Canyon - the handlebar gimmicks company

[EB]

First the hover bar, then the KIS steering damper, and now…. This.

https://www.canyon.com/en-us/road-bi...farbe=R107_P01

[Likes2ridefar]

Yea…no thanks.

[unterhausen]

Their animation seems to be missing something.

[eippo1]

More complexity for less functionality. Awesome.

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . electronic wireless brakes? Cool!



BBD

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by unterhausen

Their animation seems to be missing something.

Cabling? Hydro lines?

I can't count how many times I'm on a long road ride and think "if only I could swap these silly straight drops for some angled ones."

Oh, actually I can. Zero.

And now that I know it's possible...

Still zero.

Is this their mid year April Fools joke?

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by unterhausen

Their abomination seems to be missing something.

There...I fixed it for you.

[fignon's barber]

I usually like to change my handlebar width two or three times a ride, so this is a great idea. I wonder what the resale value is for the hoover barred Grails?

[EB]

Originally Posted by unterhausen

Their animation seems to be missing something.

Come on now, this will be fine, we all know how much slack there is in hydraulic lines on modern aero road bi.... oh wait.

[prototoast]

This is the updated handlebar, not the version that was recalled a few years ago: https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...lebar-failure/

[bigbill]

I'm holding out for wireless E-brakes to eliminate the hoses.

[KonaSS]

Honestly this makes more sense than just about anyone else's one piece handlebar and stem on a stock bike. This offers the ability to have a stock frame, and have some ability to choose your preferred width and bar shape.

And if you actually read any reviews of those who have tried it, they say it works pretty well. Has the added bonus of making shipping of a internal cable routed set up easier.

And I know that 98% of Paceline users don't want integrated this, that or the other. But this make sense for the bikes they are making. The 98% honestly weren't going to buy a Canyon anyway, so nothing really to complain about.

[Nomadmax]

In the words of my redneck farmer grandfather, "Aw hail naw".

[fredd]

FWIW the thing where the whole bike uses a single type of bolt and the tool is kept on the thru axle sounds lovely to me. No more multitools.

[Alistair]

Originally Posted by KonaSS

Honestly this makes more sense than just about anyone else's one piece handlebar and stem on a stock bike. This offers the ability to have a stock frame, and have some ability to choose your preferred width and bar shape.

And if you actually read any reviews of those who have tried it, they say it works pretty well. Has the added bonus of making shipping of a internal cable routed set up easier.

I still don't get it. You still have to unwrap the bars and remove the levers. The main advantage of an integrated bar/stem is the weight savings, which is diminished with this setup.

The only upside I see is on the manufacturing/part # side - Canyon can source a single stem/mid-section and various widths. So, the assembly is probably less expensive to build over time.

I just don't see any advantage for the user - it would be just as easy to keep a full 2nd integrated bar/stem combo and just swap the levers over. And not worry about proprietary bar parts/hardware. As far as fit goes - stem length is going to be more important, but Canyon doesn't offer the option of different stem lengths when ordering (and the flared bars add 10mm reach, so that's just weird - I definitely don't want to change the reach regularly).

And honestly, how many people really want to swap from a standard drops to flared and back regularly?

This really seems like an answer to a question nobody asked.