Canyon aeroad. Some last advice

seels

Hi

My name is kevin and I live in Belgium.
I normally speak Dutch so forgive me my English.

I ride bike for 5-6 years now. And I ride a specialized tarmac. I finally decided that I want to try to go racing and I think nevertheless it’s time for a new bike!

Really dig the aeroad.
Now I know that I’m gonna sit more stretched on the bike. But I don’t have real back problems and you have the 30 days refund system, so that’s not my real concern.

I think I’m gonna go whit the disc brake and di2 Ultegra. I’m in between sizes. But I read that you should choose the smallest then. Need a small says the ppt tool.

Now I want to hear opinions, tips..... from you guys.

Ow yeah I ride mainly flat roads here in Belgium and the lower Netherlands. Maybe I go to the ardennes for once - twice a year.

philbar72

If your heart is set on it then go for it. the aeroad is a solid bike, and is great for flat rides. Its also no slouch uphill. Kristoff won the tour of flanders on one (without discs) so its proven!

pamplemoose

I'll probably get slated here by the "why would you pay anyone to do that for you" brigade, but I'd have a word with your local friendly bike fitter. I had a half hour session with mine for £20 where he measured me up and compared the size/geometries of my existing setup with the bikes I was looking to purchase. Based on all that, he was then 99% sure on what size I should get and what parts I would potentially need to swap out down the line to get a perfect fit.

When you're dropping £4k plus on a direct sales bike, an extra £20 is a pittance to make sure you get it right first time.

Andymaxy

I own an aeroad. Canyon bikes in general run big. Definitely go for the smaller size. My fitter recommended xs or s for me, I'm so glad I went for xs. The slight drawback to this is that I'm running a tower of spacers, the front end is really aggressive. One thing you have to know is that, in my experience, the integrated bar and stem has slightly longer reach than what they post online.

I must say as an owner, the aeroad is a fast, light, stiff machine, but the biggest disappointment is confidence, it's nowhere to be found.

I think I'll go for a giant tcr for my next bike.

Good luck on your bike search

PS your English is very good.

Andymaxy

You should think about wheel choice too, your preferred model comes with 61mm deep wheels, if you ride in crosswind you will be thrown around depending on your weight.

In terms of climbing the super deep wheels won't do you too much favor either, but they are just light enough to not hold you back.

seels

I was also planning a bikefit.

The plan is to sell the tarmac en buy some low profile wheels from it. I’d rather saw it coming whit some 50mm wheels but I guess ain’t nothing to do about it

Andymaxy

seels wrote:

I was also planning a bikefit.

The plan is to sell the tarmac en buy some low profile wheels from it. I’d rather saw it coming whit some 50mm wheels but I guess ain’t nothing to do about it

I think the reason why they put those wheels on are primsrily for triathletes, road riders will almost never want/need wheels of that depth.

noodleman

You want to get rid of your tarmac and replace it with an aero bike, then put low profile wheels on it!! Interesting :roll:

seels

noodleman wrote:

You want to get rid of your tarmac and replace it with an aero bike, then put low profile wheels on it!! Interesting :roll:

Nope nope nope! That’s not what I said. I’m gonna sell the tarmac indeed. And wanted to buy some lower wheels for crosswind situations or for climbing stuff.

I know that it is contradictory for an aero bike to put low profile wheels in it.

Maybe swap the 61mm for 50s

noodleman

I know it's your choice but speaking from my own experience I don't find my 60's feel any worse in crosswinds than my 50's. I think the modern 'u' profile of rim's really helps compared to the older 'v' shape.

seels

noodleman wrote:

I know it's your choice but speaking from my own experience I don't find my 60's feel any worse in crosswinds than my 50's. I think the modern 'u' profile of rim's really helps compared to the older 'v' shape.

allright thats one thing to keep in mind

Matthewfalle

Andymaxy wrote:

seels wrote:

I was also planning a bikefit.

The plan is to sell the tarmac en buy some low profile wheels from it. I’d rather saw it coming whit some 50mm wheels but I guess ain’t nothing to do about it

I think the reason why they put those wheels on are primsrily for triathletes, road riders will almost never want/need wheels of that depth.

Utter rubbish. MF says you are a square.

Matthewfalle

seels wrote:

noodleman wrote:

I know it's your choice but speaking from my own experience I don't find my 60's feel any worse in crosswinds than my 50's. I think the modern 'u' profile of rim's really helps compared to the older 'v' shape.

allright thats one thing to keep in mind

Same here for both MF and I - 50s and 60s are both perfect for all round road use.

seels

The good people from canyon gold me im in between a small and medium size. On a small I will sit a bit more deeper and more race minded I guess? Should I try a small? I can always return it. Don’t want to put a lot of spacers in it also.

Now I’m used to ride upright. I understand that whit the aeroad I’m gonna sit deeper and more race minded. Is it something you can get used to?? I’m also gonna do some core exercises at a kinesiology, also because I want to ride races.

Andymaxy

seels wrote:

The good people from canyon gold me im in between a small and medium size. On a small I will sit a bit more deeper and more race minded I guess? Should I try a small? I can always return it. Don’t want to put a lot of spacers in it also.

Now I’m used to ride upright. I understand that whit the aeroad I’m gonna sit deeper and more race minded. Is it something you can get used to?? I’m also gonna do some core exercises at a kinesiology, also because I want to ride races.

You are contradicting yourself here. The aeroad is almost as aggressive as a bike can get. If you are used to sit more upright the aeroad will give you a lot of back pain. I'm used to riding a bike that's only slightly less aggressive than the aeroad but when I hopped on the aeroad it still gave me back pain for the first month, and that's with the full stack of spacers. It does get better, but will take time before your core is strong enough

There's no way to sit upright and not use a lot spacers

seels

Andymaxy wrote:

seels wrote:

The good people from canyon gold me im in between a small and medium size. On a small I will sit a bit more deeper and more race minded I guess? Should I try a small? I can always return it. Don’t want to put a lot of spacers in it also.

Now I’m used to ride upright. I understand that whit the aeroad I’m gonna sit deeper and more race minded. Is it something you can get used to?? I’m also gonna do some core exercises at a kinesiology, also because I want to ride races.

You are contradicting yourself here. The aeroad is almost as aggressive as a bike can get. If you are used to sit more upright the aeroad will give you a lot of back pain. I'm used to riding a bike that's only slightly less aggressive than the aeroad but when I hopped on the aeroad it still gave me back pain for the first month, and that's with the full stack of spacers. It does get better, but will take time before your core is strong enough

There's no way to sit upright and not use a lot spacers

I know that’s why I’m asking here. I just think I need to convince myself. I sure that you get to get used to riding a aggressive bike.

Otherwise I always can swap to another bike I guess.

Thanks a lot