Bikes are getting better. Claims of ‘more aero, stiffer and lighter’ are frequently laughed off as marketing speak but they are, more often than not, true. However, as aero bikes are getting lighter and more comfortable, and lightweight bikes stiffer and more aero, can companies keep upselling separate high-performance bikes?
Canyon thinks so, which is why it has just released the fifth generation of the Ultimate.
The Ultimate has traditionally been Canyon’s lightweight climber’s bike, but the latest updates see it adopting more features from the company’s aero racer, the Aeroad, which begs the question: why not just buy an Aeroad? The answer, says Canyon, is that the Ultimate isn’t just
