Canyon

If you’ve been paying attention to Canyon’s releases over the past year, there’s a pattern worth noting. The Aeroad CFR established the template — deep aero tubes, integrated cockpit, dropped seatstays, built purely for speed. Then last month the Endurace CFR showed up and took that same design language, added a little more tire clearance, and called it an endurance road bike. We actually covered that one here on Mizubikes. Now at The Traka in Girona this week, Canyon’s new team — the Canyon x DT Swiss All-Terrain Racing squad — showed up to race on what appears to be an unreleased Grail CFR, and it’s exactly what you’d expect if you’ve been following the thread: Aeroad DNA, pushed all the way into gravel. ...

The new Canyon Endurace CFR has Aeroad geometry, Aeroad aerodynamics, an identical fork, and the same cockpit. The only thing that separates it from the Paris-Roubaix-winning race bike is 3mm of extra tire clearance. Canyon still calls it an endurance bike. Make of that what you will. What it actually means for you as a buyer is that this bike is not what the name implies — and depending on what you’re looking for, that’s either exactly right or completely wrong. ...