[The shapeshifter is awaiting replacement so I’ve lost some of the climb ability but its still ok.]
I’m in the same boat.i presume you have bled the shapeshifter unit and its in permanent downhill mode.Have you had any problems with running it like that. I have a holiday booked and am a bit paranoid i havent got round to bleeding it yet and may take another bike
Mine is still working, stays in either mode but in xcmode it sinks about half towards dh mode so I’m climbing on it somewhere between the 2. I have to stop and lift back wheel up to engage xc mode also. I thought id leave it at that until replacement arrives.
I think I will buy a bike yoke link though for future, like u say when yr off on hols you don’t want to faffing if it throws a wobbler the week before.
@mark rich, that’s pretty much what i was hoping to hear….
mind made up
Im sure you’ll like it, but as rickon says I wouldn’t buy one for the shapeshifter, not sure how many fully functional strives will be knocking about in a few years, I can see the bike yoke links selling well!
Basically it just looses that extra climb/xc advantage, you still end up with a 160mm bike that climbs as good as any others out there.
Ive seen a couple of bike mag reviews where they thought canyon should make a strive without the fuss of the shapeshifter and save a bit of weight which is exactly what the bikeyoke does.