sol-rosenberg wrote:
Do you like squeaks? or high-maintenance parts?
Some engineer in the 90s was like, hey, if we remove the threads from the bottom bracket we can make our frames lighter and sell it as such. We'll just move the weight to the press fit bottom bracket. So the net weight will be the same or more, but we can market our frames as lighter. Two years later, we can't figure out why our drivetrains are noisy. Oh, it's from press fit bottom brackets.
Get yourself a TT bike with a threaded bottom bracket, if you want to keep it more than 2-3 years.
I have had the bike for 23 months now and not a peep. The anti-press fit bb crew is much louder than press fit bbs are on well made bikes. I have three friends with the same bike and no issues with them either. People I knew with BB issues on other bikes...it has just been a question of finding the right bike shop/mechanic who knows how to solve the issue.
Canyon service and quality? I DID have an issue with the crack seat stay that seemed fairly common with the early bikes. I emailed pictures of the crack at 3pm in the afternoon in Taipei, and by 9pm, I had a replacement frame sitting in my pending orders. Two weeks later I had the frame and $200USD to cover the cost of stripping down the old frame and rebuilding on the new one. Perfect service. 20 months of use on the replacement frame and zero issues. Canyon does have its issues; not sure if it's just a more online crowd that makes them more visible or statistically higher than other companies but they do stand behind it and get it sorted quickly and kindly.
As for the bike? Yes, the reach is the biggest limiter and also check your pad width as even the widest setting is not all that wide for many. For me, neither of these were fit issues and I knew that for sure before I would buy a bike. I got mine at the release price which I believe is about $1000USD less than what they are now and the wheels were better. The only thing I hated on the bike was the Mystique saddle...nightmare but they have since replaced that and in a Tri bike, there is no way a manufacturer will get a saddle that works for even 10% of their buyers. Would be nice if you can just get the bike without a saddle and save the money and waste.
I was coming from a P5 rim brake that worked well aside from not having brakes that didn't leak...Cervelo/Magura NEVER took care of its customers with this issue (about 50%+ of the bikes sold had it) and when Magura in Taiwan told me that even here they no longer had anymore new brake sets to keep replacing the failed ones, it was time to move on. So in my n+1 world, it's Canyon 1 for fixing an issue and Cervelo 0.
When I consider my road bike replacement, it is very hard not to see the value of Canyon's SLX model road bikes. The only caveat with Canyon in Taiwan is no matter how small a replacement part may be, if you need a Canyon-only part, it is a $150USD shipping fee which is just wild.