Most endurance bikes rely on a compact 50/34 chainset but the 52t affords you a harder descending gear, which came in handy in the Sardinian mountains where I tested the bike. This could be a chain line issue.Ĭanyon specs a 52/36 chainset and 11-32 cassette. That said, despite the chain being lubed with Smoove and being well set-up, the drivetrain was quite noisy on the Endurace. The shifting was spot-on and light in feel due to the carbon construction of Ultegra’s levers. The R8020 levers felt bulbous in the hand compared to the svelte R8000 and R8070 variants.
I have ridden the R8000 (mechanical with rim brake) and R8070 (hydraulic disc, electronic shifting) variants and while I’ve been impressed with the Di2 platform, the mechanical shifting and hydraulic brakes have some quirks. The Endurace CF SL 8.0 is equipped with a Shimano Ultegra R8020 groupset, which I found to be disappointing. I couldn’t elicit any toe overlap on the size medium tested.
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If you’re ever changing your outers, you’d be wise to use an internal cable routing kit to guide the new outer through the cable tie to prevent having to install a new one. While it’s often an involved process to tie them all down (as you have to carefully hook the cable tie around the cables in a very small space), it’s an effective solution on this bike. There’s a cable tie system in place in between the two down tube bottle cage bolts which cinch the cables and hoses together during the build to prevent any unwanted rattles. The Endurace offers a quiet ride and I couldn’t detect any cables rattling.
It doesn’t encourage you to really rail it into corners or switchbacks like the Ultimate. The Endurace is a steady and sure-footed descender, offering a planted but not overly exciting feel.
Canyon endurance bike upgrade#
When the gradient points up, the Endurace is a steady climber but it doesn’t egg you on (a wheel upgrade would give this build a more urgent climbing feel but more on that later). I found the Endurace to ride on the firmer side for an endurance bike – as the name suggests, it has a racing edge to it and you can certainly feel the Ultimate’s pedigree with its lightweight feel. I rode two 120km hilly epics, a shorter 60km ride and a brief 23km shakedown ride to get the position dialled. The Endurace CF SL 8.0 was tested over four days and just over two hundred miles in south east Sardinia. But the Endurace isn’t quite as race-oriented as Trek’s Emonda which features a 386mm reach, 541mm stack and 410mm chain stays. Compared to Trek’s latest Domane, that sees a 591mm stack and 377mm reach with 420mm chainstays. This is on the racier end of the endurance bike spectrum. It also features 415mm length chainstays. This size medium has a 73 degree head tube angle with a 382mm reach and 578mm stack. The head tube angles range from 70 to 73.25 degrees across the range, but seat tube angles are fixed at 73.5 degrees. I am 180cm and tested a medium – Canyon advises a 178 to 184cm height range for this size. The brand doesn’t size conventionally so it’s worth paying close attention to the geometry chart before purchase. There’s even some colour on show on this particular sample – not all Canyon’s have to black on black!Ĭanyon offers a broad range of sizes for the Endurace CF SL, starting from 3XS to XL. The seat tube is an interesting tube shape, with a slightly aerodynamic profile where the rear tyre meets it. I like the silhouette of the bike – it cuts a neat aesthetic and eschews frame features such as dropped seatstays, that many manufacturers are hell-bent on including.
Canyon endurance bike full#
This CF SL 8.0 was equipped with a full Shimano Ultegra R8020 groupset and DT Swiss E1800 wheels. Sitting above this frameset is the top-flight SLX, which receives Canyon’s top-end carbon layup and will therefore be lighter and stiffer. After all, the clue is in the Endurace’s name – rather than riding like a sofa, it needs to be able to be pushed too in a race scenario. Rather than resorting to additional comfort measures such as Specialized’s FutureShock or Trek’s IsoSpeed, Canyon instead focus on introducing flex into the frame to deliver its all-day comfort. However, the second-generation CF SL 8.0 is what I am reviewing. It supersedes this generation which features clearance for up to 700x35mm tyres and mounting points on the top tube. The model is still going strong if not a little long in the tooth, and Canyon announced an updated Endurace in 2022. Launched back in 2016, this second-generation Endurace represented the German brand’s first disc-brake equipped endurance road bike. – Stock wheels hold the bike’s true potential backĬanyon’s Endurace is a staple of its genre. + Uses the same frame technologies as the Endurace CF SLX
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