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Canyon road bikes

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  • November 29, 2012 at 7:24 pm #17378
    londonplayer

    I will, hopefully, be in the lucky position of ordering a new road bike next month. I have decided on a Canyon due to their uber competitive pricing and glowing reviews.

    I now have the lucky problem of deciding which groupset to choose with it. The dura ace and ultegra di2 prices are very similar so I wanted to throw this out there.

    Would you go for Dura Ace mechanical or electronic Ultegra?

    My heart says di2 but my brain says Dura ace would be better in the long term. Any thoughts?

    Thanks.

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  • November 30, 2012 at 4:57 pm #707763
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    londonplayer

    Thanks for all the good
    Thanks for all the good advice!

    Di2 it will be.

    November 30, 2012 at 2:32 pm #707761
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    dave atkinson

    I’d go for electronic
    I’d go for electronic ultegra, but if you do go mechanical i’d opt for ultegra and upgrade the wheels

    November 30, 2012 at 2:27 pm #707759
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    bashthebox

    Ultegra’s a whole lot cheaper
    Ultegra’s a whole lot cheaper to replace too – for the bits that are likely to wear out or break. Well, apart from your deraillieurs. Then you’ll just have to cry.

    Canyon make lovely frames though. Lucky you!

    November 30, 2012 at 12:23 pm #707757
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    Sadly Biggins

    I’d find this a tough choice
    I’d find this a tough choice too. My view would probably end up the same as notfastenough’s. I’d be likely to go for the electronic system, mainly because I’ve heard that once it’s set correctly there really isn’t anything to do to keep it functioning sweetly and it self-trims as notfastenough says. I’d be a bit paranoid initially about the battery failing miles from anywhere but I’ve heard this is pretty unlikely unless it gets very wet.

    November 30, 2012 at 11:44 am #707755
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    notfastenough

    Tough one. A guy on the club
    Tough one. A guy on the club run has just gone through the same thing and opted for mech DA since it is so well-proven and either are beyond his capabilities anyway. It did spark a discussion as to what level of bling is acceptable on club rides!

    I believe the cable tensioning is automatically set on di2, and the auto-trim is ace. If you’re mechanically useless, di may be better, but if you like tinkering, probably dura-ace.

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