Anyone else getting hacked off with waiting for a Canyon?

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Weight us important to me as I do a lot of climbing including climbing comps and I have not seen a bike with such a good spec (ultegra/ kysrium elite slsetc whilst weighing less than 7kg) for £2.2k.
If you know of such a bike I'll be all ears bonsabibilly?

Well someone has already said the Rose, and I would tentatively add "pretty much any road bike at that price + training >= a "Canyon" sticker and a few extra grams shed from a frame", and in any event I would sooner race up a hill on a bike that I actually had possession of than one that I had an email from the supplier saying "erm, it's on it way, -ish"!

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Citius

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Weight us important to me as I do a lot of climbing including climbing comps and I have not seen a bike with such a good spec (ultegra/ kysrium elite slsetc whilst weighing less than 7kg) for £2.2k.
If you know of such a bike I'll be all ears bonsabibilly?

Most specialist HC bikes are self-build, not off the shelf.
 

Andy-56

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Well someone has already said the Rose, and I would tentatively add "pretty much any road bike at that price + training >= a "Canyon" sticker and a few extra grams shed from a frame", and in any event I would sooner race up a hill on a bike that I actually had possession of than one that I had an email from the supplier saying "erm, it's on it way, -ish"!

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Can't disagree with you on your last point. The Rose is in my sights as lightness is paramount in hill climb TT's, however I've been told this morning again that my bike is coming so I'll hang on for a while longer. If it doesn't come I will be shouting out my experience from the rooftops and since I am in publishing I know a lot of people. This kind of service or lack of it is unheard of on these shores.

On the bright side, It's been a great lesson in patience!
 

Andy-56

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Most specialist HC bikes are self-build, not off the shelf.
I'm not going that far Citius. Just a light stiff bike that will see me good and progress in both HC TTs next year and the Long Course w/e in July next year (112mile hilly tt) .....now I've lost as much weight as I can off me!
My current bike is just over 9 kg, entry level Boardman Road Comp with upgraded group set and wheels and it will now become my winter bike.
I know a lot of bikes will be an improvement on my current but I've set myself a target of 7kg.
 
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jay clock

jay clock

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Latest from Canyon is that they have offered to give me £80 compensation for all the hassle. Still not go the £1900 charged to my card though. I do have the personal contact details of a key member of Canyon UK who is being responsive, but from what he has said my case is not an isolated one.....
 

Milkfloat

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I still have not had a cancellation email, or the money back for my partial order that was delivered. I am chasing it up with more promises being made. It goes from bad to worse and now horrific.
 

Citius

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I've just ordered a new bike from my LBS with mid Feb delivery. I'm beginning to think my bike will arrive before these Canyons do... ;)
 
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jay clock

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Latest from Canyon is that they have offered to give me £80 compensation for all the hassle. Still not go the £1900 charged to my card though. I do have the personal contact details of a key member of Canyon UK who is being responsive, but from what he has said my case is not an isolated one.....
The £1900 is now paid.....
 

Citius

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I quite like the look of that. But they seem to have assumed like many of these more winter oriented bikes that we need massive tyres. 23 or 25mm suit me fine, and bikes with the larger ones tend to look odd we you put narrower ones on

I don't see it as a 'winter oriented' bike. Clearance is one of the main reasons I ordered it. I have no intention of fitting narrow tyres to it.
 
FWIW when I bought the Rose a couple of years ago they managed to charge me half a dozen times to the cc, something about the German cc system being out of sync with the uk so it maxed out swmbo cc. Was soon sorted and I did get the bike on time.
 
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