£9,349 • 29/27.5in • canyon.com
’ve always been a big fan of electric drivetrains. When Mavic first launched its wireless road system 20-odd years ago, I instantly wondered when it would be available for mountain bikes. Mavic eventually shelved the technology (prematurely in my mind) but when Shimano then launched its first electric road components, I cobbled together a ghetto system for my mountain bike that worked well. That’s all in the distant past though, and today Shimano and SRAM both offer