Freeride on, and on, and on: the brand new carbon Canyon Torque:ON CF

Canyon’s electrical freeride machine has simply gone carbon, shaving weight, boosting battery energy and mixing wheel sizes to create an e-bike that may be ridden all day lengthy. There’s now even area for a water bottle so you’ll be able to keep hydrated when you lap these park options. It’s clearly aimed straight for the shuttle-adverse freerider and park rat.

In the event you’re on the lookout for one thing extra race-focussed, Canyon has additionally simply launched the Attempt:ON, an electrical model of its race-winning enduro machine, designed for the rigours of EDR-E and eMTB enduro racing.

Have to know:

• New Torque:ON CF carbon body
• New decrease shock place, plus low motor and battery place, equals extra stability
• 720Wh and 900Wh battery choices
• Shimano EP8 motor
• Combined wheel dimension solely
• 180mm entrance suspension, 175mm rear

The Torque:ON is now full carbon, shaving a reported 1.5kg of weight from the alloy mannequin whereas growing entrance triangle stiffness by 7% and rear triangle stiffness by 25%. Canyon says that, regardless of the elevated weight of beefier batteries, the brand new Torque:ON CF weighs in at 13.7kg for the dimensions medium with the 720Wh battery.

Conserving issues low-slung, together with the brand new shock place, backside bracket and motor, means elevated stability and traction.

This redesign has additionally meant Canyon had been in a position to develop a split-frame design to permit area for a water bottle to be strapped in, or on, the highest tube. Canyon calls it the Hydration Station, and it’s designed to seem like the gas tank on the highest of a motocross bike.

Extra battery, extra laps

The unique model of the Torque:ON was constructed round a 504Wh battery, however with new know-how comes new alternatives, not least for extra highly effective motors and batteries. These in flip require body design to be tailored to swimsuit each the area necessities and the elevated forces by the body extra energy brings. And extra energy additionally brings extra trip time.

The brand new Torque:ON now options the 720Wh and 900Wh batteries, engineered by Canyon, which have beforehand been seen on the Spectral:ON CFR (though the dimensions small bike can solely take the 720Wh battery). Canyon claims that the 900Wh battery might give as much as 97.2km vary and/or 2,132m of elevation, with the 720Wh providing 77.7km and/or 1,681m of elevation, although after all with each of those estimates elements like rider weight, terrain and mode selection will play an element in precise figures. Nonetheless, that elevation feels like a hell of a whole lot of laps to us!

A Shimano EP8 motor offers the torque to the Torque:ON, providing as much as 400% pedal help.

Mullets solely

Like the brand new Attempt:ON, the Torque:ON comes with combined wheels, with a 29er up entrance and a nippy, zippy 27.5 wheel on the again. It’s not solely mullet, it’s ONLY mullet; no choice right here to run full 29er, once more like the brand new Attempt:ON.

Canyon says primarily based on in depth testing and suggestions from its professional racers, engineers and designers, that is the most suitable choice for the bike, providing higher cornering traction and rollover on the entrance, and agility and clearance on the again.

What’s not modified?

In the event you’ve received a profitable components, why mess with it? Effectively, we assume that’s the design philosophy behind the Torque:ON, so whereas some issues have modified, rather a lot has stayed the identical, roughly.

This contains the geometry, which is analogous to the analogue Torque. A 63.5 diploma head tube angle, plus steeper 77.5 diploma seat tube angle. Chainstays are longer by about 10mm, coming in at 445mm, to assist improve management and traction on techy climbs.

One other aspect that’s fairly comparable is the suspension leverage curve, which has been tweaked slightly than overhauled, principally focussed round anti squat and anti rise. A number of the modifications appear partly to distinguish the bike from the brand new e-enduro focussed Attempt:ON, with each the anti rise and anti squat on the Torque:ON decrease than on the Attempt:ON.

Moto impressed

If the motocross inspiration wasn’t clear sufficient, the flagship bike within the new carbon Torque:ON lineup is the Torque:ON CF Roczen. Born of a collaboration between legendary motocross racer Ken Roczen and Canyon, it comes with a signature Roczen 94 colourway and is provided with RockShox Zeb Final forks, RockShox Superdeluxe C Final coil shock, SRAM wi-fi X01 AXS Transmission and RockShox AXS Reverb seatpost.

And it seems badass.

Canyon Torque:ON vary, specs and costs

There are three fashions within the Canyon Torque:ON lineup, from the CF8 as much as the CF Roczen.

Canyon Torque:ON CF 8

• Worth: € 5,999 (720 Wh) or  € 6,399 (900 Wh)
• Body: Canyon Torque:ON CF M124
• Fork: Fox 38 Efficiency Grip (180 mm)
• Shock: Fox X2 Efficiency 2Pos
• Motor & battery: Shimano EP8 with 720Wh
• Groupset: Shimano SLX w/ Deore Cassette (10 – 51t)
• Brakes: Shimano SLX (203/203 mm)
• Wheelset: Solar Ringle DUROC SD 37/42 with Maxxis Assegai 2.5 Maxxgrip, EXO+ (entrance) and Maxxis Minion DHR II 2.6 Maxxterra, EXO+ (rear)

Canyon Torque:ON CF 9

• Worth: €7,499 or € 7,899
• Body: Canyon Torque:ON CF M124
• Fork: Fox 38 Manufacturing unit Grip2 (180 mm)
• Shock: Fox X2 Manufacturing unit 2Pos
• Motor & battery: Shimano EP8 with 900Wh
• Groupset: Shimano XT (10 –51t)
• Brakes: Shimano XT (203/203 mm)
• Wheelset: Solar Ringle DUROC SD 37/42 with Maxxis Assegai 2.5 Maxxgrip, EXO+ (entrance) and Maxxis Minion DHR II 2.6 Maxxterra, EXO+ (rear)

Canyon Torque:ON CF Roczen

• Worth:  € 8,999 or € 9,399
• Body: Canyon Torque:ON CF M124
• Fork: RockShox Zeb Final RC2 (180 mm)
• Shock: Rockshox Tremendous Deluxe C Final
• Motor & battery: Shimano EP8 with 900Wh
• Groupset: SRAM X01 AXS (10–52T)
• Brakes: SRAM Code RSC (220/200 mm)
• Wheelset: DT Swiss HFR1500 with Maxxis Assegai 2.5 Maxxgrip, EXO+ (entrance) and Maxxis Minion DHR II 2.6 Maxxterra, EXO+ (rear)

When will the brand new Canyon Torque:ON be accessible?

Canyon states that the whole Torque:ON CF vary can be accessible to order on Tuesday Could 9, 2023, direct from the Canyon web site.

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