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Is that this the brand new Canyon Aeroad? Mathieu van der Poel noticed using prototype bike
Dec
The Aeroad is the German model’s flagship aero street bike and its newest incarnation launched in 2020.
First reported by the Dutch web site Wielerflits, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider seems to be on an unbranded bike throughout a pre-season coaching experience. The body options aerodynamic tubing and appears to carefully observe the present Aeroad’s silhouette, with a couple of key variations.
It’s frequent for execs to check new bikes and tools at winter coaching camps, to allow them to construct familiarity with them earlier than the beginning of the racing season. In truth, simply at present we reported on the primary glimpse of what could possibly be the new Specialised Tarmac SL8.
The brand new body seems to be to be unpainted, maybe as a result of Canyon is testing totally different carbon layups earlier than deciding on a last design following rider suggestions, or just because it’s a pre-production mannequin.
Whereas there’s not a night-and-day distinction, look carefully and the bike van der Poel is using seems to sport a handful of variations over the present Aeroad.
It seems to be to have a revised head tube profile, with some aero profiling on the base of the tube the place it meets the fork crown. It additionally seems to be utilizing smaller, probably even spherical spacers for the steerer tube.
When evaluating photographs of the brand new and present bikes, it seems to be as if the seatstays have probably been dropped a contact decrease, however we’re splitting hairs at this early stage. We’ll have to see extra of the bike to make a definitive judgement.
Elsewhere, the seat tube may additionally have obtained some additional consideration, notably on the clamp space. Some riders confronted points with the prevailing Aeroad’s seatpost carrying, prompting Canyon to launch a redesigned seatpost mid-model cycle.
The Aeroad is one in every of three essential street bikes within the Canyon vary, sitting alongside the Endurace for comfort-oriented rides and the Final as its light-weight all-rounder, additionally utilized by a few of Canyon’s professional riders.
The most recent Endurace was launched in January 2022 and the Final in September 2022, so it might make sense for this Aeroad to be a brand new mannequin given it’ll be heading in direction of its fourth 12 months of manufacturing.
The most recent Endurace and Final updates noticed elevated tyre clearances, to 35mm and 32mm respectively.
The present Aeroad accepts a 30mm tyre, which is already pretty beneficiant for a race bike – however, given most of the newest aero bikes, such because the Cervelo S5, provide clearance for even wider rubber (34mm within the case of the S5), Canyon might replace this space, too.
That’s what we all know up to now. Whereas the bike doesn’t look to be a radical departure aesthetically, we anticipate Canyon has possible centered on refining the stiffness, weight and aerodynamic efficiency of the body, as we’ve come to anticipate from nearly each top-tier launch.
We now have approached Canyon for remark and can deliver you extra particulars if and once we get them.
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