While a number of bike brands launched into e-road with top-of-the-range models – such as Specialized with the stunningly expensive S-Works Turbo Creo SL at £10,999 – the Endurace:ON 7.0 has just one price and spec level. Looking for assistance?Ĭanyon says it wants the Endurace:ON to "level the playing field", and told me it is very much a road bike with some added assistance rather than a multi-purpose machine (despite speccing a Shimano GRX RX600 gravel groupset). Likewise, if an e-bike means a rider can actually spend longer in the saddle because they don't have to batter themselves whenever a hill appears, then that rider could actually get more exercise on an e-road bike.Ī 2019 study published in the Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives journal supported this notion, finding that participants who rode e-bikes recorded longer trip distances than regular cyclists. If you still have a problem with any of these things then you're probably wasting your time reading this review or leaving an archetypal 'e-bikes are cheating' comment myself and people who want an e-road bike aren't going to agree with you. If you think about it, a rider who simply cannot get up a 15% gradient won't be working any less hard with 250 watts of extra power the motor is just allowing them to crest it, whereas before they'd have had to get off and push. This tallies with who Canyon says the Endurace:ON is aimed at: new or less experienced road riders who want to keep up with the group, those who want to be able to ride more demanding terrain they otherwise wouldn't be able to experience, and those who prefer steadier, more consistent rides. Apart from going up hills, this bike won't help you keep up with a group averaging 30km/h or more, because on the flats and slight inclines you'll just be pushing a 15kg bike instead of a sub-10kg standard road bike. If you're someone who wants to keep up with faster friends, then e-road will be appropriate if those friends you want to keep up with average around the 25km/h (15.5mph) mark or lower. My average speeds on the Endurace:ON were mostly between 8-10% slower than my regular road rides, and trying to match my usual speed just made things quite unpleasant. There aren't many of those kind of climbs in the UK, so if you spend the large majority of your rides on a normal road bike averaging well over 25km/h, then you will actually be hindered when the motor cuts out because of the extra weight. There are actually very few occasions where you'll get a much easier day out on an e-bike than an 'acoustic' bike, one example being a long, steady gradient where you're using one of the higher assistance levels for the duration. Some might find the 15.2kg overall weight and easy gearing a little underwhelming, but if that's the case then e-road probably isn't for you.īefore we get into reviewing this particular bike, let's get a relatively new chestnut out the way: e-bikes (in their EU-legal guise anyway) are NOT cheating. The price is palatable, it's very stable and easy to get on with, and while I found the down tube-mounted remote a bit of a pain to access, the Fazua Evation system delivers a natural-feeling boost and flattens hills to make big days in the saddle more accessible to all. During our 2017 Editors’ Choice testing, the Canyon Ultimate WMN CF SLX 8.0 Di2 was voted by our panel as a “screamin’ fast race machine” with every detail “fine-tuned to be light, responsive, and efficient.” In 2018, we found the Ultimate CF SLX Disc 9.0 SL to be an extraordinary race bike that’s intuitive in its responsiveness under power and “attends to aerodynamics, handling, and even the details of cable routing and a refined seatpost binder.The Endurace:On 7.0 is Canyon's first attempt at an e-road bike, and I think it's largely a successful one. In the short time Canyon Bicycles have been available for testing in the U.S., two road bikes have won our Editors’ Choice awards for all-around excellence and value. If a bike on this list is sold out, you might still have the option to pre-order it or join a waiting list.
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