
I’ve already changed the stem to a lighter Ritchey 260, saddle to a Fizik Kurve (which will be interesting….), and i was going to change the chainset to a BB30 Sram XX i had. However, even after emailing Canyon and asking if the BB shell will be compatible with a XX BB30 chainset and gettting the ‘Yes’ email back – it turns out its a shimano standard press fit 24mm…. bummer

Other than that it looks great – the seat tube/bb/downtube interface is Huge!

awaits comments on shed / garden…

Change gear man for god sake!

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Fantastic.

Bit dodgy clamping the TT there ain’t it?

Nice bike BTW. How did you make the work stand disappear in the 2nd photo?

Change cables to white ones, and tool shed / storage area waaaaaahhhy too tidy 😯

It’s a great bike tho’

Bit dodgy clamping the TT there ain’t it?

work stand is attached to the door – open the door, put it on the latch, pull down the work stand… 😀 was fine on my other bikes – but because its a bit close to the house so i have to squeeze around teh back of the bike. May have to clamp around the seat post now.

def wont change to white cables – far to bling for me….

Also the white ‘Canyon’ decal under the down tube is a huge piece of protection tape – very nice bit of detail.

Great bike, brilliant spec and definately one of the nicest looking 29ers out there imo 😀

Git, I ordered mine in Jan and it’s hasn’t been dispatched yet 🙁
Due next week apparently 😀
Edit: Double git I notice your in Bristol too so I won’t be the only person with one here 😉
What size is yours?

what size? medium?

I like that looks nice.

I nearly bought one of those Ritchey stems, until realising that the On One cnc ones were reduced to £20 and weighed the same 🙂

Is that seat at the right height for you?

sunline ones on CRC were down to 25 as well – but i wanted to stick with Ritchey bars and stem. Was only £50 though.
and yeah, its the right height – i’m only 5’10″…

i’d put better security on that door

padlocked, alarmed and giant chain for the bike with a wall&floor anchor…. 😉

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Nice but brake angles??

This is on my current wants list will be really interested in your ride review. At just a smidge under 6 foot I,m wondering what size would be best for me, plus how the dt forks are compared to the slighlty more expensive fox equipped version

Nice but brake angles??

yeah i noticed that on the photos – had only just built it, so it needs a bit of tweeking.

interested in your ride review

i’ll give you a quick 1st impressions review after my ride tomorrow night – it is my 1st 29er though.

Edit: Double git I notice your in Bristol too so I won’t be the only person with one here
What size is yours?

mines a med – well have to meet up at Ashton / Leigh some time and be matching bike buddies 😉

You,ll need to buy matching lycra too 🙂

well i ride naked so thats out…. 😆

Very nice and certainly on the wish list.

Are the forks the Mg lowers? I imagine so at the price of the bike. VBery tempting!

yep – magnisum lowers

Mine has also arrived, but I think my C456 has just had its way with my (aherm) road bike and the canyon arrived…

And, yes, the fence is in a shocking state…

Thats very nice, kind of puts me in mind of this.

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And, yes, the fence is in a shocking state…

Virginia?

flatboy – brilliant 😆 although I think they are favouring lethal injection more these days

Nice bike btw…

Am well-gell 😥 thats the bike I am wanting next

very very nice that is

Ok – just back from the 1st ride…
and i can safely say i’m now a compleate 29er convert…
bear in mind my last bike was a 26″ ‘shopper’ though:linky so its a contrast to say the least.

I’ve riden a couple 29er before – but only in a around the car park and ‘can i have a go for the next 100yrds’ kinda way. First impression is this thing is fast! it just begs for speed – i did a couple laps at Ashton Court, quite a few times found myself haveing to grab handfulls of brake (un bedded i), as i was going far too quick in some sections… none of this ‘it’ll handle slow’ or it’ll be like a gate, its def quicker than my old 26″ carbon race bike (prior to the shopper).
Forks are great, plenty stiff – not the supplest of rides at the mo, but i’m sure they’ll bed in well.
This bike loves going fast though – loads of grip on the ups and not a bit of the big wheel feel on the pump track like sections. Here and there, where the woops are tightly spaced, i had to hop though as uposed to pump – purely due to wheel size. But I lost all doubts that i had… its just a great fun bike!
i do have a numb bum from the saddle though 😳 , but i was expecting that…

What chainrings did yours come with? The 36/22 specced on the website seems a bit ‘limp’.

Mine’s on its way!

What chainrings did yours come with? The 36/22 specced on the website seems a bit ‘limp’.

29ers need lower gears to help cary our ego’s up the hill because the rear wheel is 10% biggger (36 * ~1.1 = ~40).

How did DT manage to make a set of 100mm forks with a rider weight limit, weigh more than my 150mm sektors?

Will double check when I get home, but 1st gear was very, very week from memory.

Yeah, I ride 40/28 at the moment (‘man’s gears’ as Njee would say) – but Canyon won’t change. Fair enough – I’ll give it a go.

How did DT manage to make a set of 100mm forks with a rider weight limit, weigh more than my 150mm sektors?

Hardly

Nice bike btw monkeyboyjc.

What chainrings did yours come with? The 36/22 specced on the website seems a bit ‘limp’.

Mine’s on its way!

yep 36/22 – i’m changing the chainset on mine soon anyway

Nice bike btw monkeyboyjc

thanks…

Yeah, I ride 40/28 at the moment (‘man’s gears’ as Njee would say) – but Canyon won’t change. Fair enough – I’ll give it a go.

Er no, man’s gears is a single ring. 38t on a 29er. MTFU.

and then 36 for UPS to deliver it to me in Bristol from the Bristol Depo 1mile away from my house!

ha, you think thats bad. Got a parcel from the states today. It’s done the return trip across the atlantic 4 times before finally deciding to stay in the country 😯

P.S. Nice bike

Er no, man’s gears is a single ring. 38t on a 29er. MTFU.

At least I can ride over roots.