Mountain Bike Rider

CANYON SPECTRAL 125 CF 9

£5,499

Take a cursory glance at the new Spectral 125 and you could easily mistake it for the full-blown 150mm Spectral. Make no mistake though, the Spectral 125 is a unique bike in its own right.

The most telling difference is that the head tube is 15mm taller on the 125, it also has a 20mm shorter seat tube and the seatstay assembly is longer too. Other than that, the geometry is nigh on identical. In fact, the 125 CF carbon frame is only 100g lighter and

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