With a course that takes in almost every kind of terrain, from swooping almost XC stages, to near impossible rocky switchbacks, the final round of the Enduro World Series in Finale Ligure is going to be a tough one. After a day of practice, Canyon Factory rider Joe Barnes decided to run the new 140mm rear travel Canyon Spectral CF, showing Joe’s faith in the smaller bike on the rough stages. This is a team issue bike so the specification is tailored to Joe, to see the production model check out this link
Joe will be riding the new 2015 Spectral CF in the finale round of the EWS in Finale LigureCanyon are now producing the popular Spectral bike in carbon fibre, saving over 600g (to 1950g) on the frame weightThe new frame features the same additional 17mm added to the top tube as seen on the aluminium version, and with short 430mm chainstays
Canyon have integrated frame protection around the bottom bracket which is removable to make feeding in new cables easierThe cabling is all internal, and comes with different cover plates to keep things tidyJoe will be running the new 160mm Fox 36, a popular fork on the start lineMavic Crossmax wheels and SRAM XX1 complete the buildThe cockpit is from Renthal, with a duo stem and Fatbar Lite carbon bars.The Fox Float X shock drives 140mm of rear travel, and has been tuned by Fox
Ergon grips help on the long stages, Joe also runs his levers far in to minimize hand pumpJoe runs Shimano XTR pedalsThe new Spectral CF will be available to buy from December
Words and photos: Trev Worsey
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