Canyon's all-new Grail is reshaped as an aero gravel race bike with integrated storage, a more conventional cockpit, and more refined handling…
Canyon’s new Grail gravel bike gets a complete racing overhaul with more precise handling, a cleanly integrated but normal cockpit, lots of integrated storage, and a major aerodynamic upgrade. While it’s decidedly a faster, stiffer gravel race bike, those aero and integrated upgrades will be welcome for almost any rider looking to ride fast on and off-road.
As for outside, Canyon has created a sleekly integrated Load Fidlock Quickloader partial frame bag. It looks a lot like thethat Apidura developed with Ridley for their gravel race bike. This one is all Canyon, though. A separate size bag to match each frame, the Quickloader snaps securely into place with magnetic Fidlock studs, and can be removed by pulling a release strap on its back. Canyon says it saves 1.5W vs.
That tire limit also means the bike is still 1x or 2x compatible as many racers coming from the road prefer conventional road gearing combos. Even a mid compact 52/36T chainring combo will fit. That also means you can run a direct mount chain retention device for single chainring setups. Then, a $3000 / 3000€ Grail CF SL 8 gets a lighter build with GRX 1×12 and a higher-spec DT G1800 alloy wheelset, at 8.74kg.Stepping up to the higher spec CF SLX frameset, there’s either the $5000 / 5000€ Canyon Grail CF SLX 8 Di2 with electronic GRX & carbon DT Swiss GRC1400 wheels, or the $5500 / 5300€ Grail CF SLX 8 AXS with wireless SRAM Force AXS Xplr & carbon Zipp 303 wheels.
Part of that was going hard on some really technical tracks on 40mm tires with a few psi higher pressure than I probably should. Coming off a more adventure-ready gravel bike with 50mm tires, it was a quick shift. Even down to a sore wrist after 3 intense days of hammering the new bike.
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