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Punker Than You Are: The Canyon Spectral 125 Didn’t Have to Exist, So We Had to Review It
Remember when gravity-focused short-travel 29ers were edgy? When a brand would give one to their most decorated downhiller, and it would break YouTube? Now, this subcategory has become a staple. Every brand has one. But not Canyon. They have three. And the black sheep among them is the Spectral 125. Find out why Travis Engel still doesn’t want to send his test bike back in this detailed review below…
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Radar Roundup: Gravel Bikes Galore – Team Amani OSTRO, Canyon Grizl CF SL 7 Throwback, Hudski Doggler EVO, Waveform Colors, Recon ADV, Revel Rodeo, and Tour de France Women
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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Canyon’s Grand Canyon 7 is a $1,299.00 Hardtail
Canyon’s most popular hardtail in the European market has finally made it to the USA. The Grand Canyon 7 is an aluminum chassis hardtail, built with a SRAM kit, a RockShox Judy Silver 120mm fork, and comes in either turquoise or black. With a 67.5º head angle and a 74º seat angle, it’s by no means a hyper-progressive geometry but it is a great all-rounder, in an affordable package. Check out more info at Canyon.
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2 to 200: the Kathy Pruitt Story
It’s pretty common these days to see professional roadies make the transition into gravel. The racing and even the bikes are pretty similar, so it’s not a big stretch to make the leap. But what about coming to gravel from downhill? Now we’re talking about switching from races that are about 2-miles long with zero elevation gain to races that are 200-miles long with 10’000-feet of climbing. Race times go from a few minutes to hours…lots of hours. And that’s not even getting into how different the bikes are. The switch from downhill to gravel is way less common and a lot harder to wrap your head around…but let me introduce you to Kathy Pruitt.
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Amanda’s Custom Flashpoint MVMNT Canyon Grizl Gravel Bike
Drop bars have always had a special place in my heart. Don’t get me wrong, I love mountain bikes. That feeling of flying down swoopy singletrack and rowdy trails on a mountain bike is truly hard to beat. But there is one thing that can beat it… Flying down flowy singletrack and rowdy trails on a drop-bar bike. Now that can get exciting!
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Impossible Route: Yuma to Bishop via Death Valley
February 28 – March 8, 2021
February 27th
Arrival in Yuma, Arizona
The Impossible Route team arrived about as prepared for it as a groom to a shotgun wedding.
We planned on paper, but this was the Mojave Desert and Death Valley; and they would definitely hold some big surprises.
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Canyon’s New Stoic Hardtails
Today Canyon released their Stoic Hardtail models, with affordable pricepoints, modern geometry, and all the style Canyon is known for. The Stoic 4 (pictured here) retails for $1,799 and comes specced with SRAM Eagle NX, a Pike fork, and the Stoic 3 comes with Deore and a Suntour fork, with a retail price of $1,099. These 140mm travel hardtails feature internal routing, a threaded bottom bracket, a 65º head angle, a 75º seat angle, and 418mm chainstays on sizes 2XS-S with 27.5″ wheels or 428mm chainstay lengths for M-XL sized frames.
Head to Canyon to see more.
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Canyon Rides Trails Across California
Crossing the high desert from Nevada’s Sand Mountain, across to the Sierra and Alabama Hills, through the basin, and over to the coast, Canyon hits some of the lesser-known trails in their new video.
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Canyon Shreds Ahab
One of our favorite trails in Moab gets special treatment from Canyon and their new Spectral.
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Canyon Announces their More Affordable Grail Aluminum All Road for Men and Women
Canyon’s successful all-road platform just got more affordable. Their Grail bike is now available in an aluminum model for men and women, with various build kits, and without those double-decker drop bars. Size medium comes in around 20lbs, thanks to the frame material, and as shown here, can be used on bikepacking trips. See more at Canyon.
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Why the Family Rides
For all the #Dadbikes and #Mombikes out there, here’s a family-friendly shred fest.
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Canyon’s Inflight ‘Cross Bike
As far as modern carbon fiber ‘cross bikes go, there are some that don’t do it for me and then some that pique my interest. While Canyon’s aesthetics might not be for everyone, the Inflight looks great, in my opinion anyway. With builds ranging from $4,000 to $2,000 for a frameset, these bikes are competitively priced and as previously stated, look damn good. See more at Canyon. Not sure when these will hit the US, but I’d be willing to bet they will!
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Brooks Celebrates 150 Years with Dashing Bikes
There aren’t many cycling companies that have been around for 150 years. In fact, Brooks is the only one I can think of off the top of my head. It’s quite a feat. Especially when you consider that they’re not only still around, but they’re still making saddles in the UK. To celebrate, they’ve teamed up with a number of bicycle companies around the world to build limited edition bicycles, available to the public in small numbers, based on the copper rails. These “Dashing Bikes” are something else. One of which is Germany’s Canyon…
See more at Brooks!
