CANYON TORQUE CF8
SWINGING A LEG OVER WHAT’S HOT THIS MONTH
£ 4,399 / 29 / 27.5in / canyon.com
NEED TO KNOW
• Latest iteration of Canyon’s park bike comes with either 29in, 27.5in or mullet wheels
• Carbon and alloy chassis options, both completely redesigned with new kinematics and geometry
• Now comes with room for a water bottle within the front triangle
• Travel is 170mm front and 175mm rear
• CF8 model is dressed with Fox 38 Performance Elite fork and a coil shock
When we last tested the Canyon Torque back in 2019 it steamrolled the rowdiest trails and crushed the competition. In fact, at the time we said that it was head and shoulders above its rivals, particularly on rougher tracks, where its superior suspension allowed you to pull away from your mates.
With a 10/10 rating the old bike didn’t leave much room for improvement, but time marches on, and in the same way that bike parks have progressed in the last couple of years, so
