Yeah, it’s a great bike Stu. I struggled to stay aero for the whole IM ride but that’s me and not the bike. I was fine on a 70.3 but need to work more on full distance rides.
I am a little scared that a speedmax would be too stiff and ridgid. I have a canyon endurace and put aerobars on it. ( Profil Design). I love the laying down Position! Is a speedmax compareable in Position and handleing ? Thank you for your input
Hi, I haven’t ridden an Endurance so can’t compare them unfortunately. What I would say is that I previously owned a Cervelo P3 and didn’t get on with it at all. I felt totally unbalanced on it and hated it. By contrast, I love riding my Speedmax! I loved riding it even before I had a bike fit on it, it just seemed easy to ride)and fast.) It will be stiffer than the endurance and you may well get neck/forearm pain at first but over time your body will get used to the position. This is, unfortunately, something everyone goes through with TT bikes as the position is not something our bodies are used to. My advice is to go for it, it’s an awesome bike. Just get a proper bike fit from someone who knows TT bikes well (not all bike fitters do) and expect it to take a little while for your body to get used to it if doing 2hr plus rides. I did literally all of my cycling on it last year in prep for Ironman.
@@ArunsTravels Tank you Arun! Your Evaluation has helped alot. Canyon is indeed good with their geometry! German engineering i guess 😊. And pulling on those aerobars is so much fun! I miss that on my Trek Madone.
For what it’s worth, I’d just say to just ride the bike at first. Even if you don’t use the aero bars on the first ride, just get used to the bike. Then start using the bars but carefully swap one hand over at a time. I kept trying to move both hands to the bars at the same time…Within a couple of rides I’m sure you’ll love it. For longer rides it will probably take a while for your neck/shoulders to get used to it but it’ll come. But a proper bike fit can make a huge difference and a good position is everything on a TT bike.
@@ArunsTravels good advise! I just did 1200 km in 7 days along the elbe river and loved having the aerobars to rest my upper torso. We had 4 days of heavy headwind so lying makes sence. I have not found good add on bars for my madone in the US so would love to try the all out solution, espechially since the speedmax comes with tubless tires and can be run at 60-70 psi for a smother ride. And it looks awesome in red/ black 😊
The base bar is just the standard Canyon base bar that comes with the bike. No idea if the extensions are lo rise or high rise. I went to see Matt Bottrill for a bike fit and he recommended those extensions for my fit and changed everything over.
Hello, beautiful bicycle. I'm also about to buy a speedmax. I will buy the 7.0 etap model. I saw that in your bike you changed the appendages also your model was supplied by canyon with the SRAM Vuka Shift aerobars? Because I have doubts about the possibility of being able to replace them with other models since the wireless system is inserted inside them. Thank you
Hi Andrea. My bike came with Profile Design aero bars and arm cups. I didn’t change them myself (my bike fitter did when I had a bike fit) but they looked easy to swap out. The SRAM shifters use cables and these were easy to get out of the aero bars and into the new ones.
No. I was comparing a TT bike to a normal road bike. From what I understand, if you have a clip on bars (and a good bike fit in this position) the difference between that and a TT bike won’t be huge. There are quite a few videos on the subject. It’s also about comfort and how good you can get the cockpit setup etc.
I love my speedmax.
Yeah, it’s a great bike Stu. I struggled to stay aero for the whole IM ride but that’s me and not the bike. I was fine on a 70.3 but need to work more on full distance rides.
I am a little scared that a speedmax would be too stiff and ridgid. I have a canyon endurace and put aerobars on it. ( Profil Design). I love the laying down Position! Is a speedmax compareable in Position and handleing ?
Thank you for your input
Hi, I haven’t ridden an Endurance so can’t compare them unfortunately. What I would say is that I previously owned a Cervelo P3 and didn’t get on with it at all. I felt totally unbalanced on it and hated it. By contrast, I love riding my Speedmax! I loved riding it even before I had a bike fit on it, it just seemed easy to ride)and fast.) It will be stiffer than the endurance and you may well get neck/forearm pain at first but over time your body will get used to the position. This is, unfortunately, something everyone goes through with TT bikes as the position is not something our bodies are used to. My advice is to go for it, it’s an awesome bike. Just get a proper bike fit from someone who knows TT bikes well (not all bike fitters do) and expect it to take a little while for your body to get used to it if doing 2hr plus rides. I did literally all of my cycling on it last year in prep for Ironman.
@@ArunsTravels Tank you Arun! Your Evaluation has helped alot.
Canyon is indeed good with their geometry! German engineering i guess 😊. And pulling on those aerobars is so much fun! I miss that on my Trek Madone.
For what it’s worth, I’d just say to just ride the bike at first. Even if you don’t use the aero bars on the first ride, just get used to the bike. Then start using the bars but carefully swap one hand over at a time. I kept trying to move both hands to the bars at the same time…Within a couple of rides I’m sure you’ll love it. For longer rides it will probably take a while for your neck/shoulders to get used to it but it’ll come. But a proper bike fit can make a huge difference and a good position is everything on a TT bike.
@@ArunsTravels good advise!
I just did 1200 km in 7 days along the elbe river and loved
having the aerobars to rest my upper torso. We had 4 days of heavy headwind so lying makes sence.
I have not found good add on bars for my madone in the US so would love to try the all out solution, espechially since the speedmax comes with tubless tires and can be run at 60-70 psi for a smother ride.
And it looks awesome in red/ black 😊
Hi nice bike, what base bar are you using? are those D2Z extensions the lo rise or hi rise?
The base bar is just the standard Canyon base bar that comes with the bike. No idea if the extensions are lo rise or high rise. I went to see Matt Bottrill for a bike fit and he recommended those extensions for my fit and changed everything over.
Hello,
beautiful bicycle. I'm also about to buy a speedmax. I will buy the 7.0 etap model. I saw that in your bike you changed the appendages also your model was supplied by canyon with the SRAM Vuka Shift aerobars? Because I have doubts about the possibility of being able to replace them with other models since the wireless system is inserted inside them.
Thank you
Hi Andrea. My bike came with Profile Design aero bars and arm cups. I didn’t change them myself (my bike fitter did when I had a bike fit) but they looked easy to swap out. The SRAM shifters use cables and these were easy to get out of the aero bars and into the new ones.
Did you have a road bike with clip on bars when making that comparison in the end?
No. I was comparing a TT bike to a normal road bike. From what I understand, if you have a clip on bars (and a good bike fit in this position) the difference between that and a TT bike won’t be huge. There are quite a few videos on the subject. It’s also about comfort and how good you can get the cockpit setup etc.
How many bottles are you carrying with you 😅