After getting a new job it was time to get a new bike. With this purchase my 3-year (31000 km) old Canyon Ultimate CF SL 9.0 Di2 becomes my bad-weather road bike (because it is in a way too good shape to be sold, and I still really love it), and the new Canyon Endurace CF SLX DISC 9.0 SL takes the role of a good-weather, epic-ride machine. (While the Canyon Inflite AL SLX 8.0 Pro Race is now only for off-road riding.) It took me again quite some time to make the decision about the exact model, for a short while I even fancied getting a nice titanium frame and build up a bike myself with the SRAM RED eTap wireless electronic groupset, but maybe I am not “old enough” for that. At the end I went for a more relaxed geometry because I am definitely not going to be racing with this bike, but I want it mainly for long days in the saddle instead, and a bit more comfortable frame is definitely welcome for that purpose.

To complete the bike I got a SRAM RED DZero Power Meter, a K-EDGE Wahoo Splayd Race Mount, and Look Kéo 2 Max Carbon pedals. The total weight is ~7.8 kg with the pedals, Canyon bottle holders, and the Wahoo EDGE Bolt and its mount included. Unluckily I could not ride with the bike yet, because the winter really does not want to leave Belgium yet, which means that there is still a lot of salt on the roads, even in the rare dry periods. Hopefully this was the last cold spell this year, and soon I can have the inaugural ride of this beauty.