Giant Anthem X2 vs Canyon Nerve AL 6.0

kinioo

Questions for 'the experts' here:

How do they compare spec wise please ??

Anthem:

http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/m1b0s1p494 ... M-X-2-2013

Canyon:

http://www.canyon.com/en/mountainbikes/bike.html?b=3573

The Rookie

Away from the specs as written, the Giant Maestro rear suspension is very well respected, the Canyon often gets slightly less glowing praise, the biggest complaint is that it blows through the travel rather easily.

kinioo

The Rookie wrote:

Away from the specs as written, the Giant Maestro rear suspension is very well respected, the Canyon often gets slightly less glowing praise, the biggest complaint is that it blows through the travel rather easily.

I did read a few good reviews re: Maestro sus etc. also the price @ Pauls is quite good and generally I do like the bike.

Yes, 27.5 wheel size is probably an advantage, additionally I can get the Canyon for approx. 1.1k euros at the mo...

Hmmm...

poah

The Rookie wrote:

Away from the specs as written, the Giant Maestro rear suspension is very well respected, the Canyon often gets slightly less glowing praise, the biggest complaint is that it blows through the travel rather easily.

more likely to be the crapy fox evo shock

rockmonkeysc

Anthem is excellent, I really liked mine. Brilliant frame and rear suspension. I found the Canyon rather dull and a little flexy as well as the suspension issue mentioned above.

WindyG

If you can stretch you budget a little, a friend of mine has a 2015 Anthem Advanced X2 in small for sale £1200, that has only been ridden twice.