Bikes for commuting need to be tough and tend to fall into well-recognised camps, whether tourer, hybrid or cyclocrosser. But this contender from direct-buy king Canyon is ploughing a very distinct Teutonic furrow.
Fresh urban approach
The German online retailer obviously gave its design team a clean slate – or whatever the electronic version is – when it told them to make its machine for the concrete jungle. The Canyon Urban is the result. It’s available in four permutations, and we tested the top-end belt-driven model.
There’s a more expensive Canyon ‘Commuter’, which also comes in belt and chain drive versions. When testing, the futuristic Canyon drew more than its fair share of comments – not all of them entirely positive, we might add.
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It's neat and unobtrusive but the stem is one size only, limiting adjustability
The Canyon is impressively light and, though an urban machine, it’s in Canyon’s ‘Category 2’, which means it can be used on maintained gravel tracks and dirt roads. The super-slick Kojak tyres aren’t the best on loose gravel but are an absolute winner in its more traditional urban heartlands.
Too much security?
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