The Canyon bikes thread

mooro

Touché!

Just received my Grand Canyon SLX this evening and spent an hour building it then messing about 'checking' things. Bloody hell it's light. I ordered a week ago so that's a pretty impressive turnaround I think. Can't wait to give it some this weekend.

My road bikes are both canyon as you can see from an earlier post in the road forum.

Mooro wrote:

new cf slx 9.0 with dura ace for best and a new AL frame to be made up this weekend!

Team Mooro.

lm_trek

The waiting is killing me and ive only had 5 days wait so far for my Grand Canyon, thats the thing with canyons you know its a waiting game.

Im on my 3rd now so should be used to it by now! nice roadie canyons above ^^ ive got a roadlite and its an awesome road bike.

kate123

I'm playing the waiting game for a Spectral A.L 7 w. So far it's been delayed by a month. What gets me is watching my emails all week and then getting the email on Friday after 5pm to say it's delayed for another week, then the pain begins again the following Monday! Now the weathers improved I'm itching to get my hands on it!!

In the mean time I'm getting everything lined up for when it gets here so I can literally get on and ride it the next day. I was wondering if anyone that's taken delivery of a Spectral knows whether it comes with a decent chain stay protector? It says it has an integrated one? If so does it give enough coverage? I've bought some frame guard from allmountainstyle.com which should protect the down tube nicely, so apart from a bit of helitape is there anything else I should have at the ready? Ta!

gazcarsf1

Update, just returned from glentress wae the cube, to find an email from canyon. Bike is now in the final stages for dispatch. About time says I, I will get another email in the next 48 hrs with the tracking number from ups. So it looks like it will be here early next week. Bring on the spectral al8.0.

mrcoley

Kate i posted a pic on page 68 of my spectral you can see the chainstay protector in that if that helps. Gaz you will probably find its already with ups i got the same email and 30mins later got one saying it had been dispatched when i got mine

lm_trek

Disappointed my order has been delayed by 9 weeks. I know it can happen in the past ive ordered canyons from stock this is the first time ive ordered one not in current stock. Ive emailed them for a eta to see if my originally ship date still stood or if it was the new date on the website.

gazcarsf1

Gazcarsf1 wrote:

Update, just returned from glentress wae the cube, to find an email from canyon. Bike is now in the final stages for dispatch. About time says I, I will get another email in the next 48 hrs with the tracking number from ups. So it looks like it will be here early next week. Bring on the spectral al8.0.

Update, tracking number emailed @ 15.35 from canyon. Can't wait, feeling excited

HardrockRob

Great news, and very envious! Post some pics once it arrives.

bonneol1

got my spectral 6.0 last friday and went out 3 times on it now. First time with full sus (coming from old HT with nearly stuck fork).
It's very nice to look at and use but struggling with amount of SAG to use, can't quite get it right yet. Fell solid or too soft so far.
Anyway, it looks great in red!

HardrockRob

bonneol1 wrote:

got my spectral 6.0 last friday and went out 3 times on it now. First time with full sus (coming from old HT with nearly stuck fork).
It's very nice to look at and use but struggling with amount of SAG to use, can't quite get it right yet. Fell solid or too soft so far.
Anyway, it looks great in red!

Ooooh! Pics please. Had difficulty deciding on colour especially as the raw seems more readily available. Stuck with my decision to get the red though so have a long wait.

How do you find the geometry? I went for the Spectral as an all rounder. Probably over kill for a lot of my riding but thought what the 'eck.

bonneol1

I'll get a picture.
I did order the raw one and changed to red and have no regrets. It's not as shiny as it seem.
I made a few modifications (went tubeless, 1x10 and changed the grips).
Can't talk about geometry sorry. My HT was so bad that this is a massive step up for me but so far it does everything I want it to do so I'm happy. It's so much faster than the HT and the bigger wheels have not been a problem, quite playful.
It doesn't seem overkill I think, a good platform to progress. Just need the suspension dialed in.

kate123

Just had the dreaded email ''Your order was due to ship in Week 13 but has regrettably been delayed and is now due to ship in Week 15'' So now that's a total of 3 delays and I've gone from delivery due week 10 to week 15. I'd heard that Canyon are renowned for delays but surely this isn't a good business model? I'm beginning to think that they send out the 'delay' emails after 5pm on a Friday so they can escape for the weekend without having to deal with irate customers.

