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2022 Canyon_Endurace_CF_7_ETAP_Credit_Tino_Pohlmann_3Canyon launches all-new Endurace CF and updates AL model
Images: Tino Pohlmann
Canyon has expanded its Endurace family with the all-new CF and an updated version of the AL, with a “stiffer, more precise fork” and upgraded bottom bracket, as it aims to meet the demand of newcomers discovering cycling by “raising the bar for quality at more affordable price points”.
Canyon first launched its endurance road bike platform, the Endurace, in 2014 and later expanded the range in 2016 with the CF SLX and later the CF SL and AL Disc platforms.
Last year, Canyon introduced new colourways throughout its Endurace range along with tan wall tyres and integrated power meters. Now the line has been given a bigger update, with the new CF carbon and AL aluminium models taking the “class-leading attributes of the Endurace CF SLX and making them more accessible”.
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The Endurace has always reviewed well on road.cc in its various guises, with Stu Kerton describing the CF SLX Disc 8.0 eTap last year as "the ideal bike for riding fast and long."
Canyon brings the agility of the Ultimate to the Endurace, but with a less aggressive riding position.
“For anyone on the lookout for a more forgiving, more versatile setup ready for anything that can happen on the road, without letting up on Canyon signature performance attributes, the Endurace is still the answer,” the brand sums up.
Comfort
Canyon aims to improve comfort on the Endurace with more stack height and a shorter reach compared to the more race-focused Ultimate. The stack to reach ratio of the Endurace is 1.56 on the Endurace CF, whereas it’s 1.45 on the Ultimate CF SLX.
“Advantages to this approach are well known - reducing the load placed on the back, shoulders, arms and hands, with more weight transferred via the rider’s bone structure through to the saddle and less stress placed on core muscles,” Canyon points out.
“When put into practice, this riding position allows the rider to maximise their performance out on the road by staying fresher for longer, without needing to commit to an intensive off-season stabilisation program in the gym to make it work.”
Handling
“While we differentiate geometry when it comes to a less aggressive rider position, we look to maintain the key handling attributes that make a Canyon a Canyon - agility to respond and the accuracy to carve precision lines across the road,” says Canyon.
Both the new Endurace CF and the Endurace AL lines, as well as Canyon’s Ultimate family, have a trail measurement of around 60mm in a size medium for a comfortable feel at the bars.
Progressive features
Canyon is speccing 30mm tyres on the front and 32mm on the rear (the exception being the Endurace CF eTap which runs 30mm at the rear and the All-Road spec), for the benefits you get from high-volume tyres: extra grip, comfort and traction, and lower rolling resistance across uneven surfaces.
Canyon says the new fork design with a broader 1 ¼” diameter increases stiffness for enhanced front-end stability under heavy braking, and improves steering precision.
Eyelets for mounting a bolt-on top tube bag have been included for a clean, strapless and secure storage solution.
The bottom bracket has also been upgraded to a pressfit BB86 for a “long-lasting, creak-free, smooth-spinning performance”.
Spec and sizes
Of note, Canyon has introduced an alternative All-Road spec which features 35mm Schwalbe G-One Speed tyres for making the most of the clearance.
“The Endurace CF 7 All-Road sits to the left of our Grail on the gravel spectrum and is ideal for riders that don’t need to step up to full width gravel tyres or geometry, yet still require a little more cushion for when the going gets spicy,” Canyon explains.
“All road, all options.”
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Eight frame sizes covering 3XS to 2XL are designed to comfortably cater for riders from 150cm to over 200cm. Canyon adds: “We’ve also applied learnings from developing our WMN [female-specific] platforms in the past, meaning the 3XS and 2XS bikes roll on 650b wheels so that small riders benefit from kit and handling proportional to their body size.”
There’s not a WMN version as Canyon has integrated the previous WMN and unisex models together into this same range, with gender-neutral naming across all Endurace models.
The AL aluminium family has just two models, the AL 6 with Shimano Tiagra which costs £1,399, while the 105 AL 7 build comes in at £1,699. The carbon line ranges from £1,949 (CF 7, 105) to £2,949 (CF 7 Sram Rival etap and the All-Road version). Here’s the breakdown of two key models…
AL 7: £1,699
- Frame: Endurace AL Disc
- Fork: One One Four CF SL Disc
- Wheels: Fulcrum Racing 900 DB
- Tyres: Schwalbe One 30/32mm
- Groupset: Shimano 105
- Gear ratio: 11-34T cassette, 52/36 chainring
- Stem: Canyon V13
- Handlebar: Canyon H17
- Saddle: Selle Italia Model X
- Weight: 9.2kg
- Colours: Stealth, True Blue
CF 7 eTap: £2,949
- Frame: Endurace CF Disc
- Fork: One One Four CF SL Disc
- Wheels: DT Swiss Endurance LN
- Tyres: Continental GP 5000 S 30mm
- Groupset: Sram Rival eTap AXS
- Gear ratio: 10-36T cassette, 48/36 chainring
- Stem: Canyon V13
- Handlebar: Canyon H17
- Saddle: Fizik Argo Tempo R5
- Weight: 8.6kg
- Colour: Stealth
canyon.com
Anna has been hooked on bikes ever since her youthful beginnings at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit. As an avid road and track racer, she reached the heady heights of a ProCyclingStats profile before leaving for university. Having now completed an MA in Multimedia Journalism, she’s hoping to add some (more successful) results. Although her greatest wish is for the broader acceptance of wearing funky cycling socks over the top of leg warmers.
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Speccing no mudguard mounts and a pressfit BB in an aluminium 'endurance' frame ought to be a crime. Combined with the significant downgrade in the wheelset on the new AL7, and it's gone from being probably the bike I was planning on buying this year to one I won't be bothering with. Shame.
