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I really like the look of the latest Canyon Exceed hardtail for long gravel chunky rides, bike packing and ultras. * Downtube storage * Third bottle mount * Light I'm hoping it influences the other manufacturers to add these features to their hardtails for the same use. I'd get the exceed but it's not on cycle to work. If anyone wants to recommend either a frame or a fully built bike that's a good alternative please do so!
Not quite your point I know, but I think the Canyon has been influenced by rather than is influential. Many riders have been riding touring or gravel bikes with more bottle mounts and a dynamo to USB and lights system for a long time. What Canyon have done is bring old randonneur ideas to modern carbon bikes (and if they widen the appeal of these systems I'm grateful to them for that).
It's certainly a neat system, great to see a power solution as an OEM inclusion and it's be good on something more MTB/hardtail style as you say - though probably lower demand on that bike format. Maybe they'll put it into a rigid ATB with a hardtail model in the range.
Yes agree, they are all old ideas but unusual I think on these light hardtails.
Downtube storage, third mount add weight to the frame so probably puts big manufacturers off.
I'd get the exceed but it's not on cycle to work.
Canyon are signed up to CycleScheme. Whether or not that's the same system as your employer uses is another matter. The proliferation of third-party suppliers of C2W (all skimming a percentage as well) is annoying and the lack of any standardisation with employers around what scheme they go for, the credit limit and whatever restrictive T&Cs they add to it is insane. But that's a separate rant...
They're nice bikes - Canyon seem to have got a pretty sorted midrange selection across road, MTB, gravel. I've just bought a new gravel bike from them which has a downtube storage box. Much neater than having a saddle pack. My only complaint is that the "storage pouch" thing to hold all the tools should really be included with the bike, it's stupid that you have to buy it separately. I'd much rather they added £100 to the price of the bike and included the storage pouch and the "proprietary to this bike" computer mount.