HardrockRob

It's not great is it. If they can't come close to the delivery times then why say. I have reluctantly decided to wait until my week 21 but if I wait that long and then it gets delayed again I will be seriously unhappy. It takes less time to have a new car delivered!

gazcarsf1

Hi guys,
Well my spectral al 8.0 was delivered today at 3.30, 1 week late, all good, never got the chance to build it tonight as we were doing a nite ride at glentress!!!
All I can say is hold on as it looks awesome in the flesh, can't wait to build it tomorrow. It's absolutely stunning.
Will post some pics when I get the chance.

joonasrnk

A side photo
Bike is M-frame

mcnultycop wrote:

joonasrnk wrote:

Actually i have my bike arrived this week (18.03). This is my first FS bike and feels the reach is too small (M size). i have just ride it once because of bad weather, it feels grate to ride whit it but yeah bit uncertain that i ordered right frame

But thanks for your suggestion

At first time the frame seemed very small http://www.hot.ee/kastikas//IMAG0109.jpg

mcnultycop wrote:

joonasrnk wrote:

Hello and I' l think the waiting pays off
I have a question about the frame size of Nerve AL 7.0, I'm 5 '8 (175cm) whit size you guys suggest me to buy M or L?
Appreciate if anyone answers who has ridden with that model L or M frames with similar height.

inseam 85cm
arm 67cm
thigh 64cm
lower leg 56cm

waiting for repley

I think your debate should be S or M.

Are you waiting for a reply from Canyon?

Post some side on photographs of you on the bike. An L would potentially be very large though. I'm 177cm with short legs and my M (not this year's model) is perfect.

gazcarsf1

couple of pics, bike built but shocks etc not set up yet.

mcnultycop

joonasrnk wrote:

A side photo http://www.hot.ee/kastikas//ratas2.jpg
Bike is M-frame


Can you do side on just leaning against a wall? It's hard to tell from that photo.

Xommul

Got the dreaded delay email from canyon on friday.

Im going from week 14 to week 17 for my spectral.

My May trip to Bike Park Wales and Afan is looking a little risky now.

;-(

HardrockRob

Sorry to hear that. Just out of interest when did you order (and which Spectral)?

Xommul

I ordered in November a spectral AL 29er 7.9

lm_trek

I thought my 4 week wait (currently 2 weeks in) was bad enough but november, doubt i could order a bike a wait that long, would drive me nuts just waiting for the money to come out the account!!

kate123

Something must be amiss if they can't even deliver a bike that was ordered in November on time. My Spectral was ordered in Feb, so not as bad.

The Spectral pic's posted on here do look pretty tasty though and for the price the spec is so much better than anything else. I'm just annoyed that they keep telling me porkies. Only on Wednesday I chased my order by email and had one back saying ''everything looks good with your order on our system, its showing as ready to ship this week'' only to get an email 2 days later saying ''Your order was due to ship in Week 13 but has regrettably been delayed and is now due to ship in Week 15''. Frustratingly bonkers!

bonneol1

here is my spectral 6.0.
so far so good. Had a few runs with it and it did really well.
Worst kit on it for me so far were the grips replaced by ODI ones as soon as possible. saddle isn't very comfy but will do for a bit. got a 32T NW chainring too and that's been brilliant.
Hope you guys get yours soon as well.

Mccraque

bonneol1 wrote:

here is my spectral 6.0.
so far so good. Had a few runs with it and it did really well.
Worst kit on it for me so far were the grips replaced by ODI ones as soon as possible. saddle isn't very comfy but will do for a bit. got a 32T NW chainring too and that's been brilliant.
Hope you guys get yours soon as well.

That's a thing of beauty Bonneol1

Can you tell me how they size please? I think I would be a medium on most canyon's but read somewhere that the top tube is quite short - so a large may be better. I'm of average proportion and about 5'11"...

And...how does it ride?

ddraver

Now I live in the Big Smoke I occasionally have to take my Grand Canyon SLX on the train. have to say I rather like the number of glances it gets, makes me feel like I'm dating a super model.

(I am not dating a super model )

Xommul

Well I emailed Canyon to see if there is anything I can do to not get a delay in my order. No reply yet although I got the automated order confirmation which states week 17. They have waved shipping and packaging costs because of the delay which isn't bad.

So week 18 for my bike.

kate123

I gave the uk Canyon folk a call yesterday to check what was going on with my order and they said it wouldn't be shipped for 2 weeks but just had this email "We're almost at the finish line: today we transferred your order to our logistics partner UPS so it will now be with you in just a few days time" so looks good! I'm not sure why they were saying it would be delayed further unless it was to cover themselves against further delays. The good news is though it can still come early even if your told it won't. Can't wait to get it now!

gazcarsf1

kate123 wrote:

I gave the uk Canyon folk a call yesterday to check what was going on with my order and they said it wouldn't be shipped for 2 weeks but just had this email "We're almost at the finish line: today we transferred your order to our logistics partner UPS so it will now be with you in just a few days time" so looks good! I'm not sure why they were saying it would be delayed further unless it was to cover themselves against further delays. The good news is though it can still come early even if your told it won't. Can't wait to get it now!

I got my tracking number 3 hours after the first email above Kate, then the bike was here 2 days later!!

Good luck

gazcarsf1

Another 2 or 3 of spectral al8.0 photos, all set up now and good to go!!

ratt1er

Well my Spectral got delayed from week 13 to week 19 so I told them where to go. Went and bought a Radon Slide 150 10 instead. Great bike can thoroughly recommend them (The frames do look very similar, almost as though they've been built in the same factory).

Did both loops of Cannock chase twice yesterday and the bike was awesome. Pikes FTW.