[Closed] New Canyon Spectral

Crikey, not sure about that. I always liked the 'original' Canyon (looks wise), but not sure about that cyberpunk colour scheme with the 'HEY ITS CARBON FIBRE DONT YOU KNOW' tube shapes.

The aluminium one isn't much better:

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Look at that gusset 😯

Looks better in flat black:

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It's interesting this website seems to really like the Spectral, but others I've read reviews on slated it for it's steeper-than-trend head angle.

I like it!

Plus points...
Striking looks
Interesting cable routing system
Not ruinously expensive
That frame box looks the perfect size for a sandwich

looks like it's from a different universe. Aliens brought this down to earth? 😉
Still a bike?
😯
Alien - sandwich - box!
Great!
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It is more than a little

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Plus dual-barrel water bottles to wash down those sammiches:

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how are the wheels too small?

looks like a single pivot too rather than a horst link in those pictures

Looks are Hateful IMO, had a spectral couple of years ago and loved the bike.

Looks are Hateful IMO, had a spectral couple of years ago and loved the bike.

Plus dual-barrel water bottles to wash down those sammiches:

Ahh, I assumed they were bombs for "destroying berms" - or something like that.

Proof, if it was still needed, that "less is more" when it comes to colour matching

Seven grand for this spec is "cheap" though

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how are the wheels too small?

I likes the 29in ones

New version seems to have been seriously hitting the cakes.
The CF 8.0 weighs more than an AL 6.0 used to.

It's got a gold chain - thats the type of thing I wanted on my BMX when I was 14

Yep,I guess that's progress nowadays-making their new trail bike 3-4lbs heavier than previous version.
I don't think I like the look of it-hopefully the new Torque carries the newer bulkier design off a bit better.

I like the red Alu one, the carbon/gold ones are a bit too 'Dubai' for me.

Still won't buy one though, they're cheap, but not cheap enough these days. Not with the intermittent order/warranty/other issues Canyon have. If I lived in Germany things might be different.

looks like a single pivot too

Axle is still on the seatstay. They’ve just moved the pivot

Seems a decent spec on the £2700 one, CF frame, eagle, pikes.

And the red AL6.0 is a nice spec for the price, however... 14.7kg for a medium 😯

What a fatty!!! 😆

I see their 'revolutionary' and 'game-changing' on-the-fly geometry adjusting thingybob (already forgotten it's name) is gone now. I thought Canyon said it was going to be around for years and would be the best thing ever?

Tom KP

carbon/gold ones are a bit too 'Dubai' for me.

that's poetry! Nice. 😉

bit too 'Dubai' - maybe also bit too 'eBike'?
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I see their 'revolutionary' and 'game-changing' on-the-fly geometry adjusting thingybob (already forgotten it's name) is gone now. I thought Canyon said it was going to be around for years and would be the best thing ever?

That was on the Strive, and they have kept it on for 2018 to be fair (they still haven't changed the frame since launch in 2014 though IIRC).

I see their 'revolutionary' and 'game-changing' on-the-fly geometry adjusting thingybob (already forgotten it's name) is gone now. I thought Canyon said it was going to be around for years and would be the best thing ever?

The shapeshifter thing was on the strive not the spectral

Edt: beaten by a few seconds

It doesn't look like the shapeshifter has made it onto their other potentially fourth coming bigger travel bike either ,this looks like a much better looker to me:[img] [/img]

The top one looks like an eby ek ebike

It doesn't look like the shapeshifter has made it onto their other potentially fourth coming bigger travel bike either ,this looks like a much better looker to me:

yeah that looks a lot better

wheels still too small though

new Canyon Spectral:
"Dubai", "eBike" - but not boring!

This bike design of the new Canyon Spectral sparks controversy!

On the trail: might end up in talking and arguing and not biking...?
Means: stress - bike?
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Like the red, but I agree with the above reach and wheelbase just not long enough.

Actually looking at it in more detail there some great features such as the cover for bearings (joe barnes influence ) and the seat tube clamp. http://flowmountainbike.com/tests/first-impressions-2018-canyon-spectral/

Looks like a stumpjumper to me. Very similar geo and suspension design.

darrenspink - Member
Actually looking at it in more detail there some great features such as the cover for bearings (joe barnes influence ) and the seat tube clamp. http://flowmountainbike.com/tests/first-impressions-2018-canyon-spectral/

The "internal" cable routing is tidy. Gets away from internal cable routing designed for left-front brakes too. Like the extra weatherproofing touches too.

Riding something like this means:

andreasrhoen - Member
new Canyon Spectral:
On the trail: might end up in talking and arguing and not biking...?
Means: stress - bike?

looks good imo. like the bearing covers.

Shame the low end carbon one didnt have shimano.

Chucked a leg over the gold n black carbon one a couple of months back, it's a lot nicer looking in the flesh, I liked it.

Axle is still on the seatstay. They’ve just moved the pivot

pivot is on the seatstay is it not? that makes it a single pivot. if the pivot is on the chainstay then its a horst link.

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I like the aesthetic quite a bit.

I did clock the location of the horst link pivot too. FWIW, it's not a faux bar or a single pivot, as the seatstay is still one piece all the way to the rear mech, as it is with Spesh et al. However, the pivot point is [i]above[/i] the rear axle line. The closest thing that I can think of is an Ellesworth, where the chainstay pivot is directly in line with the axle.

As for geometry, it's quoted at 66 degrees of HA. That's surely on-trend?

poah - Member
pivot is on the seatstay is it not? that makes it a single pivot. if the pivot is on the chainstay then its a horst link

If the axle is on the chainstay it's singlepivot. The axle here is on the seatstay so the rear wheel isn't just moving in an arc (although it'll be bloody close I bet). The pivot has been moved drastically upwards but it's still a horst link

The pivot is still on the chainstay, but positioned above the rear axle like Rocky Mountains used to with some of their bikes.

The closest thing that I can think of is an Ellesworth

I like the looks, although the sneak pic of the sender esque longer travel bike looks nicer. Still prefer a radon if I was going German though

As for geometry, it's quoted at 66 degrees of HA. That's surely on-trend?

Reach figures would have been on-trend a few years ago, but 440mm medium and 460mm large seems conservative now.

And you can't size up easily 'cos the seat tube lengths are similarly conservative.

although the sneak pic of the sender esque longer travel bike looks nicer

That it is....

So have they delayed the launch of the Strive replacement in order to re-do it with 29in wheels?

Quite surprised they still don't do a fun full-sus 29er.

This one looks quite smart actually...
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