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CANYON Lux CF SLX 9.0 Team Test


La Canyon LUX is a latest generation XC Full. Used by the phenomenon Mathieu van der Poel, has been entirely revised in its geometries and technical characteristics.

It has standard 29 ″ wheels with 100mm travel at the front and rear.

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The renewed Canyon Lux presents itself with some very interesting features. The heart of this MTB is undoubtedly the new Triple Phase Suspension shock absorber scheme which gives it a look, and a behavior, excellent despite the excursion of only 100mm. The geometries remain moderately classic, aiming at the pedaled rather than downhill aspect, with a fork that drops to 100mm in the 2 top-of-the-range SLX models which then closes the steering angle by half a degree to make the saddle angle more vertical, transforming the Lux into a real foal.

canyon lux
Price € 6.499,00
Price frame + ammo | € 2.999
Italian distributor: www.canyon.com

FEATURES

The shock link has been revised with a weight-saving full carbon construction. We find the Impact Protection Unit system, which blocks the steering in the event of a fall and prevents damage to the top tube, and the Quixle rear quick release (minimal design always for the weight). The cable routing is internal. The shock absorbing pattern can be defined as an assisted mono-ox where, in fact, there are no joints and the flexibility of carbon is used, as in other models. The excursion is 100mm.

GEOMETRY

The new Lux has undergone a restyling especially in the reach, now 20mm longer in the various models. The rear stay has also been shortened (15mm) while the steering angle and saddle maintain almost the same values ​​as the old version. In fact, now the steering angle is 69,5 ° (70 ° in the SLX model), values ​​that match the Canyon front Exceed, demonstrating how the Lux wants to be a very performing XC and can be easily mistaken for the opportunity with the Exceed (think of the athletes of the official teams).

Sizes S, M, L (test), XL
Steering angle Inline
Vertical tube 505 mm
Head tube 115 mm
Rear wagon 435 mm
Wheelbase 1151 mm
Bottom bracket height 345 mm
Reach 455 mm
Stack 605 mm

COMPONENTS LUX CF SLX 9.0 RACE 2020

WOOD FRAME: CANYON LUX CF SLX
SHOCK ABSORBER: FOX FLOAT DPS FACTORY RMT
FORK: FOX 32 SC FACTORY KASHIMA 100MM
TRANSMISSION: SHIMANO XTR SHADOW PLUS, 12 SPEED
CRANK: RACE FACE NEXT SL G5 CARBON 34T
BOX: SHIMANO XTR 10-51t
BRAKES: SHIMANO DEORE XTR
WHEELS: DT SWISS XRC 1200 INTERNAL CHANNEL 25MM
RUBBER: MAXXIS ASPEN TR + EXO 29 × 2.25
HANDLEBAR STEM: CANYON V14
HANDLE: CANYON H20 FLAT CF
SADDLE: SELLE ITALIA SLR 
TELESCOPIC SEATPOST: KIND SHOCK LEV CARBON 100
COLOURS,: REPLICA TEAM
WEIGHT: 10,10 KG SIZE M
PRICE: 6.499,00

Verdict

FULL-SUSPENSION READY TO RACE
If you love front bikes but occasionally think about full bikes, or you want to try them but you're afraid of losing too many watts, the new Canyon Lux could do just the thing for you: not exasperated geometries and 100mm at the rear which, thanks to the use of flexion of the carbon, make it very sustained and easy to pedal. Excellent for marathons but also for i cross country more technical.

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• Excellent quality /
price
• Quality in pedaling
• Second bottle cage
• Telescopic
• 80mm stem
• Lack of a position
Intermediate trail

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[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').

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