![]() Clearly, Canyon’s design ethos leads it to think such a design feature isn’t necessary here. Interestingly, the seatstays aren’t dropped one iota, joining to the top tube high up, as they do on the brand’s carbon Endurace and Ultimate range of bikes. The top tube houses something of a party piece – mounting points for a bento box, which you normally see on bikes geared more towards gravel riding. The Endurace AL 7 benefits from the inclusion of bento box bosses. The exit hole is capacious and, instinctively, I wonder if it leaves the inside of the frame (as well as the cable and hose housings) a little exposed to the elements, especially as the Endurace AL frame doesn’t include mudguard mounts. The rear brake hose and gear cable enter at the top section of the top tube in adjacent ports, running down the down tube until they exit together out of a vent-like hole on the underside of the bottom bracket.įrom there, they split and run externally along the corresponding chainstays to their destinations. The front brake hose enters into the fork shoulder and exits at the front caliper. ![]() The frame features partial internal routing of the hydraulic brake hoses and gear cables. It might only be an aesthetic, and the result of what is a very simple solution, but you get an extremely well-finished frame. Canyon says simply it files and sands away offending welded segments to achieve a smooth aesthetic. What strikes me about the Endurace frame is how neat and smooth the weld junctions are. My test bike is a size large, and tips the scales for the whole build at 9.39kg. That’s a claim repeated by almost every bike brand time and again, but for the record it yields a claimed frame weight of 1,375g in a size medium. The Endurace AL 7 frameset is constructed using double-butted tubing, which Canyon says contributes to low weight and high stiffness. ![]() At this price, a full Shimano 105 R7020 groupset without compromise is a compelling deal.
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