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flag mistermanny
Posted: Mar 13, 2018 at 16:29 Quote
Tuber wrote:
Can you speak to size of the bike? My last two bikes were Large Santa Cruz's, but the rep was mentioning for my size 5'11'' he would probably go medium as they run a bit big.

Looks like a Large SantaCruz is right smack in the middle.

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I'm 5'10", and am leaning towards a Large.
flag catsandboots
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Posted: Mar 13, 2018 at 23:26 Quote
Tuber wrote:
catsandboots wrote:
Got a 2018 Canyon Spectral AL 6.0 in size M last week.

Have done about 6 hours of riding in the Santa Cruz Mtns and my first impressions are really good. I'm not really qualified to pass judgement since I've only ridden a few good full suspension bikes and previously only owned a few hardtails. Coming from the hardtail though, I am actually still really happy with how poppy the bike feels, which is something I was worried about. In every other regard it also has felt great, but what do I know.

I also put it up on a crappy fish scale for the weight weenies among us. It came in a 30.2 +/- 0.2 lbs set up tubeless and covered in mud, so take it with a grain of salt.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I weighed it with with Crankbrothers Mallet E pedals attached, which should add about 1 lbs

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Looks great! Red seems better in person than online. Can you speak to size of the bike? My last two bikes were Large Santa Cruz's, but the rep was mentioning for my size 5'11'' he would probably go medium as they run a bit big.

Yeah it definitely looks much better in person than on the canyon website! I'm 5' 8" and I really like the size of the bike for me. I hadn't gotten the seat post at the right height in this picture. I currently am 1.75" away from fully slammed, so I'm pretty sure you wont have an issue there with the large.

My buddy has a 2013 and a 2017 Bronson in size M, which I've ridden a bit and the spectral does feel a bit roomier, which I like.
flag t1t0
Posted: Mar 14, 2018 at 5:49 Quote
Hello,

Any feedback here about the use of bottomless rings on the Spectral rear suspension? I'm thinking about installing two or three bottomless rings, my rear shock bottoms out sometimes but not to often.

In the front pike i has using 1 token and i like it, just upgraded for the second one (someone told me to try it) but haven't been able to test it.

Thanks
flag jakebeach1996
Posted: Mar 14, 2018 at 6:33 Quote
taifi wrote:
mine and brothers Spectral , great bike !


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Any more pictures of the orange and grey one? Interested in one myself but I've only ever seen one other photo of one outside of canyons standard black background ones.
flag nicoSB
Posted: Mar 14, 2018 at 9:17 Quote
jakebeach1996 wrote:
taifi wrote:
mine and brothers Spectral , great bike !


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Any more pictures of the orange and grey one? Interested in one myself but I've only ever seen one other photo of one outside of canyons standard black background ones.

I like the orange too, would look awesome with an orange 36...
flag nicoSB
Posted: Mar 14, 2018 at 9:21 Quote
nicoSB wrote:
jakebeach1996 wrote:
taifi wrote:
mine and brothers Spectral , great bike !


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Any more pictures of the orange and grey one? Interested in one myself but I've only ever seen one other photo of one outside of canyons standard black background ones.

Look up this link

https://www.1enduro.pl/bikeporn-canyon-spectral-cf-8-0-2018/

I like the orange too, would look awesome with an orange 36...
flag TheSwissRider
Posted: Mar 14, 2018 at 11:44 Quote
Hello everyone,

For all of you that want to upgrade the rear brake rotor of your canyon Strive to a 203mm. I contacted CANYON to make sure that the frame is compatible with the bigger rotor. Dennis Tolksdorf from Canyon Servicecenter assured me that the Strive CF is compatible.
I made a video on the install of the brake rotor with tips and recommandation (which adapter you should use etc.)
It would be nice if you like the video and subscribe tp the channel.
I will make a lot more content with my canyon strive CF8. Comment ,like and give your feedback. Hope this video is useful for some of you. Cheers and see you on the trail.
flag taifi
Posted: Mar 14, 2018 at 12:59 Quote
nicoSB wrote:
nicoSB wrote:
jakebeach1996 wrote:


Any more pictures of the orange and grey one? Interested in one myself but I've only ever seen one other photo of one outside of canyons standard black background ones.

Look up this link

https://www.1enduro.pl/bikeporn-canyon-spectral-cf-8-0-2018/

I like the orange too, would look awesome with an orange 36...

