Like some other people have said a cane creek zs49 top cap + making sure the plastic compression ring is install in the right direction solves this issue. Thickest part of the ring should point back towards the saddle. I don't shred as hard as you but no issues so far! Side note they had metal compression rings before but they caused a bunch of issues and headset rattle so they changed to these plastic ones.
@@taylorwillick4273 Yeah blowing the whole headset up is definitely better than having a bit of creeking 😂 I love canyon, but I think they miscalculated a bit with the plastic headset components xD
20 year industry vet here, so tired of these cheesy adjustable headsets that come loose, crack the frame, etc. If the headset loosens up (which they do all the time), then the bearings and cups are shifting in the carbon. It should be an industry requirement that all carbon frames use proper press-in cups. If they want adjustability, use a 56/56 ZS setup for maximum space. The customer can then buy options from Works Components, etc if they want a different reach or head angle.
My Merida One Sixty 600, model 2018, came with Maxxis Minion DHR 27,5X2,40 on both wheels and i changed the back tire with Schwalbe Magic Mary, Super Gravity. Best tire i ever had on my mtb 👍
I’m convinced 99% of bikes are made for 60% of riders these days. I’m on my 3rd frame this year with no obvious crash. I know I’m not alone. Pros aren’t the only ones. Cheers for the honest video, I know many people don’t publicize this stuff. 💯
Mate is onto his 3rd Trek Slash in two years. We ride pretty tame trials and I'm on a bike 1/4 of the price. I just don't think they put enough carbon in these things.
What wrong? He just goes hard, pros crack frames as well, yt's/santa's etc. The industry is just full of jizz thats it. He wouldn't have a problem with a Karpiel.
I follow your chanel and love that you put all these bikes to test under your hands and legs. It's just real confrontation between commercial and what the bike can actually handle. Loving your content this season 🎉
I have a Geometron G1, I've not broken anything on it. did not even change bearings, and I hd the bike since I built it in late 2019. I have a Chris King headset, still smooth. I'm sure it will last for decades. No plastic parts, there's a metal compression ring, proper cover. I've had Hope Enduro wheels on, no issues with those, now DT Swiss 350 with DT rims. no issues with the hub apart from it stopping working during sub zero temps sometimes, ratchet jamming up in the freehub, so it disengages. So I want something else, maybe I should use oil instead of DT Swiss special grease during the winter. I've never had issues with Pro 4 hub. I've had it happen on a cheap Shimano hub, it could not handle -10C, but that was pure junk. But I had Fox 36 fork on the G1, it was preowned by a suspension mechanic guy, then I had it for few months, creaked horribly, under braking, drops it sounded like I snapped the fork in half, and turning was like riding on twigs. Now I have EXT Era, no such issues.
MY FW Canyon Spectral was dented on ride 1, it was aluminium, but I contacted Canyon and they sent me a new frame free of charge as a gesture of good will ( This was about a month ago) The service is incredible, Hope you get it sorted!
I had this issue as I have a tapered head tube and a straight Ohlins Crown, in my case my crown race failed so my forks were pressed against the head tube. I changed my crown race to a hope crown race reducer and hope bearing and had no issues since
Yooo Lewis I have a question, I'm about to buy a new pair of tires for my MTB and I'm curious to try a new tire brand What do you recommend for slippery surfaces, counter-slopes, cracked surfaces and which remains pedalable enough?Compounds and carcasses. I see you're using delium. I hope you can give me some advice. Your opinion matters a lot to me and the terrain you ride on is very similar to mine. Thanks and happy shredding🤟🏻
The first thing I did to my Spectral 125 CF is fix the headset issue. The plastic compression ring, spacers and cap are just a horrible choice for the way people are riding these bikes. I found someone from the UK on a Canyon Spectral FB group that machined a proper compression ring and allows for a 40/52mm top bearing to be used instead of the stock 42/52 it came with. So much better!
it's absurd for any bike. But I'm not surprised there are stupid things in the bike industry. I've for a long time. But never seen stupidity in headsets like this.
