Zed.
Active member
Had delivery last week, Torque:ON cf Roczen.
I’ve been riding a Trek Rail5 but stupidly bought it as a medium size and shortly discovered I needed a large so started looking for a frame to convert, while the rail is a good bike the search for newer and shiny toys overcame common-sense (also having seen Canyon had a significant discount / price reduction on some models I was unable to resist 🫢
Go big or go home?
So, Zeb ultimate forks, super deluxe ultimate coil damper, SRAM X0 Eagle AXS Transmission, reverb Axs dropper post. Ep801 motor, 900wh battery and SRAM code rsc brakes with a colour scheme I’ve nicknamed the ‘mobile granite worktop’
Before the weekend’s rides it had a spannercheck and conversion to tubeless as well as a general familiarisation with the electronic dropper / shifter systems and drive / display units.
Future fiddlin will include fitting SRAM Maven brakes (currently on my Rail, will use the Code rsc’s already on the Torque to familiarise with the bike and might as well use what’s already working) and I’m evaluating the forks
Against my favoured Manitou Mezzer forks but that’s for future considerations….
So, what’s it like? Different to the rail but a different bike with different geometry and suspension travel, noticeable is the lower bb hight on the Canyon. The
900wh battery gave 25 miles ride in Bpw Saturday pedalup running in ‘tour’ as I didn’t need the full power & as an economy ride (my first experience of the Shimano motor) and another 20 miles on Sunday without problems
Post-Sunday ride mud covered bike.
I’m going to order the rear mudguard from Canyon, hopefully minimise the crap covering the suspension
Happy new bike
Rich.
I’ve been riding a Trek Rail5 but stupidly bought it as a medium size and shortly discovered I needed a large so started looking for a frame to convert, while the rail is a good bike the search for newer and shiny toys overcame common-sense (also having seen Canyon had a significant discount / price reduction on some models I was unable to resist 🫢
Go big or go home?
So, Zeb ultimate forks, super deluxe ultimate coil damper, SRAM X0 Eagle AXS Transmission, reverb Axs dropper post. Ep801 motor, 900wh battery and SRAM code rsc brakes with a colour scheme I’ve nicknamed the ‘mobile granite worktop’
Before the weekend’s rides it had a spannercheck and conversion to tubeless as well as a general familiarisation with the electronic dropper / shifter systems and drive / display units.
Future fiddlin will include fitting SRAM Maven brakes (currently on my Rail, will use the Code rsc’s already on the Torque to familiarise with the bike and might as well use what’s already working) and I’m evaluating the forks
Against my favoured Manitou Mezzer forks but that’s for future considerations….
So, what’s it like? Different to the rail but a different bike with different geometry and suspension travel, noticeable is the lower bb hight on the Canyon. The
900wh battery gave 25 miles ride in Bpw Saturday pedalup running in ‘tour’ as I didn’t need the full power & as an economy ride (my first experience of the Shimano motor) and another 20 miles on Sunday without problems
Post-Sunday ride mud covered bike.
I’m going to order the rear mudguard from Canyon, hopefully minimise the crap covering the suspension
Happy new bike
Rich.
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) and if you buy from Pinnd they have fitting instructions on their product page..
