Canyon Endurace - anyone have?

[Dizeee]

I am wondering how it compares in geometry / position to the Ultimate AL / CF. In the images it looks very much the same.

The reason I ask is that after a few months now of daily checking the Canyon Outlet, I have "reserved" one of their Endurace's that came on last night. It seemed to be such outstanding value I couldn't not do it. However, before I part with funds I want to be sure it is not going to be too relaxed.

It is a 2016 Endurace CF SL Ultegra in Stealth Black with Red writing. Looks to be an ideal all year round bike for me, although it is half a kilo lighter than my current "best bike".

[Jimbo.]

Define "too relaxed"?

Interesting thing to be worried about when you've a fked back...

And have you thought about looking at the numbers, rather than just images?

[JEA1K]

A mate of mine had one .... I saw 'had' because the frame developed a crack after one ride so its gone back for a new model. It had DA Di2 and was/is his intermediate bike ... I must say it looked fantastic ... he said it rode very well ... was on 28mm tyres as well.

[N8CYL]

Got one. Great bike, very comfortable, but racy set up. Hence the name endu "race".
For value it's unbeatable.

[outnumbered]

Their site has geometry tables for all the models, so it's easy to work out the difference, for my (2XL) size, the Endurace is about 2cm less reach and 2cm more stack, iirc. The race models are pretty long and low, so I doubt the Endurace would be excessively tall.

[okgo]

Classic.

Dizeee, your post here AND on bikeradar surely can be answered in 2 minutes on the website you just spent £2000 on?

[Dizeee]

Not really, as I am after opinions of people who have actually owned one / ridden one or both rather than just looking at numbers that mean nothing to me. And as for spending £2000 - typical assumptive comment thrown out by yourself which is way, way, waaay off the mark.

Jimbo back is fine now and healed well during prolonged mileage over summer and autumn, going to throw myself back into big miles in January.

Thanks for the constructive replies above, I have heard some reports of cracks developing in the past with Canyons but not many reports, with the amount of bikes they sell I guess it would be expected that a small percentage have some sort of issue. Hopefully being a lighter rider will lessen the chance of any frame damage.

[Jimbo.]

The numbers tell you a lot.
Compare the stack and reach figures if the one you want with those of what you already have. It's really not that hard!

[okgo]

Its worth having a look at some geo charts to familiarise with the numbers, compare to the De Ribble, the Bianchi etc so you know what its going to feel like. Owners opinions worth very little given we now nothing of their flexibility, or what stem they have put on it etc.

[Some Gump]

Is there a month that goes by where Dizee isn't about to buy a bike that costs an arm and a leg?

[outnumbered]

My Ultimate CF SLX is cracked on the headtube..... But that's mostly because I rode it into a fking gate.

[Dizeee]

Some Gump said:

Is there a month that goes by where Dizee isn't about to buy a bike that costs an arm and a leg?

lol

The difference this time is I have actually bought it - got the 3 emails from Canyon confirming the order and they are now waiting for me to transfer funds to their IBAN bank account (that's a first for me, never done an international transfer before).

It was up at £1300, 7kg weight, I have been looking at the outlet for months, and this seemed to me too good a deal to turn down.

[fromage]

Looking at the geometry they are basically "sportive fit" with a pretty tall heat tube, If you do suffer from back issues then it may be a wise move.

[Gren]

Missus has an alu one and loves it, ridden double centuries on it. Bargain bike which was around £800 new but just over 8kg, full 105, full carbon fork and decent wheel.

I've got the disc braked version and the geometry is not far off the Ultimate at all. CRacking bike but wasn't quite as cheap...

[stu1984]

I have a 2015 carbon Endurace with Ultegra in stealth black with the red lettering - I absolutely love it. The bike looks amazing in the flesh, and fantastic value too. Be a little careful on the sizing though, from memory when I entered the measurements in on their sizing chart it came up with a frame which appeared to be one size too big when looking at the top tube dims etc. Buy one, you won't regret it!

[Clinton Baptiste]

Have they sorted out their shambolic customer service yet? Or is it still a twenty year turnaround?

[FD3Si]

Clinton Baptiste said:

Have they sorted out their shambolic customer service yet? Or is it still a twenty year turnaround?

Based on my friend's June purchase of a bike with a +1 month delivery date, that turned up on his doorstep last week, I'd say the latter.

[Gren]

Clinton Baptiste said:

Have they sorted out their shambolic customer service yet? Or is it still a twenty year turnaround?

Ordered 2 in the summer. Both were a 3 month lead time. One came 2 weeks early. One 3 weeks late. Kept up to date on delivery timescales.

They are our 4th and 5th Canyon bikes (road and mtb) and all have been a similar story. Also great customer service last summer for a crash replacement on a snapped fork.

[troc]

Clinton Baptiste said:

Have they sorted out their shambolic customer service yet? Or is it still a twenty year turnaround?

My Commuter was a month late delivery but that was because Continental changed the design of their drive belts. Canyon were very good about informing me of the delay and gave me a free hat

Mate of mine recently bought a new MTB which was listed as "from stock" and it arrived in under a week.

From what I can see they are a lot better than they were a year ago but they have just launched new models and it's the run up to the holiday season so things could get delayed. The online chat (at least here in Holland) is very helpful.

[richardxjr]

It's a stock bike.

I know Diz doesn't 'do' maintenance or tools so I hope your LBS is happy to work on a personal import.