- Welcome to my pro-bike check.
Now if you watch any GMBN videos you will probably
have seen me shredding on this machine
'cause it's one sick bike, and before I talk too much
I'm going to get straight into the spec
and show you guys around.
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To kick things off I'm gonna have a look at this frame.
It's carbon fibre, it's the Canyon Strive
and it's been designed by Fabien Barel,
who himself has got a number of Enduro World Series wins.
So this is Canyon's really high end enduro bike
that you can take to the races, you can go out on epic rides
and most of all you can just have a lot of fun.
It's got 160 millimetres of travel
you've got that shape shifter, a 66 degree head angle
and a 1200 millimetre wheel base.
It is one absolute shredding machine that you can just
take into the mountains and have a lot of fun with.
Suspension front and rear is covered by Fox.
So up front I've got 170 millimetres of travel
different to that 160 millimetres on the rear
it's a Fox, it's a 36 RC2 version.
So you've got an air sprung fork
with high and low speed compression, rebound adjustment
and on that low speed compression I'm running 14 clicks on
high speed has got four clicks on
and I've got 77 PSI in the air chamber.
The rebound has got 9 clicks on
and then moving on to that rear shock
it's also handled by Fox.
You've got the Float X shock right there.
It's got a 6 millimetre volume space in there
just to make it ramp up as it progresses through the travel
and it's all cushioned and coated to make it super smooth
and give me that compliance that I really want
when I'm digging the bike in
to get as much grip as possible.
OK so we've been over some of the bike
now lets take a look at my cockpit.
I'm running a 50 millimetre Renthal Apex stem
and then a set of Renthal FatBar bars.
See they're 780 millimetres in width and 189 centimetres
so for me that feels absolutely perfect.
You've got a set of these Ergon grips.
They're the GD1's, brand new, I absolutely love them.
These are the thicker version and they just give me
a little bit more damping through my hands.
They don't get really sore on those longer descents.
Brakes are covered by Sram, they're the Guide RSC's.
You've got an XO1 shifter, and over here you'll find
my Crank Brothers remote for my dropper post
and then this button right here,
that's for the shape shifter
but we'll get on to that in a little bit.
The Strive has got 27.5 inch wheels
and the wheel set that I'm actually running in this,
it's a Reynolds, it's a Carbon Enduro wheel set.
Carbon has been absolutely awesome for me
it's really transformed how the bike rides.
It's so stiff, and when you push the bike
into the turns it feels awesome.
But that's also partially down to the fact that these
have got a 28 mil. inner diameter
just to give the tyre profile a slightly different feel.
It gives it a bigger volume so on those impacts
it's got more area to push through the tyre.
And the tyres, well they're covered by Schwalbe
both front and rear, but different models.
On the rear is a Hans Dampf with a TrailStar compound
and on the front I've got a Magic Mary.
It's a first ride, but it's also VertStar compound.
I've got 22 PSI in there
and 28 PSI in there.
Drivetrain is primarily handled by Sram
and if we come and have a look at this cassette
you can see it's a massive wide range run.
So it goes all the way from 10 tooth up to 42 tooth
and what that 42 tooth really allows me to do
is to put it in an easy gear to climb
to the top of the mountain and preserve
as much energy as possible for the downs.
You've got an XO1 mech, and then the crank set
well that's from RaceFace.
It's a Next SL, 170 millimetres in length,
and its the lightest on the market right now.
34 tooth chain ring Narrow-Wide from RaceFace too,
and then you've got an MRP TopGuide
just to keep the chain on as much as possible.
And then crankbrothers Stamps.
These are the flat pedals that I absolutely love,
and they are in size large.
So other things about this bike
and one thing that I haven't spoken about yet
is the shape shifter.
Now what this actually does is
with the lever that's on the bars
it just changes the geometry of the bike, ever so slightly
but enough that when you're climbing to the top of that hill
it makes a little substantial difference.
So it changes the bottom bracket height
just by a little raising it and when you click that on
what actually happens is the fact that the head angle
gets a little bit steeper.
Just by one and a half degrees, and it makes it
more efficient for you to get to the top.
Other neat finishing touches are the fact that
they've got a bottle cage from Topeak
and then you've got this crankbrothers Highline seat post
it's got 125 millimetres of infinite drop and that
is connected to an Ergon Enduro saddle with carbon rails.
Well this bike has certainly been around the world with me
and one of the best trips I've it taken on
was when I went on a holiday to Portland
and then down to Santa Cruz.
We had an absolutely rad time, and got some cool pictures
which I think will be on display now for you guys to see
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and a video that I really enjoyed making on my Strive
right here is 'how to stop faster', and then
an epic ride from the Ireland Enduro World Series
is right here.
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