Lots of talk that M Van der poel appears to be riding an intergrated cable aero in the zwift add
I have just spotted in cycling tips TDF presentation gallery a movi star bike with no cables and the colorway pattern appears to be the same as MVDP’s in the zwift ad, albeit not in garish zwift white & yellow
Surely, they’ll put this on their website within the coming week. I mean, they’re already show it off in their CFR videos and are obviously not trying to hide it.
The main reason to buy a black bike is that they are easier to swap out if you are in a relationship with a non cycling partner. According to my wife I own ‘my black bike’ since 10 years
I have done the “mistake” of going through every part of my bike and what it does and why I have it… So much that she would most likely even notice if I change bar tape
No, not really…again, black bikes sell. Bike companies spend a lot of time and money studying color trends. very few people “hate” a black bike and it is always in style…and many pople really like black bikes. Looks 'stealth", “modern”, “technical”, “fast”, etc. It just ticks a lot of the boxes consumers are looking for when buying a bike.
Other colors / designs can look dated quickly or are simply non-starters for many people. Black is completely neutral, both aesthetically and in terms of colors.
(another factor is that many “black” bikes are just clear-coated carbon, which helps save weight.)
“Old” aeroad still tests as one of the fastest bikes out there and is also known as one of the most compliant/comfortable aero bikes. So I’m not sure they need to do anything very drastic. Frankly just hiding the cables and giving the rest of the bike a bit of a facelift is likely to be enough to sell plenty of them.
As long as they haven’t messed anything up (e.g. Made it stiffer and ruined the ride quality, or come up with a hidden cable design that is a real PITA to work with) it’s going to be a very fast, reasonably comfortable and lightweight race bike with some big name riders like MVDP, at >thousand less than the equivalent build from Specialized, Trek, Cervelo, BMC, etc. Offering a greater range of handlebar options when you order (or even after market) would definitely be a plus, but doesn’t seem to have put people off ordering Aeroads or Ultimates with integrated bars in the past. Same with offering more paint options.
The problem I have with Canyons is that their stock spec is WAY too short for me…which was why I ordered the Aeroad SLX 8.0. Came spec’d with regular stem / HB and I could swap out to the length stem I needed.
In the US, there is still no option for customizing your cockpit from Canyon.