2024 Strive:ON

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Nice.

Had to use it yesterday, got a puncture on the front on a rocky descent in the DD Assegai. Plugger kit on the OneUp EDC worked a dream and uses the OneUp 70cc pump to inflate it.

Absolutely smashed the bike over the past 3 days in Triscombe, Minehead and Quantock Hills. A mixture of DH tracks, steep rocky descents and punchy climbs. Bloody love this bike!

Glad I ordered a spare Skid plate as i already broke that!

Beating my PR's on Strava on both climbs and descents...



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Bike is superb, really is a very good enduro ebike.
Triscombe & the Quantocks are just up the M5 for me,about 50 minutes,some great trails there,planning on taking my Strive up when it arrives, nice to know it'll be in its element up there.
 

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The reactions and reviews of the Strive:On are extremely positive on this thread. Got to say it’s firmly planted itself at the top of the list for my next EMTB.
Did you guys go for the big 750 battery? A good portion of my rides are big days out in the Peaks and Snowdonia. I feel like the extra mass is going to be justified when I click the Add to Cart button.
 

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The reactions and reviews of the Strive:On are extremely positive on this thread. Got to say it’s firmly planted itself at the top of the list for my next EMTB.
Did you guys go for the big 750 battery? A good portion of my rides are big days out in the Peaks and Snowdonia. I feel like the extra mass is going to be justified when I click the Add to Cart button.
I ordered mine with the 625wh,I'll see how I get on & maybe get another one for big days out,or even a 750wh as the spare,not much difference in price.
 

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I went for the 750. Doubt I'll use it all, but I'd rather have headroom that I don't need than run out. I may try to find a 625 for shorter rides though.
 

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Another comparison if I may, Rob - thoughts vs the Orbea Wild? As that's a very similar bike that you've also ridden...
This is a comparison I had in mind too. Very similar bikes on paper (apart from the removable battery). For me personally the Strive is winning the race to my top spot the more I read about both bikes. The quality issues of the Wild paintwork is worrying. I've seen photographs of Myo bikes and seen a 'stock' paint in the carbon and neither have impressed.
 

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Another comparison if I may, Rob - thoughts vs the Orbea Wild? As that's a very similar bike that you've also ridden...
the Strive:On just has that extra something. Maybe MX adds a bit more fun to the ride. Removable battery is a bonus. Steeper seat tube (marginally) and I think the suspension tune slightly tops the Orbea.

Both top bikes.
 

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Thanks Rob. What actually is the weight difference between the two? And do you think it's down to tyre choice or something else?

Watching your videoast night the Strive frame didn't look particularly heavy!
 

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I could not find a rule against posting links to other forums, so my apologies if this is not ok:
I have not found any pictures of the strive:eek:n underdog but this one on a German forum:
After all kinds of colorful bikes in the last years I am happy to hopefully soon receive this nice black version of the strive:eek:n.
Hope this pic might help others looking for a real life impression.
 

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Thanks Rob. What actually is the weight difference between the two? And do you think it's down to tyre choice or something else?

Watching your videoast night the Strive frame didn't look particularly heavy!

From my research, a large 2023 Wild M-Team is about 1.1kg lighter than a medium CFR (no pedals) when both have the 750wh battery.
 

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Hmm, that is a lot. The question is - where is the weight? I know on the Rise Orbea reduced weight by fitting thin tyres and Fox 34s...
 

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Hmm, that is a lot. The question is - where is the weight? I know on the Rise Orbea reduced weight by fitting thin tyres and Fox 34s...

Perhaps the battery housing on the Strive isn’t helping. The M-Team does use a different/better cassette but that’s a tiny weight difference.
 

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From my research, a large 2023 Wild M-Team is about 1.1kg lighter than a medium CFR (no pedals) when both have the 750wh battery.
Not really comparing like for like bikes here though. I'd like to see real weight numbers for both bikes but what is quoted online puts them much closer together.

Wild M-team is £8999 and 23.7kg in size L
Wild M10 is £7999 (no weight found and more comparable in spec to CFR)
Strive On CFR LTD is £8999 and 23.1kg (Canyon quoted, no size given)
Strive On CFR is £6899 and 24.3kg in size M (comparable to size L wild)

So if anything the Strive On is lighter! With the M-team being £2100 more expensive and the M10 £1100 more than the CFR I'm sure weight could be saved with 1k and 2k respectively to spend.

Wild comes with EXO and EXO+ tyres
CFR comes with EXO+ and DD tyres

EXO = 1,075 g
EXO+ = 1,125 g
DD = 1,305 g
DH = 1,334 g

Wild 2200g on tyres
CFR 2430g on tyres

There's 25%ish of the saving in lesser tyres alone.
 

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I do note that @Rob Rides EMTB got his RR edition CFR to 22.44kg with a 625wh battery and he weighed the Wild M-team with a 625wh at 20.81kg so there is a 1.63kg saving somewhere but how like for like were the two bikes? I guess only the man himself can comment on that.

Again the Wild had "lesser" tyres and the Strive On had EDC bits fitted but it's not going to amount to 1.63kg.

A removable battery will always add weight and for some is essential so surely worth a few grams for that convenience alone.
 

