Aero-bars On A Canyon Aeroad: The Best Road Tri Hybrid Ever

You asked, they listened! The new Canyon Aeroad can now be fitted with seamlessly integrated aero bars!
How does Canyon do that you ask? Well, Mark explains how the Performance Adaptive Cockpit Ecosystem (PACE) allows you to make the Aeroad, possibly, the best road tri hybrid bike ever!

In association with @CanyonBicycles

00:00 Aero-bars on a Canyon Aeroad
00:27 Dedicated tri-bars for the new Canyon Aeroad?
00:44 The PACE bar - Performance Adaptive Cockpit Ecosystem
02:21 Canyon's new Aeroad
03:23 The practicality of the Canyon Aeroad
04:58 Canyon Aeroad variants

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[gtn]

Do you think this innovation could lead other brands adopting a similar concept to their road bikes? 🧑‍🔬

[andrewmcalister]

Standardising the bolts, with a single onboard tool, is a definite plus.
I hope more manufacturers adopt this.

[NikdGrik]

I would love to see a head to head time trial test versus the speedmax in different scenarios

[Yurkevich]

This is absolutely money! New Dream bike.

[chrisleggat]

This is SICK! I see a lot of comments about it being expensive, but the base model is a lot more affordable, as someone who wants to get into triathlon, still wants to do group rides and turbo etc, this bike is the perfect all rounder it seems. ✌🏼

[overcookit]

Already 20 years ago, I converted a roadbike (Cadex CFR, that was just the frameset) into a TT bike, with constantly turning my seat position forward and deeper; after five years, I found the final position with a turned forward Profile Razor Carbon seatpost and the TT bar 21cm below the saddle (by an adjustable stem). This concept has limitations which occur when you try to put the clip-on bar upwards to achieve the praying-mantis position; before the bike is more or less good to handle (depending on the used wheels), a 80mm front wheel in combination with a disc wheel on the rear ist the absolute maximum, in windy conditions (especially on steep descends) it is wiser to use a 62mm front wheel. With the skies turned upwards, the bike behaves on a day with barely no wind like with 80mm front wheel on a windy day: it is hard to follow a straight line on the flat. A racing bike with clip-on bars is always a compromise. Maybe it works with a racing bike with a geometry that offers asluggish handling with a normal racing-bike setup, otherwise it is like sitting on a nervous racing horse. I even have to turn the clip-on bra downwards (like Jan Ullrich in the 2003 TT stage at Cap Decouverté to have an nearly uncritical handling.

[MarkLRandall]

Very slick. They fit the Grail as well.

[Mrcreateto]

Use mine with aerobars…absolute weapon! Wondering if anybody really considers getting a speedmax after that…doing 38km/h with low 200 watts is mind blowing for me!

[kkuerfeldein]

Nice review! I hope this aero bars concept (cockpit) will find there way to the canyon endurance. 🤞

[jonathanzappala]

I just got back from racing age group duathlon world champs, I used clip ons for the standard distance to bring only one bike to Australia. It’s still giving up time to my tri bike, but it was great travel convenience. I can also di2 shift with the clip ons too.

[andyedser]

Where do I put my Garmin when the TT bars are on? 🙃

[meibing]

Love riding with aero bars! Great flexibility here.

[lucaswhaley]

This is amazing. This makes the only 2XL tri option on the market for tall riders.

[snoweeks]

You mentioned that the bars can be angled .

Is there an angled mono spacer available - to achieve a high hand position - or would you have to buy an aftermarket part to add to these (already quite expensive) arrow bars?

[BrutallionStallion]

Really cool aerobars. Is there ability to connect wireless shifter buttons to this aerobars? SRAM or Shimano? Maybe Sprint shifters can be used?

[overlandingfamily]

So awesome!!! I want one!! Now you just need a disc wheel for the back and you have yourself a road and TT bike in one ;-)

[lxufazetrap]

Just a crime this cockpit doesn’t fit on the old aeroad absolute steal!

[alexgonzalezMI]

The only thing is the seat tube angle will still make it uncomfortable. Good for sprints, but I wish they would have done something like the original Venge where you can just rotate the seat post around and it changes the seat angle.

[fnnp]

I know I am a bit late to the party after 8 months, but I just got this idea in my head if it would be possible to actually mount the speedmax armrest upgrade kit onto the aero clip-ons onto a Canyon Aeroad? It seems like the Gear Groove you can get is the same base as on the speedmax, hence I don't see why it shouldn't work

Edit: hahaha, I should have watched the full video^^. I stopped the video at 1:30 and literally 1 sentence later you mentioned the similarity

[mathewkirk]

Any bolt-on aero-bar set on any bike - even an awesome one like this Canyon, will always have limitations that you will eventually begrudge. They are great for part time racers and hobbyists to chuck a pair on and enjoy a little less drag, but for anyone serious about triathlon, you will come to hate it as the distances increase and you start to strive for performance.

I took a brand new Emonda SL7 with ENVE 65s and then added a profile design set of clip ons, trying to do a two-for-one road/TT arrangement - happy that the tri config up was 90% and good enough to save the cost of a TT bike. Then I got good and could feel every last bit of that missing 10% to the point where I hated it.