- Welcome to my Pro Bike Check.
This is my Canyon XC.
It is a full carbon frame,
it is super light,
and in fact, it's lightest bike that I own.
You might have seen this in some of the videos
where I did cyclocross versus cross country
or cross country versus enduro,
where I challenged Neil and I even beat him.
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Let's take a look at that frame to start with.
So it's a full carbon fibre frame
and it is a high tail,
so there's no rear suspension,
and that is partly why it's so light.
Come and have a look at this chain stay, though,
and the seat stay, it's just so thin.
It's well manufactured and well engineered
just to be a little more compliant,
so it absorbs those bumps to give you
as much grip as possible.
Other features are the fact
that it's fully internal cable routing.
And what I really like is the routing
of this front mag into the XTR shifter.
It is really neat, well finished off,
and looks really clean.
Okay, so let me now talk about the suspension.
And since it's a high intel and a cross country bike,
there isn't very much of it.
In fact, there is only 100 millimetres
and it's applied by an air fork,
so you've got your air cap right here.
Right now I'm running about 70 PSI in there.
You've got rebound adjustment up here
and then the terralogic.
Now the terralogic just gives a little bit of a platform,
so when you are peddling,
it's a little bit more compliant.
You're moving forward and it's not got that bob
that you see some suspension forks have.
One other thing that Canyon have built into their frame
is this fork stop.
So if you actually turn the bars,
they only go to about 90 degrees.
So if you have a crash, for example,
what's not gonna happen
is that you're not gonna rip out your cables.
You're not gonna worry about the shifter
hanging on that top tube and making a mark.
So I think that's really neat,
and it's a great thing, especially if you're racing.
Let's come up and have a look at my cockpit.
So if we start off with the stem,
it's a Canyon stem, it's a V14,
and that is 90 millimetres in length.
The handlebar width, these are Canyon as well,
and these are carbon, so saving as much weight as possible,
and these are only 720 millimetres in width.
You've got a set of Ergon grips.
These are the cross country edition.
So they're quite soft.
Give you a little bit of damping for your hands.
And then, let's look at these brake levers.
These are Shimano XTR.
One thing I really like about these
is the fact that they've got carbon levers.
I've got a Shimano 11 speed rear shifter.
It's also got a carbon lever body,
again saving weight so much through this bike.
And then I've got a left hand,
so it's actually a two by 11 system.
Let's go and have a look at my drive train.
You've got your XTR derailleur carbon cage,
again minimising that weight.
I just can't stress how important it is
that they've minimised the weight throughout the whole bike.
Then you've got your XTR cassette, 11 tooth,
all the way to 40 tooth,
and you've got your two by out front.
So the granny ring,
or the small ring as people might call it,
is 26 tooth, and the outer one is 36 tooth.
I try and keep it in that big ring for as much as possible,
apart from those really steep climbs.
And then you've got that XTR crank set,
which I think looks really cool.
It's all finished off with a set of
Crank Brothers candy seven pedals.
Now check them out.
They are red and the dye is to match in with the whole bike,
and they just really compliment that drive train.
If I haven't said it already, then this bike is a 29-er,
and the tyres are handled by Continental.
These are the X Kings.
They're really fast rolling, and to be honest,
they're probably more of a summer tyre.
The wheels are handled by FSA,
and they are the K-Force.
You've got a carbon rim,
so carbon components really just
dripping throughout the bike.
And I love the sound that that hub makes.
It is a really nice click, not too loud,
but you can definitely hear it.
And these things are super fast rolling.
Disc break size, well you've got 160 in the rear,
180 on the front just to give you
that extra bit of stopping power.
And the callipers are those Shimano XTR races.
Okay, so let's just take a look
at some of those finishing touches on the bike.
I've got a Crank Brothers cobalt 11 seat post.
This thing is carbon, and I've got to say,
it is just so light.
I actually had it in my hand earlier,
and it weighed feather weight.
Then you've got an Ergon seat just to finish off the bike,
which is really comfy.
Again, as thin as possible,
and it's got titanium rails to save any weight possible.
I've got to say that I've absolutely loved having this bike.
It has been so much fun, and it is one fast-moving machine.
If I've not mentioned it already, it is super light.
And I've gotta say, one of my favourite videos
I've ever made with it
has got to be Heavy Bike Versus Heavy Body,
where I actually added an extra kilogramme to that bike,
seven and a half kilogrammes onto me,
and well, I went and raced it.
And before I go,
if you've got any questions at all about this bike,
then you can leave it in the comments section down below.
And I forgot to mention actually, thinking about it,
that this is a light size frame.
I'm 189 centimetres, six foot two,
and it fits me perfectly.
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