When I went to service the headset on one of my bikes, I found a wad of paint scrapings (from the factory facing the headtube) bunched up under one side of the lower bearing, causing uneven steering. I have had the lower cup of a Cane Creek 40 headset shear, looked rather like your failure here. Replaced it with a CC 110. Glad the bike was not damaged, but after cracking the frame on a steel hardtail, and two aluminum full suspension bikes, I am not interested in a carbon bike... (edit because it posted before I was done writing)
All the internet mechanics here claiming it broke because of the double crown😂 Yea it must not have anything to do with the fact that the compression ring is PLASTIC!😅 And yes, this happened to me with single crown as well. Nothing to do with the fork.
Honestly, I have a friend who sent his Canyon Torque back to Canyon 2 times due to excessive linkage play, that developed within 2 weeks. He received a new one every time. After that, he immediately sold the bike.
IMO it looks like a pretty clever design decision making a more easily breakable plastic part to protect the carbon fibre frame which imo would have been broken somewhere around where the plastic part that broke was. It used to be common engineering practice to do this.
Have you seen the Lewis brakes? they look interesting, since you already test stuff, have you considered trying those? They look like Trickstuff brakes but with added features, and improvements. easier bleed. one model even has leverage adjustment, which I've never seen.
I do have question for u m getting in to mtb i do have one but it feels small for me so m think n get new one but can make my mind between the polygon T8 and the orbea Occam H30 n I know u have Ride both of them and I will love to have you opinion about wish bike I should get Thank you..
Question - why dont you use insert in the rear wheel? I ride sharp jagged mountain 95% of my rides and after insert install had 0 punnies in 3 years, before insert at least 5 holes per season
@@noahscrofani3105 Always run dh casing. 60% of punctures where rim dings. I run fat insert, Vittoria type and it has solved all my punctures. Bonus when ripped a plug on my old tire i could ride down the mountain with completely flat tire without fear of busting my rim. I see no downside in insert
@@a.k2156 What DH tires are you using?? Inserts Just add weight, and thats about it tbh. Ive never punctured a DH casing tire, but thats probuably because I replace tires every month.
@@noahscrofani3105 I have tried Magic Mary and Dhr both with dh casing. Dhr seemed bit more resistant to puncture but still had problems. I run my tires to the end so swapping them every month would definitely help :D With in insert i had same dhr in the rear for two seasons now, sides are starting to wear down so they are ready for a swap. I am a bigger guy and like i said my home mountain is pile of big jagged rocks. Dh casing wont help much when you get a snakebite or case a hop on a massive rock when you are 220lbs unless you run a stupid high pressures. Just my two cents
Maaan, the bike gods are against you!! Maybe you should try the specialized Enduro frame next 🤭🤭, i will buy it from you if u dont like it ;) size S3 plz 🙏🏻. So is the cayon rideable with that broken frame? Do you think the dh fork put to much stress on the compressionrings? It must increase the load on the headsets when going from 170 to 200 up front. So enduro frame next up 🤗🤷♂️
A friend of mine (who is 13) blew his headset on his Spectral CF exactly the same way on his first bikepark day... Then he got a new headset from some other manufacturer, gotta ask him which next time I see him, and put some 180mm Factory 38s and a Factory Float X2 on the bike lol Didn't even know that the X2 is made with the right stroke to fit the spectral lol
Yes, it can happen when you stick a much longer DC fork into a frame designed for a SC fork with a specific limit of axle to crown length. The increased load through the bigger leverage ratio can actually, in a worst case scenario, rip the entire head tube off and send you to the ICU. Luckily, only that cup blew up.
ive got the spectral 125 al 5 from 2022 (aluminium)(ive had it a year, bought it new) and no problems so far. I know another guy that has never had a problem either
Go X01/XX1 if you can afford it. I have gx on my cross country and XX1/X01 on my All Mountain. Can tell a difference in shifting feel and smoothness, plus it is lighter and looks better. I went with copper chain and cassette. Custom builds are the way to go IMHO. These specced bikes always cheap out on something.
Maybe you could tell us what are the reasons why you sometimes run triple clamp forks and sometimes enduro forks. Are there any benefits for each? I know weight is different but what else?
The arcos plastic compression ring is junk. I've broken 2 of them on my 2022 spectral 29er both when I was mid high speed run. Super dangerous. Went back to the original block alloy spacer. Luckily it didn't damage my frame though.
