CANYON SPECTRAL CF8 CLLCTV
£3,999 / 29 / 27.5in / canyon.com
Canyon’s new mullet Spectral is a cut-and-shut job, but it’s no Frankenbike monster
With its new Spectral CF8 CLLCTV, Canyon joins the short but growing list of brands with a dedicated analogue mullet bike. It even throws the horns and rocks its locks by keeping the term mullet, rather than going for the safer and more boring MX label that most rival brands have adopted.
First thing to get out of the way is that, while the wheel size mash-up is new for 2022, the Spectral chassis was refreshed last year, so if you’re familiar with that bike, you’ll have a head start understanding the new CF8 CLLCTV. For those of you playing catch-up, I’ll summarise the updates. Front and centre were changes to the geometry and sizing, with a longer reach, slacker head angle and steeper seat angle. The kinematics were also revised to give more support and improved pedalling performance. Finally, time
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