Canyon roadlite is a no brainer, but what about their MTB's?

fat bloke

So the entry level Canyon I think we're all agreed is a great buy, a great bike, and easily one of the the top Boards recommendations for anyone with 1000 euro to spend on a road bike. I too concur, and I have a good idea of what I'm looking at when analysing a road bike for purchase.
MTB's on the other hand, it's like looking into the proverbial bucket of spaghetti (don't ask me which proverb). I don't know diddly from squat. So I was wondering if our natty knee-length trouser wearing mountain biking cousins could give us the verdict on canyon's hard tail bikes. There's a yellowstone Al starting at 649 and a 29'er version for 799.

I know that the roadlite for 999 is (if you've got the legs) plenty capable of any sort of training or racing that you can throw at it, so what I'd like to know is if the same can be said of the mtb's? Is this yellowstone al as valid an entry level machine as the roadlite?

ballyharpat

If I were thinking of doing any serious MTB ing, I would be looking at this- the fork is the main thing in the MTB's- http://www.canyon.com/_en/mountainbikes/bike.html?b=3008
this one is okay, but the wheels are heavy and the fork is only ok, at some point you will be upgrading..... http://www.canyon.com/_en/mountainbikes/bike.html?b=3002#tab-reiter2

ANd I am like you op, I was lost when I first started looking at mtb's, but I can put a good guesstimate on any road bike and I know whether the components are good or not, I am getting really familiar with the mtb's over the last 3 months though.....

Plutonium Kun

I have the Canyon Nerve - its a wonderful bike, excellent for Irish conditions and great value for the total spec. The overall balance and build quality is very good. The only issues I've had with it are minor - the gear hangers are particularly delicate, I've snapped two in a year. The paint quality isn't the best, it seems to fade with some cleaners (from my experience and others on some forums, don't use muc-off on the frame).

JiffyJ

+1 on the Canyon Nerve, just took delivery a few weeks ago and haven't looked at the road bike since! The spec for the money is incredible. Mine was an ex-demo bike, I got it through the outlet and it had an extra €400 euro off with barely a scratch on it.

The L limit screw wasnt properly set when I got it, so the chain got caught and I damaged it trying to free it. Quick call to canyon and they sent me a new chain, no hassle.

dingdong1234567

Canyon Nerve AM owner here. Awesome machine. Well balanced with great traction. Wouldn't rated Canyon cust care though. They have a habit of ignoring customers when it comes it issues. Certainly in my case anyway.

Lawdie

Plutonium Kun wrote: »

the gear hangers are particularly delicate, I've snapped two in a year.

+1

The hangers are made from soft putty. I switched to a different brand hanger and big improvement.

Had several issues, mostly sorted by Canyon. But there was many times I would prefer to have a local bike shop support. So for MTB, if your not technical minded, LBS is better.