I had a friend I rode with who was brutal on equipment. We rode the same terrain, similar weight, and similar speed. But he would go through parts at 3 times the rate of me and broke almost every frame he ever had. I broke a few admittedly too. 😅
There is/was a version of the torque called the Torque DH CLLCTV that ran a 190mm dual crown up front. I feel like running a 200mm wouldn’t be much of an issue
The torque Al can take a 190mm dual crown but unfortunately the cf models cannot. Pretty unfortunate cus that rig w a dual crown would be a park MACHINE!
The frame is rated for a 200mm dual crown fork, I don't know where the information about the carbon frames not being able to handle a 200mm comes from... And even if they shouldn't be ran with a 200mm dual crown, that to me is no reason for the bike to break. Doesn't put that much more stress on it that it should snap on the first ride lol
@@ironeinarIt actually does. A 200mm fork slackens the head angle significantly and puts more stress on the headtube, especially when you are jumping things to flat. This is why frames have max fork travel ratings.
i got the canyon torque khaos its snaped in in session too bro i dont know what they are doing but im so sad and in the fork too exactly like you i got it in video when its snapped tho its damaged the frame exactly like you
The way headsets on the newer Canyons are done is really poor. Replaced the one on my Spectral too after it started to make noise after 3 rides. Also replaced the plastic spacers and the stem as well. No issues since then (2 years)
I dont think it really is canyons fault since it seems like the frame is not rated for 200mm fork. Plus it wasnt the frame that failed but the headset. Edit: turns out you can put a 200mm fork on it no problem so I was wrong
Talked to the guy from my local shop about the slash chain thing, and he has not gotten any negative feedback from customers. Now this.. dont think the bikes or the “big manufacturers” are the problem here ..
@@lucamuller6729spot on. Bloke just slaps his sponsors parts on. Fork, more travel than rated. Shock on the trek, longer than rated. But let’s not tell everyone that 🤫
I've heard lots of storys of the plastic adjustable headset of the Spectral CF and the Torque CF failing... I think that the only problem with the cf models are the weird plastic headset components... If it wasn't for the headset, I would've gotten the carbon torque too.
It looks like you’re still using the original lower headset bearing designed for a tapered steerer with your 1 1/8th triple clamp steerer… unless you installed some kind of reducer crown race then that probably has something to do with it 😂
Hi, My name is Devin Armstrong I am 15 years of age and live and ride in Whangārei, New Zealand. I recently watched your video on binning the slash and I really think you should try out a gearbox bike if you’re still looking around. I would recommend one from either zerode a company out of New Zealand designing and testing the bikes in Rotorua. Cavalarie a French company using the less common effigear gearbox or viral bikes with their new optimist 160. The chain or belt depending on which company you go with should be impossible to ever drop as the bikes are all technically single speed on the outside. Effigears gearboxes are unable to shift under load however the pinion gearboxes found on the other two bikes can. The optimist 160 is not yet released but is specked with pinions new smartshift gearbox Sean on the gamux dh prototype. Zerode has not yet publicly announced the use of these gearboxes however I have had a chat with them and they expect to be using them in January next year. The suspension performance on all these bikes is next level thanks to the weight of 12 gears, a derailleur and heavy chain being deleted from the back wheel making small bump sensitivity insane as shown in a drop test on zerode’s RU-vid channel. Personally I would recommend a zerode as they have been around for many years and the optimist is viral’s first full sus bike. I think everyone’s riding can be drastically improved on a gearbox driven bike and have recently started a job to save up for a zerode katipō and think gearboxes are the future of cycling especially with pinion’s new technology.
Bummer mate, however, Enduro frame with a downhill fork? I would think Canyon might tell you that it's maybe at your risk? That being the case though I would think the frame is well strong enough, you just toast your warranty. By a Santa Cruz V10 if you really need a full downhill rig and leave those Enduro bikes as they are. That Canyon is more than capable with that single crown 38.
😂 my compression ring had to be replaced straight out of the box. Free second frame on order from canyon for BB crack issue which is apparently resolved on new frame. Fox 38 also blew up all within first 12 months. Still love the bike. Will be really interested to see how this one holds up!
