Kat Matthews' Canyon Speedmax CFR

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the canyon bottle is deeper and hits the top tube. No plan to dump.

Mark

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It gives her +6w drag and no additional power.

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Go Kat!!!

Makes no sense I me though why for Kona Ironman allows 85 mm front rim depth (especially for smaller participants) but doesn’t allow a rear disc wheel.

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It used to be ‘slam em down’. Then we learned that going lower is better until it isn’t.

Now people want to superman. But there is that same breakpoint in reach. Reach is good until it isn’t.

There is only one way to find that breakpoint

I got a tunnel report last week : 2 WT riders that stopped getting faster, thankfully before it at the UCI limit.

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These photos are fire.

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Thanks yo :slight_smile:

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She’s working with Alex Dowsett so you better believe her position is absolutely dialed. There’s a reason she’s not super long.

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When does an aero bar become a fairing?

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Apparently not yet….

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PTN pod episode 2 Mark pretty much calling you out at 24:35 :rofl:

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Ha. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll listen to it later.

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Just had to register to reply - this must be the regular “long” stem described as 85 mm by Canyon. I have a (2025) CFR with the long stem, it shows the 75 mm inscription. Measured from the middle of the monoriser to the middle of the steering axis it should be 85 mm. No idea why they print 75 mm on it. Are they 10 mm longer than the first drops of that bike? (short now 65 mm instead of 55, long 85 instead of 75 mm - or they measure that in a different way)

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Yes, my contact at Canyon told me this as well, the 65 mm has a 55 mm print, the 85 has the 75 mm print and thev115 most likely the 105 print. It sounds stupid but that is indeed what it is.

Jeroen

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Haha Mark Here,

I wasn’t calling him out deliberately but effectively was. I kind of agreed with him until we tested a lot. The goal should always be as high as possible until the aero losses outweigh the power gains.

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Thanks for jumping in.

Edit: I did not see your reply referencing +6watts for increased pad x (ST notifications haven’t been working great recently).

I did agree with your comments in the pod about these super long positions (Superman position). Everyone has been in the mindset that longer is always better. Well it is, until it isn’t. Just like how lower tire pressure is better, until it isn’t.

Also can we talk about the seat post? How did that come about and what kind of gains did you see?

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