Once in a while a motorbike comes alongside that guarantees to revolutionize biking, however by no means earlier than has one really lived as much as that promise like the brand new Canyon Grizl:
Now I’ve been not testing the Canyon Grizl for a number of months now, nor to my data have I even been anyplace close to one throughout that point, although it’s totally attainable that I’ve and never recognized it since all these bikes look precisely the identical to me. Nonetheless, I completely agree that their “daring reinvention of a key bike element” will certainly win over not solely a “rising biking section” however all the phrase:
So what’s it? It’s known as the “Full Mounty” handlebar, which is a pleasant play on phrases primarily based on the favored Nineteen Nineties comedy film a few group of loutish Dubliners who kind a soul band, although possibly I’m complicated that with “The Commitments:”
One in all two newly introduced Grizl fashions from the German DTC bike model, it’s optimized for prolonged bikepacking adventures.
Towards that finish, it packs a lot of notable options.
However none stands out greater than its wild Full Mounty handlebar, to which the time period “pentagonal” most undoubtedly applies.
The “Full Mounty” does nothing {that a} regular handlebar can’t do, although it does lastly get rid of the hated stem, a comparatively low-cost and easy-to-install element that allows you to shortly modify for each attain and rise:
And the “hand aid” is only a bonus:
With roughly 9 million current choices for carrying stuff in your bike, from low-cost stuff from the web site named after a river to the exquisitely costly randonneur stylings of Jan Heine, you’ve acquired to understand Canyon’s chutzpah. I imply why not simply attempt to lock you into one more proprietary system as an alternative? I imply they’d a lot success with their sensible Hover bar…
…which they’ve since deserted, leaving riders wishing to vary their bars excessive and dry (although I assume low and dry can be extra correct because it was principally the world’s most intricate riser stem):
However that was the Grail. That is the Grizl, which appears like a dyslexic attempting to jot down the world “Girlz.” So what’s the distinction between the 2? I’m not even certain Canyon is aware of, as a result of I checked their website and located this:
Nonetheless, there was no article, just a few images and the phrases “Grail or Grizl: you resolve” within the decrease proper nook:
Happily although we’ve acquired YouTube to assist us kind all of it out:
Watching that video made me really feel like Steve Buscemi listening to the radio in “Ghost World:”
Nonetheless I used to be capable of discern that the Grizl is precisely like a standard bike, solely with extra plastic.
For chrissakes, simply purchase a you-know-what already…
