Canyon bikes

woozor
woozor Posts: 117
edited August 2012 in MTB buying advice
Can someone let me know there thoughts on the forks on this canyon please, Are they lockable? As It says shiftable lockout so im not sure.

Also sizing anyone here 6ft muscular built 33 inch leg have a canyon as I tried there online size guide and well the shoulder width only goes upto 50cm and Im over 60cm. :?

http://www.canyon.com/_uk/mountainbikes ... tml?b=2537

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    Yes. That is the TK in the name?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • woozor
    woozor Posts: 117
    no idea, Im not sure if it has a lockout on handle bar?
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Read what Nick posted again.....properly, the answer is YES and it is what TK means....
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • woozor
    woozor Posts: 117
    The Beginner wrote:
    Read what Nick posted again.....properly, the answer is YES and it is what TK means....

    Dont condescend me with a patronizing reply like that.

    If Im about to order a bike I want to be 100% and not take one persons word which then ends in a ?
  • chez_m356
    chez_m356 Posts: 1,893
    woozor wrote:
    The Beginner wrote:
    Read what Nick posted again.....properly, the answer is YES and it is what TK means....

    Dont condescend me with a patronizing reply like that.

    If Im about to order a bike I want to be 100% and not take one persons word which then ends in a ?
    TK is turn key, look at the pic carefully, there's no cable to the fork top, the blue dial you see on top of the forks is the TK, you turn it by hand, not handlebar mounted
    Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc 10- CANYON Nerve AM 6 2011
  • paul.skibum
    paul.skibum Posts: 4,068
    But you can buy an after market poploc for the handlebar I believe if you wish. I have one for my older Recons - quite handy but I have a fork top one on my hardtail and it is no worse really.

    For the OP's info Nick and Supersonic are pretty much the guru's of bike knowledge on here - if they say it is so it probably is (although Nick does have a tendency not to explain himself too clearly sometimes!)
    Closet jockey wheel pimp whore.
  • woozor
    woozor Posts: 117
    ok cheers for that to clear it up :)

    do you think http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1b4s2p3484

    is a worthy upgrade over the canyon below being £100 more. Or is the canyon better specced still.

    http://www.canyon.com/_uk/mountainbikes ... hptclc=554
  • chez_m356
    chez_m356 Posts: 1,893
    woozor wrote:
    ok cheers for that to clear it up :)

    do you think http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 1b4s2p3484

    is a worthy upgrade over the canyon below being £100 more. Or is the canyon better specced still.

    http://www.canyon.com/_uk/mountainbikes ... hptclc=554
    this may interest you, a much better fork and would probably work out around the same price as the giant http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k1830/ ... ml?mfid=52 or if you don't like black http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k1830/ ... ml?mfid=52 ,it also has the handlebar mounted lock out
    Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc 10- CANYON Nerve AM 6 2011
  • robymurray
    robymurray Posts: 23
    Yes i did order the ZR 6 from the German site. Ordered on the 14th and it has not arrived yet. If you haven't ordered anything by the time it comes, I will of course let you know what it's like.
    Norwegian driver hits bear while trying to avoid moose
  • idiotdogbrain
    idiotdogbrain Posts: 181
    Good grief...

    TK refers to RockShox's TurnKey damper, which is their basic damper as opposed to Motion Control which is better.

    If you want to add a bar-mounted lockout lever to a RS fork that doesn't have it you will need to change the damper as the PopLoc lever needs a return spring in the damper to work.

    The lockout on the RS forks isn't really a true lockout, it just significantly increases the compression damping which gives you the same effect but still allows the fork to compress under heavy hits.

    Oh, and that Giant XTC is only available in XS - not really suitable for a 6'er! Look at Large/19" frames as a starting point.
    ::'11 Pitch Pro::
  • Huckfinn
    Huckfinn Posts: 142
    If you look at the specs on canyons site and click on the fork it will give you the specs and it says that it is a turn key fork. Ive got motion control on my Nerve xc and havent really used it.
  • idiotdogbrain
    idiotdogbrain Posts: 181
    Motion Control and TurnKey refer to the damper's internals - nothing to do with external controls!
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  • woozor
    woozor Posts: 117
    idiotdogbrain wrote:
    Good grief...

    TK refers to RockShox's TurnKey damper, which is their basic damper as opposed to Motion Control which is better.

    If you want to add a bar-mounted lockout lever to a RS fork that doesn't have it you will need to change the damper as the PopLoc lever needs a return spring in the damper to work.

    The lockout on the RS forks isn't really a true lockout, it just significantly increases the compression damping which gives you the same effect but still allows the fork to compress under heavy hits.

    Oh, and that Giant XTC is only available in XS - not really suitable for a 6'er! Look at Large/19" frames as a starting point.


    There was some 19 and 20 versions of the XTC yesterday must of gone by now then. Im gonna go with the canyon grand canyon al instead. cheers

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