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Perhaps the battery housing on the Strive isn’t helping. The M-Team does use a different/better cassette but that’s a tiny weight difference.
Yeah, but over a kilo? Agreed though - I definitely want to be able to remove the battery easily.

Unless your bike lives inside your house, leaving it outside in the 30c+ days and the 5c and below days isn't going to do it any favours. Also charging it indoors in a more moderate climate will help it.

Likewise, if you wish to swap out to a 625 for shorter rides you can do that too. With the Wild you're stuck with the one battery.

Plus that paint...

Out of interest, for all that have them - what is the paint quality like?

The one complaint I had about my 2022 Spectral was the paint. I'm hoping it's better now.
 

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Yeah, but over a kilo? Agreed though - I definitely want to be able to remove the battery easily.

Unless your bike lives inside your house, leaving it outside in the 30c+ days and the 5c and below days isn't going to do it any favours. Also charging it indoors in a more moderate climate will help it.

Likewise, if you wish to swap out to a 625 for shorter rides you can do that too. With the Wild you're stuck with the one battery.

Plus that paint...

Out of interest, for all that have them - what is the paint quality like?

The one complaint I had about my 2022 Spectral was the paint. I'm hoping it's better now.
For me convenience is more important than 1kg (likely more 0.5kg like for like) of weight so I am with you on this.

Don't get me started on Orbea's paint, that's a 5kg saving alone :ROFLMAO:

But I can personally vouch as a fussy git that the Canyon paint is absolutely flawless, I went over every inch of the bike after Orbeagate and there is not one blemish on the frame anywhere. It's surely robot painted it's that good.
 

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For me convenience is more important than 1kg (likely more 0.5kg like for like) of weight so I am with you on this.

Don't get me started on Orbea's paint, that's a 5kg saving alone :ROFLMAO:

But I can personally vouch as a fussy git that the Canyon paint is absolutely flawless, I went over every inch of the bike after Orbeagate and there is not one blemish on the frame anywhere. It's surely robot painted it's that good.
Good to know. The driveside dropout of my Spectral had been damaged and badly touched up at the factory, but this was at a time when there were no bikes in stock for months to replace it with.

It also had some dust or something under the clearcoat on the downtube.

Fingers crossed the Strive is flawless. Light Green is easier to do than black though.
 

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Hmm, that is a lot. The question is - where is the weight? I know on the Rise Orbea reduced weight by fitting thin tyres and Fox 34s...
The frames are similar weights without kit.

Orbea bare carbon frame (with no shock, motor, battery or wiring) is 2,675g (Size L)

Strive:On is actually lighter frame 2,450g CFR carbon (Size M)

Additional weight on canyon frame once built will be Skid plate and internal rail that it runs on.

The rest will be in the build.

XTR is lighter than SRAM X0 by a fair bit
Dropper can weigh a lot (especially a 210)

Tyres (Exo+ Vs DD)

Etc etc
 

Obikaii

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Yeah, but over a kilo? Agreed though - I definitely want to be able to remove the battery easily.

Unless your bike lives inside your house, leaving it outside in the 30c+ days and the 5c and below days isn't going to do it any favours. Also charging it indoors in a more moderate climate will help it.

Likewise, if you wish to swap out to a 625 for shorter rides you can do that too. With the Wild you're stuck with the one battery.

Plus that paint...

Out of interest, for all that have them - what is the paint quality like?

The one complaint I had about my 2022 Spectral was the paint. I'm hoping it's better now.
From my experience with my Rise,which also has an integral battery,I'm more than happy for a slightly heavier bike if it means I can remove the battery to store & charge it inside.
I had to charge the Rise in the shed for most of the time & the battery needed replacing after 12 months,make of that what you will,but I certainly won't be doing that again,or buying a bike with an integral battery.
Also allows for easy battery swaps on a big day out.
 

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From my experience with my Rise,which also has an integral battery,I'm more than happy for a slightly heavier bike if it means I can remove the battery to store & charge it inside.
I had to charge the Rise in the shed for most of the time & the battery needed replacing after 12 months,make of that what you will,but I certainly won't be doing that again,or buying a bike with an integral battery.
Also allows for easy battery swaps on a big day out.
Exactly. Batteries don't like being charged in the very cold or to get very hot. With these 30c+ summers and freezing winters, if you can store and charge the battery inside, then it'll be much happier.

That said, it should still last more than a year! EV batteries stay outside all the time. (I guess maybe they have a more advanced BMS.)
 

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Further update on the Strive:

Alarm - It works every time but the timing is inconsistent, sometimes a second sometimes getting on for 10 seconds before the bike finds your phone. I don't see this being an issue and having the ebike lock and GPS tracker far outweighs having to be patient.

Bottle mount - finally sorted. I contacted Canyon and they confirmed the bolts are M5x15mm and it's also printed on the frame 🤦‍♂️ they were slightly baffled the bike didn't come with bolts but mine has Canyon branded plastic blanking plugs. I've fitted the fidlock mount at its lowest possible position with a 450ml bottle and I don't think there is enough room for the 590ml or bigger bottle but don't have a bottle to test it.

Something to note - when I was sanity checking the bottle mount bolts I removed the skid plate and battery and noticed the skid plate is visibly rubbing on the frame. I've fitted some frame protection on the frame and electrical tape on the skid plate to try and prevent this going forward so worth checking.

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