It won't be troubling the top spot of Kona any time soon, but Canyon's new Speedmax CF triathlon bike may become the first choice for many age-groupers. Dubbed 'the most versatile and fastest triathlon and time trial bike in its class', the new bike borrows heavily from the more expensive Speedmax CF SLX, but starts at €2,300 (international pricing TBC). Let's take a look.
We were invited by Canyon to the launch event at Schloß Montfort, a striking castle on the edge of Germany's Bodensee lake, near the Eurobike exhibition that we swoop on every year to spot the latest new bike gear. Product engineer Lukas Schuchnigg told us that the new Speedmax CF is "like an entry to medium level bike for triathlon", which looks similar to the Speedmax CF SLX.
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Cheaper price, shorter development time
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"Of course, aerodynamics are the most important thing for the bike, so we took a lot of features from the Aeroad and Speedmax CF SLX, and put them into this bike. For example, the tubes shapes – down tube, seat tube, fork legs – they all have very similar shapes to the Aeroad or Speedmax CF SLX. We didn't need to develop these shapes again, it had already been done."
This benefits the customer by offering a cheaper price, and shorter development time. It differs from the Speedmax CF SLX in a couple of important ways: firstly the Shimano direct mount brakes are not integrated, which has a bit of an aero disadvantage, but makes them much easier to service.
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