Canyon Aeroad CF SLX 8.0

il_principe

Awaiting an 'out in front' Garmin mount from Raceware Direct



Frame: Canyon Aeroad CF SLX
Forks: Canyon Aeroblade SLX
Bars: Canyon Aerocockpit H11
Stem: Canyon Aerocockpit H11
Headset: Canyon/Acros
Bar Tape: Canyon

Front Brake Lever: Shimano Ultegra Di2 ST-6870 11s
Front Caliper: Shimano Ultegra BR-6810
Rear Brake Lever: Shimano Ultegra Di2 ST-6870 11s
Rear Caliper: Shimano Ultegra BR-6810

Shifters: Shimano Ultegra Di2 ST-6870 11s
Cables: SHimano
Front Mech: Shimano Ultegra Di2 FD-6870
Rear Mech: Shimano Ultegra Di2 RD-6870

Seat: Fizik Arione R5 (to be replaced with a Fabric ALM)
Seat Post: Canyon S27 Aero VCLS CF
Seat Post Clamp: Canyon

Cranks: Shimano Ultegra FC-6800
Chainring(s): Shimano Ultegra FC-6800 52/36
Chain: Shimano CN-HG700-11
Cassette: Shimano Ultegra CS-6800, 11/25
Pedals: Speedplay Zero Ti
Bottom Bracket: Shimano Ultegra SM-BB72-41B

Wheelset: Reynolds Strike SLG (Possibly selling and replacing with Bora Ultra 50mm)
Spokes: DT Aero comp
Tire: Veloflex Open Corsa 25

Cages: Arundel Mandible Carbon Gloss/Matte

Weight: 7.3 KG

bianchimoon

Stealthy beast.. Love it!

How Far is too Far

very, very nice

btiratsoo

Utter filth. Well done there fella.

Markjaspi

Awesome is an understatement!!!

kingstonian

That is one rude bike, well done fella.

How does it ride?

dwanes

The Airwolf / Street hawk of the cycling world.

ianbar

hells bells!

sloppyschleckonds

Lovely, think i'd be tempted to put a gold chain on though.

DKay

Gorgeous and great value too. The sweet spot of the whole Canyon range in my opinion.

johnnymcg259

FFS! Wow! I hope you're as hard in real life as that bike looks?! :shock:

alihisgreat

One of the best looking bikes around at the moment in my opinion. Not a massive fan of the colour scheme, but it stil looks great.

diamonddog

Very very 8)

rick_chasey

Gonna get a power tap on it?

Very nice btw.

supermurph09

I hear Bruce Wayne has something similar.

Calpol

It's "none more black"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46kXH6GGtT0

Looks mean but its making my back hurt looking at it sadly

Yosti

Lovely bike :shock:

( you could use a black Recon cassette and KMC x11sl dlc black chain to make it all black)

tailwindhome

nibby

That's a bit nice 8)

But we wanna know what it's like to ride

il_principe

Rick Chasey wrote:

Gonna get a power tap on it?

I want a PowerMeter but certainly not a PowerTap. Waiting to see if the 4iiii or Zone DPMX options are any good. Would prefer zone as it's cleat based. I have 3 bikes I'd like to use power on. 2 are Campag and 1 is Shimano. So a shoe/cleat system would be idea.

ai_1

Il Principe wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Gonna get a power tap on it?

I want a PowerMeter but certainly not a PowerTap. Waiting to see if the 4iiii or Zone DPMX options are any good. Would prefer zone as it's cleat based. I have 3 bikes I'd like to use power on. 2 are Campag and 1 is Shimano. So a shoe/cleat system would be idea.

Likewise, i'm keeping an eye on the Zone system. I've been on their "waiting list" for the last year or two but haven't decided yet whether I'll take them when they're released. Power monitoring is expensive and probably not worth it for me......but it could be fun and interesting to play with!

il_principe

Ai_1 wrote:

Likewise, i'm keeping an eye on the Zone system. I've been on their "waiting list" for the last year or two but haven't decided yet whether I'll take them when they're released. Power monitoring is expensive and probably not worth it for me......but it could be fun and interesting to play with!

Also on the waiting list. Not sure I want to spend my money on a product that requires me to use Sugru though.

ai_1

Il Principe wrote:

Ai_1 wrote:

Likewise, i'm keeping an eye on the Zone system. I've been on their "waiting list" for the last year or two but haven't decided yet whether I'll take them when they're released. Power monitoring is expensive and probably not worth it for me......but it could be fun and interesting to play with!

Also on the waiting list. Not sure I want to spend my money on a product that requires me to use Sugru though.

Hmmm, The sugru seems like a good engineering solution to me. I don't see why it's a negative?

il_principe

It just seems a little too 'Garden Shed' engineering to me. Not a very elegant solution. I'm sure they will refine, but I'm wary of being a 1st Gen Guinea Pig.

pedrojake

Bloody nice bike mate

Kevo27

Have you had a descent run on her yet?

slam that stem

Nice overall but way too black. Are we back on WWs circa 2005/6?

mlgt

Very nice indeed

millereski

Have you installed the Fabric Alm Saddle yet? The rails are not fully round so it does not seem to sit flush within the seat clamp! Trying to figure out if this is a good idea or not!

il_principe

Very nice! What size is that?

Yes the ALM is in place. It was a real game trying to fit it but I'm happy that enough of the area is clamped. Did 65 miles on it at the weekend with no issues but it will need keeping an eye on.

Did you struggle to adjust the angle by the way?

supermurph09

When I first joined this forum people often said Canyon bikes, while obvious in quality (give or take a few frame issues!) were in essence dull. I think someone even said that about my CF Ultimate but imo Canyon now make some of the best looking bikes, this being a prime example.