Canyon Just Ripped Up The Rule Book! (Updated Speedmax) 

I bought a 2003 Cervelo P3 Alum. last year for $800. Upgraded/"modernized" the drivetrain, bars and optimized cabling for another $1000'ish. Steve Larsen did the Lake Placid bike course in 4:33 back in 2001 on a P3 on his way to a win. I may consider blowing $10K on a bike when I get down to that time.

Im started in Tri and was looking for a new Tri Bike and saw de cf 7 with the 105 i was in love ! electric would be nice but hey i can upgrade in a few years:D

I called customer service and they said this model would not be coming to the US.. meanwhile the cheapest canyon speed max we can get in the US is 12k.. come on Canyon I want the CF!!

Nice vid Dan. I think they updated the slx and cfr versions over the last year or so, and the cf was the next cab off the rank? They say they are democratising performance haha. I’m thinking of getting the 105 one as the electronic group set out of budget. What are your thoughts on the 105 cf at that price? Still seems a little much for a bike with 105 mechanical. Cheers

it explains why i am seeing so many last gen models for sale on the forms now.

If you click the compare checkbox on the different models and then drop down frame it shows you this information also.

I think in lots of cases, it comes down to availability, with size and colors playing a large part. Not wanting a purple bike, I waited a year for a CFR. Preferred a CF SLX for much better price point, just was never available.

would be nice if they brought back the rim brake canyon tt bike. Such a slick and fast weapon!

I'm amazed you can describe a £4000 bike as budget. For me that was a major spend and meant I had to economise in other areas of my life to afford it. The purchase was only possible because the price point is just under the UK limit of £4000 for cycle to work. The dearer versions will never be within my price range. The budget model as been ridden to great effect and is heading to Kona in October.

Triathlon bikes are a small part of the market it makes sense to offer more value at the bottom of the range which probably has greater sales volume and is probably the most competitive segment

Ordered SLX right before upgrade, while still in doubt whether slx frame have significant difference from CF model in performance. I'd be fine w/o intgrated whistles of SLX. What I can see is only fork little thiner and some weight penalty, while have great ZIPP Vuka axs extentions in CF. What is your thoughts?

Yes Dan great video of comparison between these Canyon Triathlon bikes. I think making the 'budget' version better with adding the hydration system is a no brainer as its arguably very little extra work to add this bit of plastic into the front end - but will be markedly more aerodynamic than an aftermarket solution - one would assume. Not to mention the ridiculousness of a Triathlon bike these days that doesn't come with a hydration system. Bringing that price up ever so slightly to 5.25k and offering a much more race ready and complete Triathlon bike set up is a decent cry to solving the bike sale struggles these brands are apparently experiencing. I think this will meet a lot more people's budget and needs, thus increase sales for Canyon. But i must admit - this is just my opinion from the evidence available and i am no means an insider or have much knowledge in marketing at all 😂👍

I think it is trying to grab market share. Really it makes them the only Tri bike with integrated hydration and tool storage for under 4k in your pounds. Obviously it’s not that different from the profile design aria hydration but still damn good. I really want him the mid range is so close to the top of the range it’s crazy.

Get a CF and a disc wheel will cost you only ~8000 and it’s going to be faster than the top of the line. It’s really good value there.

I just can't get passed 'starts at 10 grand'

i am surprised you didn’t mention the aerobars/extensions on the new bike. that’s actually the part i find most frustrating about my CF SLX. they’re not great and you see almost everyone with these bikes in competition changing the front end. this has me wondering whether they’ll be changing that on the other two models this year maybe?

I had the cf ultegra di2 before this upgrade. Loved the bike but always hated the front end! Everyone with the same bike changed the stem face plate and added profile design aria hydration, or Radsport hydration (both identical to the new canyon one). Also cables coming out of the extension bars, and partially out of the base bar into the stem. It was minimal but enough to make it feel disappointing at the price. After 3years of trying to avoid it I just upgraded to the CFR in sparkle stealth….then this upgrade came out! Answering all my issues with the original CF! Absolutely love the cfr and rides amazing, but as you say I think if this upgrade would have come out before I changed I would have stuck with the CF

I was lucky enough to get the new CF7 and it’s a really great bike! I’m not PRO and nowhere near breaking any sort of course records, so the bike is perfect! It’s got premium features which I think are more than enough for someone like me. I can always upgrade to di2 if needed, but at this point it’s still more than enough (and it looks even better in reality) 🙌

The base model is a brilliant buy when you compare it to say the Cervelo P series 105 mechanical which is £3.6k. I think they’ve released this model as the old model hasn’t been available for 15 months + like you say is the etap slx version worth it at £8.4K ???Am sure for your average competitor over 180k the performance gains would be small!

I think the updated CF is a great bike for the money. The old front end is what put me off buying one, and I ended up buying a Handsling instead, the new cockpit transforms it. Sure, I could've bought the old version and upgraded the cockpit but I couldn't be bothered and went elsewhere. If I was buying again, I think I'd be really considering the 105 specced CF because there's nothing else out there with that spec, with a decent set of wheels, ready to ride straight out of the box for

Hi Dan, I just purchased the CF 7 AXS. Etap wireless and it was £5200. I guess I can put the new hydration system that’s coming out, onto this? A pic shows it with it. Hope so 😅 do you know when they are releasing the hydration system? Thanks

It’s crazy that in the US they don’t offer the new CF and only offer weird color CF SLX. I’m sorry purple or green I just can’t…. It’s clearly they just want to rip you off on the CFR. Oh actually even if youd like to be ripped off you can’t! Because of of them are out of stock 😂

Sounds like you going to buy a new canyon dan

the current cf7 sl has been always not available in asia, n i bet the new cf7 will also be scarce in availability. n i agree, cf7 should have stayed being cheap(n if possible drop in price) rather than being updated n price up. Canyon should have went cheaper offerings as they have europe n asia distro to fight the market vs argon n cervelo p-series. i ended up building a china tri bike from scratch at half price instead(exclude labor as i assembled myself)

Imagine how good pro cycling would be if UCI made hydration systems legal

I would rather have a 10k racing cycle than having a 1k watch.

Old 105 for 4000eur, what's next Tiagra for 5000eur ?

Cool except Canyon is awful and never has any stock in the USA anyway so I moved on to other brands. I don’t plan to ever consider Canyon at this point.