If you want more picture tell me and i`ll upload or look on istagram for taifi.ro
flag rocina
Posted: Mar 14, 2018 at 21:35 Quote
It is not my story, but I want to hear from you.

Cracks seem to have been around for months, and he found it late last February.

At the German headquarters, we concluded that there was a crack due to external impact. What about you?

For the above reasons, the warranty has been rejected, but it is also unclear whether it is possible to purchase only the lower part of the current frame separately. They say that only frames can be sold.

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flag handynzl
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Posted: Mar 14, 2018 at 22:00 Quote
rocina wrote:
It is not my story, but I want to hear from you.

Cracks seem to have been around for months, and he found it late last February.

At the German headquarters, we concluded that there was a crack due to external impact. What about you?

For the above reasons, the warranty has been rejected, but it is also unclear whether it is possible to purchase only the lower part of the current frame separately. They say that only frames can be sold.

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Looks like something has struck that area. You can see vertical lines all in that area. Whether it cracked on first impact or not can't be ascertained from some photographs. There is every chance that the structure was compromised, and then due to the chainstay being under tension, the carbon has delaminated over time and you end up with the resultant crack.

This is one area where aluminium would have faired better - a ding, and then forces in the chainstay always trying to pop the ding back out again, and would be unlikely to break.

Unfortunate luck.
flag crymo99
Posted: Mar 15, 2018 at 0:59 Quote
lewisa10 wrote:
Anyone had any experience of a sort of knocking-rattle noise on the Strive? Losing my mind trying to figure it out.
(It's not cable rattle, not bottle mount, not chainring bolts, headset, shock bushings, bearings, shock spring, derailleur.)

Most evident when doing a 'drop test' where it rattles whether the whole bike is dropped, or just either one of the wheels. Done a full bolt check so I think I'm crazy.

Any help would be awesome.

Hi,

I'm experiencing the same. First i though it was cable rattle, but it's not. Were you able to figure it out ?
flag bikeinbih
Posted: Mar 15, 2018 at 1:15 Quote
rocina wrote:
It is not my story, but I want to hear from you.

Cracks seem to have been around for months, and he found it late last February.

At the German headquarters, we concluded that there was a crack due to external impact. What about you?

For the above reasons, the warranty has been rejected, but it is also unclear whether it is possible to purchase only the lower part of the current frame separately. They say that only frames can be sold.

It looks like an external impact damage. Unfortunately they are not selling separate frame parts only complete ones.
I was working on a friend's Strive and tried to get a new chainstay - wasn't warranty either - but it wasn't possible. He choose to have it repaired and after a year it's still OK. I'm kind of paranoid with repairing these kind of things but if it's done properly it might be as good as new.
flag davedonaldson
Posted: Mar 15, 2018 at 1:56 Quote
While canyon will say that only full replacement frames can be purchased if repair isn’t covered under warranty this isn’t the case, well it wasn’t the case last year when I got a replacement chainstay for my Strive CF8 after it cracked around the chain guide mounts.

I emailed back and forth with canyon uk and canyon Germany and got the same line from both that I had to send the full frame back for Inspection and if then it was decided it wasn’t a warranty claim I would need to pay up for a full frame! I found this ridiculous so emailed the Canyon CEO direct and within a week or two a new chainstay was sent for me for free on the basis that I sent my damaged one back.

If you want anything from canyon just go straight to the top and contact the CEO whose email can be found with a quick search and they will be much more helpful!

David
flag rocina
Posted: Mar 15, 2018 at 7:32 Quote
Thank you very much to all of you who gave good feedback.
flag GazP
Posted: Mar 15, 2018 at 9:19 Quote
davedonaldson wrote:
While canyon will say that only full replacement frames can be purchased if repair isn’t covered under warranty this isn’t the case, well it wasn’t the case last year when I got a replacement chainstay for my Strive CF8 after it cracked around the chain guide mounts.

I emailed back and forth with canyon uk and canyon Germany and got the same line from both that I had to send the full frame back for Inspection and if then it was decided it wasn’t a warranty claim I would need to pay up for a full frame! I found this ridiculous so emailed the Canyon CEO direct and within a week or two a new chainstay was sent for me for free on the basis that I sent my damaged one back.

If you want anything from canyon just go straight to the top and contact the CEO whose email can be found with a quick search and they will be much more helpful!

David

I have the same experience!

 


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