Canyon Ultimate CF

Coach H

Got this frame at the end of last week and swapped components from this - viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12854944&p=17626759&hilit=ribble+sportive#p17626759

Seatpost asthetically a bit short due to a combination of my body dimensions and the long seat tube geometry of these Canyons. I like to think of it as 80s/90s retro rebelling against the current trend of super long seatposts

declan1

Seeing loads of these on here recently. I can see why - they look like really nice bikes!!

ShutUpLegs

Really really nice, with the seatpost height, do you think you could have gone a frame size smaller?
(mine is set about the same)

Coach H

ShutUpLegs wrote:

Really really nice, with the seatpost height, do you think you could have gone a frame size smaller?
(mine is set about the same)

Maybe, but really needed this size (58) for head tube height. The 56 is 15mm lower than the 58 which I thought was to much of a drop from my ideal just to get 20mm of extra seatpost showing.

siamon

The smaller frame would have been stiffer though, and for one more spacer?

Looks good, how does it compare to the Ribble? And you seem to have changed your position by lowering the bars/hoods and raising the saddle? (going on the lines on the garage)!

Coach H

siamon wrote:

The smaller frame would have been stiffer though, and for one more spacer?

Canyon only allow for 15mm of spacers and that's what is accounted for, so no apportunity for the smaller size with more spacers than ther already is.

siamon wrote:

Looks good, how does it compare to the Ribble? And you seem to have changed your position by lowering the bars/hoods and raising the saddle? (going on the lines on the garage)!

Have not been on a proper ride yet so cannot compare it to the Ribble. The photo's must give slightly different perspectives as the contact points are in exactly the same place, other than the saddle to bar reach which is 4mm shorter. That was the thing I was not likely to compromise on. Having spent good time and money getting bike fit sorted, changing those fit dimensions to match frame geometries is an exercise in madness. The bike should always match the rider not the rider to the bike (even if it does not follow current trends).

RideOnTime

smart and stealthy... 8) 8)

Skyewalker16

Your bike has prompted me to register after many years as a voyeur. Nice bike, hope it rides as well as it looks

hairyleg

you will love it, best race frame I have ever had what size stem did you get?

Coach H

hairyleg wrote:

you will love it, best race frame I have ever had what size stem did you get?

It's a 58 with a standard 110mm stem