If you’re considering all those upgrades forget the canyon and get the Tactical, which survived the infamous tunnel test.

Which test was that?
Yes it is, both models are.

2015, 2016 & 2017 men ironman world champion bike is a pretty good testament. Yes it's UCI legal Katusha and Movistar ride them in the pro tour.

Ehhh.... careful with that logic. I don’t hear anyone going around claiming Sander’s Louis Garneau is a lightning fast bike.

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Alex Arman

Strava

I dont consider a crank based power meter and a set of Hed wheels "all those" upgrades. The stupid thing is to pay $1000s more for Ultegra and fancier brakes, but still have throw away wheels and no power meter for training.

That's my point. I think everyone is so obsessed with aero data so I'm just emphasising it must be an ok bike compared to the rest.

Throw a brick hard enough it'll go fast.
IOW the engine moved these bikes pretty fast.
If Lionel was on a different ride it's quite possible the outcome of IMH would have been different

If I were pegging the Speedmax on where it is, and remember the aero eyeball isn't the best, I'd say it's P5-6 (probably a P4 as well) > Speedmax > places 4-6 in this paper

I do find it interesting that so many people are fawning over this bike with zero aero data vs slamming other bikes that have zero aero data.

If it was me I'd just but a Premier tactical and call it good but each his own. In fact if I screwed up my frame while moving the rear brake & shifting wires behind the head tube on my Plasma 3 (had to drill the frame) that's what I was going to do.

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Brian Stover USAT LII
Accelerate3 Coaching
Insta

Just to clarify, the SLX models are the only ones that come with frame storage for your spare/CO2. The CF models do not have that. I have the CF 8.0 Di2 and am very happy with it. I use liquid nutrition on the bike so I plan to keep my spare/CO2 in the 'bento' box.