No way! So excited to see you come to Quebec, I live there. It's definitely late in the year for biking but i'm sure you'll have some good fun. Make sure to try the poutine and try not to brake your bike on the plane, your luck lately has been... poor.
The bike industry badly needs an "iOS 12 update" (which focused on performance and stability instead of shiny new features). A $5K+ product with all the new bells and whistles that breaks after normal use is just not acceptable in most consumers minds, BECAUSE of the high price. Price matters, as much as the industry wants to ignore that. Nobody batts an eye at the thousands of clapped out Capras out there for this reason. (how many of those are broken frames though?) This channel is a testament to the industry just chasing trends instead of improving reliability and longevity (which they would if they actually cared about the climate)
After a few years , now I know for sure, Angle Adjusting headsets are BS😜👍 Buy your bike just with the right steering angle, and don't risk weakness in a place, where usually is no space to " break around" if every part is round 😁👍‼️
The plastic top cap is at fault. Its just dumb that theyve tried to use a plastic part here. Canecreek zs49 top headset - top cap only - is the part you need.
@@neeooww Friend of mine shreds his absolutely beaut of a Spectral CF with a 180mm 38 and a Float X2 in the back 😂 Absolute Park Machine and it looks more like a Torque than my torque lol He rides like an absolute maniac and he has no issues other than the weird plastic headset which Lew blew out in this video too. Then he changed them out for some other headset that fit...
Owned a few DH & Enduro bikes in my time and to be honest Canyon was probably the worst bike I’ve owned m. I had nothing but trouble with it. Pivot, Yeti, Santa Cruz are all miles better frames wise than Canyon, even Propain frames are better. Canyon are just overhyped in my opinion.
The track looks amazing. What happens with the frames that snap, do you get a refund or is it just another chunk of money disappearing? Sorry if this has been asked before.
Canyon has a program where you can buy a new frame with a good discount if you break a frame from bike that is less than three years old. For example Torque CF frame costs 1300€.
@@Hilirimpsuti I think you’re wrong….6 year guarantee: “. in addition to the legal warranty you have, we also offer a 6-year guarantee on our frames, seatposts, cockpits, and forks for racing bikes, triathlon bikes and commuter bikes from the date of purchase. The guarantee only covers material and processing defects that already existed on delivery. Any damage by external factors is not covered under guarantee. For example, wear and tear. You must be the original owner of the bike and you can make a guarantee claim up to 6 years from the date of purchase” and 2 year warranty: “A warranty claim is independent of the original owner of the bike. That means, if you’ve bought the bike second hand and it’s less than 2 years old, you can still make a claim.”
@@Hilirimpsutiyes and in addition if the warranty also passes the frame they send it to you for free, I know because I had cracked my frame and they replaced it for me
@@cloudnine7578 Warranty covers only defects not crashed frames. Look for Canyon crash replacement program. I think many other manufacturers have similar replacement programs but they don't necessarelly yell it loud out.
14:46 It's absurd that it's plastic. Looks like its compression ring and steerer spacer in one, making things tighter, so fork does not wiggle if headset is loose or you take the stem off. But I rather take regular compression ring made of metal. Same with the plastic cover. Releasing a bike with such flaw is absurd.
I’d love to see you trying a commnençal clash. It’s also 190mm 27.5 dual crown compatible and can take a 29 160mm single crown up front when you switch to progressive mode. Then it’s 160 front 155 back and in 27 single crown it’s 180 front 170 back in linear mode. Really fun and versatile rig
I mean if you also want a bike to do trail rides absolutely that’s a killer jack of all trades, but if you’re strictly going to race downhill, get a downhill bike
Personally I’d buy a secondhand V10 if using solely for DH but if you want Enduro/Trail Santa Cruz Bronson is the frame without a doubt, I wouldn’t recommend any other frame
I had the same issue with my canyon torque f w in the same bike park my compression ring shattered . Canyon sent me a new head set kit out straight away no questions . So there is a problem canyon need to sort it out . But I have to said it’s an awesome, Bike
What is you comparison between this bike and the nukeproof giga which do you think it faster or more planted through rough stuff for a dh style track thanks.
I’ve seen this happen a few times with the dh tourqes I think it’s got sdomethng to do with the tiriple clamp forks even though it comes with them stock
