We obtained an excellent take a look at the all-new Canyon Sender CFR downhill bike as a prototype on the DH race scene final season. The largest design information – a serious shift to an all-new excessive single pivot design with an loafer pulley and even built-in Ok.I.S. steering stabilization – was clear. We solely actually knew that Canyon was looking for velocity, racing down the mountain. We didn’t but know rather more, or how deeply race-tune adjustability was being baked into the brand new design.
Now we’ve got the total particulars…
2025 Canyon Sender CFR excessive single pivot carbon DH bike
Canyon says the event of the all-new downhill race bike platform is centered round two key efficiency calls for – final traction and most acceleration. Whereas DH racing is all about getting down the mountain the quickest, they couldn’t merely concentrate on velocity. What they really feel actually units the most effective bikes aside is the power to take care of grip within the corners so riders can brake much less, after which discover extra velocity popping out of the turns to get again as much as max cruising velocity.
That’s the place they settled on the brand new high-pivot design.
How’d they do it?
With a full 200mm of rearward-arcing single pivot journey, the bike may very well be made to remain planted to the bottom. Then, mixed with an loafer pulley that limits higher chain development to a fraction of a millimeter – and nearly eliminates pedal kickback – the suspension may stay energetic whether or not the racer was hammering on the pedals or hanging on for pricey life. Plus, the ensuing excessive 130% anti-rise meant they might smash on the brakes later in turns with out dropping grip.
At first a easy excessive single pivot in principle, the all-new design additionally enabled the Canyon suspension engineers to create a fancy set of nested decrease linkages to drive the shock, giving them extra management on the kinematics, particularly delivering early suppleness and on the different excessive extra help because the rear wheel sunk deep into its full journey. The ensuing progressive shock linkages delivered a extra constant really feel late within the bike’s journey, enabling racers to push the bike more durable than ever by the corners and down the sketchiest sections of DH monitor.
DH World Cup-winning geometry, plus extra adjustability!
The brand new Canyon Sender CFR sticks to the confirmed mullet setup for the right mix of velocity and agility on technical racecourses. The brand new bike is incrementally longer (+8mm Attain) and taller (+4-9mm Stack) than its predecessor. Plus, Attain-adjust headset cups meant you continue to get +/- 8mm of adjustment to return to the outdated match and even longer for extra stability, relying on race circumstances.
Its headtube angle is successfully unchanged within the new bike’s Excessive place at 63°. A brand new BB flip-chip adjustability provides a 5mm decrease backside bracket setting (from 352 right down to 347mm) and slackens the bike to only 62.7° for even steeper tracks, or the place much less floor clearance is required.
The bike additionally already will get customized RockShox or Fox shock tunes, however the adjustable higher shock mount provides racers additional management over shock leverage charges, “32.7% for a extra linear, plush suspension, or 37% for extra ramp to absorb the largest hits on smasher programs.”
Maintain it secure, too
This all-new Canyon Sender CFR additionally will get the KIS steering stabilizer in-built as normal tech. We noticed some racers utilizing it final season, the place it guarantees high-speed stability that we are able to attest to on the chunkiest tracks, even at sub-World Cup speeds. However for these racers who haven’t but tailored to the KIS advantages, it’s adjustable to a really refined impact, or simply detachable (with a clean cowl plate supplied with the brand new DH bike.
“This bike is the results of our decade-long obsession with downhill racing. Canyon spent hours and hours researching and constructing prototypes and testing them with us. Going by this rigorous course of – together with the event of our mule testing rig – was key in discovering the clear instructions of our wants, and to finally growing the quickest bike down any hill.”
– Fabien Barel, Canyon CLLCTV staff mentor
Tech particulars
Prime-tier CFR full carbon body building
Polymer-reinforced HIT carbon for extra impression safety within the downtube
Polymer rear fenders defend the advanced linkages from rear wheel spray
Downtube protector and rocker arm skid plates defend the body from rock strikes
Silent-running rubber chainstay & seatstay protectors
Low middle of gravity with a number of shock driving linkages across the BB
Most DH racetrack adjustability: BB top, headtube angle, body Attain, shock linkage fee, and…
Adjustable KIS steering stabilization
Absolutely-guided (and silent) inner cable routing
Consumer serviceable pivot {hardware} & additional bearing seals, with simply reached bolt heads
Replaceable threaded inserts for lengthy body service life, even for ham-fisted privateers
Conventional Enhance 12x148mm rear spacing for much less heel rub or body snags
Works with particular DH Enhance-spaced hubs, but additionally can swap in an enduro wheel in a pre-race pinch
2025 Canyon Sender CFR – Pricing, choices & availability
Simply two full variations of the brand new Canyon Sender CFR carbon DH race are on supply – every sharing the identical premium carbon frameset in pale blue or all-black. Decide from the privateer’s particular Underdog on a funds or the identical top-spec Crew construct of the CLLCTV professional racers.
The easier Canyon Sender CFR Underdog sells for 4500€. For that, you continue to get CFR carbon, plus a Fox 40 fork, DHX2 Efficiency shock, SRAM Maven Bronze brakes & GX DH 7-speed drivetrain.
Then, the Canyon Sender CFR Crew goes all out for 6000€, with a RockShox Boxxer Final fork, Vivid Coil Final shock, SRAM Maven Silver brakes, and an entire SRAM X01 DH drivetrain, however the identical alloy DT FR1500 wheels & G5 ending package.
The Crew version construct is obtainable now globally, whereas the Underdog is obtainable in all markets besides the US.
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