All- new? That'll be the forks plus BB and not a lot else it would seem. Oh, 30mm tyres too. Not the best report as there is no explanation for why only the 'budget' models get this 'all-new' makeover (I presume the journalist asked some questions).
What exactly were you expecting, the 2022 Aluminium Endurace road bike to be a carbon electric tandem?
Err, what? There are carbon models up to a couple of grand. You seem to have totally missed the point. This isn't an "all-new" Endurace. It's a slightly tweaked version of a not just ageing model but a geriatric one in bike terms. The recently released Cannondale Synapse (terrible as it is) qualifies as "all-new". As in all-new frame, 'integrated' safety features, new seat post and BB etc. Ie a totally different model.
It is "all-new". The Cannondale needed the BB and the seatpost changed but the Canyon didn't they were/are just fine and how is a disc brake bike frame that accepts 35mm tyres "geriatric". What exactly is it missing, please do tell me.
Oh dear. I think you need to look up the definition of all-new. Most of this bike is the same. And only a few bikes in the whole Endurace range have been tweaked. If you think this is all-new, I have no idea what you labelled the Cervelo Caledonia when it was launched last year - a bike that previously didn't exist.
PS. The Synapse didn't "need" the BB it seat post change. Cannondale could easily have continued with its own spider ring and narrow seat post. They sold vast quantities of bikes with them. Using a threaded BB allowed them to use a full Shimano groupset - their Synapses and Suepr Six Eve were previously incompatible. So in some ways, the change could be seen as a strange move.
Given that the Al frameset is about 500g lighter than the previous version, I'm struggling to see how most of this bike is the same.
No, the frame is exactly the same as the one Canyon has been selling for the best pet of a decade. If you want to fall for marketing crap, be my guest. But just to be clear, this Canyon AL is actually heavier, than the old one - so the bits hanging off the frame weigh more if tbe Canyon website is up to date.
This one weighs 8.46kg - https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road-bikes/endurance-bikes/endurace/al/endu...
The 105 model reviewed in 2020 weighs 8.38kg in medium. Of course, the weight for the newer one could be for the large.
https://www.bikeradar.com/reviews/bikes/road-bikes/canyon-endurace-al-7-...
But make no mistake this is not an all- new bike. That label is reserved for the likes of the Cervelo Caledonia or Argon Sum - bikes that didn't previously exist.
A shark, with frickin' lasers?
No it isn't. How do you not understand? Yes, it may look similar but it is not the same as before.
It has: a new fork, a new bottom bracket and larger tyre clearance and Eyelets for mounting a bolt-on top tube bag, different sizing on the smaller models so they use 650b wheels and not 700c as the previous version.
The article above begins like so:
"Canyon has expanded its Endurace family with the all-new CF and an updated version of the AL, with a “stiffer, more precise fork”
"Now the line has been given a bigger update, with the new CF carbon and AL aluminium models taking the “class-leading attributes of the Endurace CF SLX and making them more accessible”.
"Canyon says the new fork design with a broader 1 ¼” diameter increases stiffness for enhanced front-end stability under heavy braking, and improves steering precision".
"Eyelets for mounting a bolt-on top tube bag have been included for a clean, strapless and secure storage solution".
"The bottom bracket has also been upgraded to a pressfit BB86 for a “long-lasting, creak-free, smooth-spinning performance”.
"Eight frame sizes covering 3XS to 2XL are designed to comfortably cater for riders from 150cm to over 200cm. Canyon adds: “We’ve also applied learnings from developing our WMN [female-specific] platforms in the past, meaning the 3XS and 2XS bikes roll on 650b wheels so that small riders benefit from kit and handling proportional to their body size.”
"There’s not a WMN version as Canyon has integrated the previous WMN and unisex models together into this same range, with gender-neutral naming across all Endurace models."
"Of note, Canyon has introduced an alternative All-Road spec which features 35mm Schwalbe G-One Speed tyres for making the most of the clearance".
I'm sure there are more differences but...
I mean, the mind boggles.
Oh dear. So the (nearly) all-old Endurace is actually all-new. What's your definition of the Cervelo Caledonia and Argon Sum then? Magic?
This is the same old frame Canyon has churned out since the all-new Synapse came out around 2014 (yes that really did have all new pretty much everything) with a slightly updated fork and new BB. If you want to count that as an al-new bike, fill your boots. But I'm pretty sure nobody has ever managed to ride a bottom bracket and a fork.
It seems that the small models come with 27.5" wheels. My wife has these on her Endurace and while I am sure the handling maybe is a tiny bit better it just looks odd. Also, there is a lot less choice of tyres and tubes out there. I have the same bike but thankfully 700c wheels. Also, the Ultimate and Aeroad only have 700c wheels. Why one but not the other?
Strangely the AL rim brake version* (not mentioned in the article unless I missed it) has 700c wheels even on the 2XS.
*£1300 with 105.
No mudguard mounts
Is Endurance a road bike or a gravel bike. As a road bike I wouldn't expect mudguard mounts but on a gravel bike I would. Or is Endurance a new category?
Endurace never has had them.
The AL verison did. The new Endurace would make a great winter bike, competitors like the Defy and Synapse have them and Canyon are happy enough to compromise on the look with the top tube mounts, so I am surprised that they did not include mounts for mudguards.
I wish it did have mudguard mounts (it has never had them by the way).... Maybe the next iteration?! Actually, now I have Zwift there is no way I am leaving the house if it's wet so I dont really need them.
I had the AL Endurace 8.0 in 2018 and it doesn't have mounts.
But top-tube bag mounts!