Canyon Endurace CF SL 8.0
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I’m a smudge taller than 5-11”. Long arms. I seam is about 32”.
I believe the stack height is the issue for me, yes. A 12 degree (17 might have even been better) at 90mm would have helped. But stems for 1.25” steerer tubes are apparently few and far between. Giant makes them, and there’s an import brand I found on eBay that makes one. That’s all I could find, but I didn’t look exhaustively.
As I said, the Endurace is a fine bicycle. My only hesitation in recommending one would be if you think you’re going to need a different stem, find out if Canyon has what you think you need and order it with the bike. Or at least make sure you can find an aftermarket stem that matches your need before you buy.
The larger frame might well help you accomplish the fit you’re looking for. My only hesitation with that idea for myself would be that the seat post would be shorter and therefore less compliant on a larger frame. For me that means more body aches. I tried several saddles on the bicycle which had rails of varying heights. These translated to a difference of about 5/8” in seat post height, which I could feel. It wasn’t a huge difference, but if it were more like 2” of height difference it might be. At least for me.
I believe the stack height is the issue for me, yes. A 12 degree (17 might have even been better) at 90mm would have helped. But stems for 1.25” steerer tubes are apparently few and far between. Giant makes them, and there’s an import brand I found on eBay that makes one. That’s all I could find, but I didn’t look exhaustively.
As I said, the Endurace is a fine bicycle. My only hesitation in recommending one would be if you think you’re going to need a different stem, find out if Canyon has what you think you need and order it with the bike. Or at least make sure you can find an aftermarket stem that matches your need before you buy.
The larger frame might well help you accomplish the fit you’re looking for. My only hesitation with that idea for myself would be that the seat post would be shorter and therefore less compliant on a larger frame. For me that means more body aches. I tried several saddles on the bicycle which had rails of varying heights. These translated to a difference of about 5/8” in seat post height, which I could feel. It wasn’t a huge difference, but if it were more like 2” of height difference it might be. At least for me.
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I feel like some of their customer service is bad, they act like they know nothing or their response are ill-researched. So what I did was stop talking to that person and re email Customer service... Found someone I like and asked if I could directly contact them when I have problems and they said sure no problem, never had a problem since.
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Canyon sell different length stems
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The support from Canyon USA has been fantastic for me
They are very helpful and super nice
I have both an Aeroad SL (rim brake) and an Ultimate SLX (Disc brake)
at Canyon Gear
The support from Canyon USA has been fantastic for me
They are very helpful and super nice
I have both an Aeroad SL (rim brake) and an Ultimate SLX (Disc brake)
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I have a Canyon Ultimate CF SL Disc 8.0 Di2 that I just got a few months ago, but my dad has a similarly spec'd Endurace. We both love our bikes! Haven't had any issues with support, they were very helpful during the ordering process. I also haven't had any trouble with getting local service. The guy that fit my bike locally had worked with Canyons before and the local bike store has too. Was a little nervous ordering online without getting to ride it first, but once I got over that, there was no looking back. At this point I have a couple hundred miles on the new bike and it's been great. 100% what I had hoped for in a bike and was way cheaper than the brands stocked by local bike stores for the components and features you get.
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