Canyon Grizl, a carbon gravel bike with a bikepacking soul

Gravel is booming and Canyon is getting on board. The new Canyon Grizl, a gravel bike that adds to the range opened with the Grail, is gaining in quality.

Canyon Grizl: Canyon's Swiss Army knife for gravel

As we say, gravel has gone from being seen as a fad by many to being consolidated as a mainstream segment. Canyon saw this from the start, and in 2018 introduced the Canyon Grail, a gravel bike with all the colour and style of Canyon that was very popular at the time. This was mainly due to the cut-out design of the seat tube and, above all, the innovative, double-height handlebars, which made a big impact.

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That gravel bike, light and quite agile on any terrain, left behind a halo that the new Canyon Grizl is now taking up again. Because as with e-bikes, in gravel it is no longer enough to have a model to satisfy a smaller demand, but it is essential to expand the catalogue, and that's what this Canyon Grizl is all about.

This is a very versatile gravel bike. It's no coincidence that Canyon's presentation images emphasise the issue of bikepacking: the Canyon Grizl looks very good for adventurous riders.

Canyon has already nicknamed it the Swiss army knife of gravel. It can do everything and is good at everything.

Assembly and price of the Canyon Grizl

Let's start with the component that makes up the rest of it: the frame. The Canyon Grizl is made of carbon. Both versions, because there are two different models, the CF SL and the top model, the CF SLX. The latter has stretched the carbon to such an extent that the frame in size M, painted and including mounting parts, weighs only 950 grams.

The frame uses Canyon's own Gravel Pro geometry, which came out with the Grail and which adapts the seven sizes (yes, seven sizes, we know many of you appreciate this wide range) to your height, as well as the wheels: 650B wheels in both 2XS and XS, instead of the 700C of the other sizes.

The Canyon Grizl is equipped with 45mm tubeless tyres on both models, but even a little more is possible: you can go up to 50mm if you are more of an offroad rider than an onroad rider.

As we say, it's in the details of this Canyon Grizl that the bikepacking profile is so in demand. In fact, it's possible to carry almost anything you can imagine, because it has the option of including storage in the fork, in the top tube of the frame and in a third bottle cage in the diagonal tube of the frame itself.

This set of compartments is so well thought out that Canyon Grizl has designed it together with Apidura, so if you don't want to have any doubts about adjustments or compatibility and you're a bikepacker, you get it practically ready-made. They can be purchased separately on the websites of both brands.

No cables. If you're going to ride in muddy, overgrown areas, it's better to embed all the cables, and the Canyon Grizl does this perfectly. And although it doesn't come with one, it can be fitted with a telescopic seatpost and even with a double crankset. Of course, it also comes with a single chainring, which is why we live in the era of the single chainring.

In fact, the Canyon Grizl's drivetrain combination allows for almost anything, not just single or double crankset. You can opt for a Shimano GRX or a Campagnolo Ekar as standard.

Lastly, the price range is very wide, from €999 for the most basic model to €4,599 for the top of the range. Seven models, seven sizes, same quality. That's how the Canyon Grizl, which will be available from today on the German manufacturer's website, is presented.