Canyon Strive:ON CFR Spec Review 2024

Canyon Strive:ON CF test report: Technical data and functions

frame and fork

Like the Spectral:ON, the Strive:ON also features a mullet setup; That means: The front wheel is 29 inches while the rear wheel is 27.5 inches. The Torque:ON was chosen for 27.5 inches because it is aimed at gravity riders looking for maximum maneuverability and speed. Wheels front and rear.

Perhaps the easiest way to explain the frame design is to describe it like this: The Strive:ON features 160mm of travel and 29/27.5 inches of travel. Wheels from the Spectral:ON, but its handling geometry is inherited from the Torque:ON, including the extremely slack 63.5mm head tube angle.

The fork has 170mm of travel, 10mm less than the Torque:ON and 10mm more than the Spectral:ON – right in the middle.

Like the Canyon Spectral:ON CF and the Torque:ON CF, the Strive:ON is also made of carbon fiber. However, the similarities end there. While the Torque:ON CF weighs 3.35 kg (7.4 lbs.) and the Spectral:ON CF weighs 2.9 kg (6.3 lbs.), the Strive:ON weighs 2.45 kg (5.4 lbs.). ) even more weight.

Canyon produces the Strive:ON in four different sizes: Small to XL.

Motor and battery

Canyon makes it clear who the Strive:ON is intended to satisfy: the e-enduro rider. That is, someone who is reasonably fit, aggressive downhill and wants to race. This is why they chose the Bosch Performance Line CX motor rather than the EP8 found on both the Spectral:ON and Torque:ON.

At first glance, both engines seem quite similar. Both produce a nominal 250 W. And both motors offer a maximum torque of 85 Nm. They differ in maximum wattage and weight.

The Shimano EP8 motor weighs 2.9 kg (6.4 lbs.), the Bosch Performance Line CX saves almost a pound at 2.6 kg (5.7 lbs.) and increases the maximum wattage from 500 to 600. Now 100W might not sound like much anymore; That’s just enough power to light a small room. However, 600 W means 20 percent more wattage than 500 W.

For a racing driver, that’s huge. And here’s the thing: A racer needs the extra 20 percent most when the racing is toughest. In other words, given the gear development, the power is sufficient to shift up two gears.

The Strive:ON is equipped with Bosch’s 625 Wh PowerTube battery.

Components

Canyon produces the Strive:ON in two different versions at two significantly different prices. Priced at just under $6,000, the Canyon Strive:ON CFR Underdog features a 12-speed Shimano Deore drivetrain and SRAM DB8 hydraulic disc brakes with whopping 220mm front rotors and 200mm rear rotors.

Priced at just under $8,000, the Canyon Strive:ON CFR LTD features a slightly upgraded motor, the Bosch Performance Line CX Race, which has different software for even more aggressive performance and SRAM’s wireless 12-speed Eagle transmission and Guide RSC brakes are equipped with 220/200 mm brake discs.

Both versions of the Strive:ON feature an aluminum stem and bar; The bar is 780 mm wide. Both are equipped with a dropper seatpost that offers between 150mm and 200mm of travel depending on the rider’s frame size.

Both versions are equipped with high-quality DT Swiss wheels, with a 15×110 mm axle at the front and a 12×148 mm axle at the rear.

First test report on the Canyon Strive:ON CF from EBR:

When a manufacturer releases a new model, it often happens that everyone in the market thinks, “Oh, that’s what I want.” The new stuff is always supposed to be better, right? With the Canyon Strive:ON, it would be easy for trail riders to believe that this is the better eMTB; The same goes for gravity riders, but that would be a mistake.

The Strive:ON is aimed at a specific target group. This rider competes in the E-MTB category of Enduros, an environment where an extra 100W at the right time could mean a second gain at the finish. Not only is this rider a competitive rider, he enjoys a level of fearlessness on fast descents that would leave most of us watery-eyed and white-knuckled, but the Mullet wheel setup means this e-MTB will pedal uphill and overturns. It rocks so much that the Torque:ON eats dust.

That Canyon delivered these two e-bikes at these prices – less than $8,000 and less than $6,000 – demonstrates the remarkable value proposition of Canyon’s direct-to-consumer approach. Canyon was the first to offer high-quality bikes and e-bikes without the additional markup of a brick-and-mortar bike shop, and the Strive:ON shows how well that benefits the buyer.

Some e-bikes are ambitious; This means that if we buy them, they can do things we can’t yet. For most of us, the Canyon Strive:ON CF is one such e-MTB. A driver could spend years honing their skills and trying to amputate their fear module to get the most performance out of this thing… and still never get there. A fair comparison is the fighter jet, which can pull more G than a human body can handle. Seeing someone push the limits of the Canyon Strive:ON CF would make for a great social media post, but would likely leave the viewer sweating and out of breath.