New Canyon Endurace - love it but....

[scherzkeks]

pablo said:

scherzkeks said:

AyBee said:

scherzkeks said:

okgo said:

hadenough! said:

In still not convinced a small frame is right for someone who's 5 ft 9

I've just bought a Canyon, just over 6ft and I've gone with medium, they are not quite sized like other bikes, though I've gone with the full blown race bike so I suppose it might well just be longer and lower than this one OP has

They are sized just like any bike using standard stage race geo. An M has a 56 TT, just like nearly every classic 58cm frame designed for someone who is about 6 ft.

They're not. Canyon are at the long end of 'race' geometry.

Compare to the original CONI guidelines in 1 cm increments. They are standard. The only issue is that they use broader-spectrum t-shirt sizing because they are not a proper framebuilder.

Barring any physical issues, all Dizee needs to do is take a proper inseam measure, compare to the standard and order his bike, factoring in that he may want to size down/up based on upper/lower body proportions.

If the bike were actually being used to race, sizing down makes sense in nearly all cases, due to modern hood placement on the bar. Get a saddle that fits your ass and install properly and off you go.

It really is that simple.

Edited by scherzkeks on Thursday 30th March 13:40

I assume by t shirt sizing you mean that the frame dimensions go up by the same increments throughout the range, eg Seat tube, top tube, head tube length etc from XS to S to M to L is the same percentage, which would be fine, but they don't.... I assume you're capable of using a calculator...

I mean what I wrote. They correspond to cover the range of sizes that a proper builder using 1 cm increments would offer. Even their suggested stem lengths correspond directly with CONI.

I would ride an Canyon S for example. On a horizontal-TT bike, I would ride anything from a 54.5 to a 56.5 c-c, using the stem to adjust position. And the 54.5 would be ideal based on my body and desired position. There is nothing odd about their sizing.

[wobert]

True to my word, I've just ordered this, in Medium, I'm 5ft 11ins



I completed the PPS details and also did a contrast and compare against my Genesis geometry.

It's virtually identical in size.....will find out for sure in 2 weeks :-)

Edited by wobert on Wednesday 12th April 08:19

[okgo]

My aeroad just arrived, I soon will be using that mythical device. The tape measure...