Five reasons Canyon’s new Sender could be the hottest downhill bike of 2016

In 2013, Canyon took on triple DH world champion, Fabien Barel, and together they revolutionised the Strive into a race-winning Enduro bike. Now, they’ve applied the Barel treatment to a brand new downhill bike. Enter the Sender.

After riding five different DH tracks totalling 14 runs, these five aspects really stuck out.

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1. Fab Geometry

The Sender is available in a huge size-range, so should fit most riders really well. Fabien’s input has yielded a long, low and slack machine; in fact, it’s the longest mainstream DH bike on the market.

The head angle is adjustable from 62-64 degrees and chainstay length can be altered too for different riders or terrain: pick either 430mm or 446mm. The wheelbase of the XL bike set with the longer chainstay and slacker head angle will push beyond the 1300mm milestone – that’s over 50mm longer than the XL Specialized Demo, and over 20mm longer than an XXL Santacruz V10.

2. Air-tuned suspension

3. The details

4. The ride

5. The price

SENDER CF 7.0 – €3,599
SENDER CF 8.0 – €4,299
SENDER CF 9.0 – €4,799

The things that could be improved

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