ONE MORE BIKE, ONE MORE BIKE

I have to say I really really appreciated this honest review, it felt very honest and true, without any pretence of knowing everything. Most other reviews leave you just as baffled because everyone is such an "expert". Keep going buddy, subscribed.

My recommendation as someone who also went through a similar bike ordeal when it came to picking a gravel bike, ride this bike as much as you can, and treat it as an all arounder and it'll treat you great. But when the itch for the next bike comes, lean fully into an adventure gravel bike. I personally see my gravel bike as the bike I grab when I don't need it to be fast, I don't need it to have the perfect gear, I purely need it to be able to handle whatever I throw at it. So I went big clearance, steel frame, and a 1x setup with a massive dinner plate in the back for very low gearing. Then make your grail into a speed machine road bike. On the days you want to train and go fast, take the grail, on the days you want to just ride grab the gravel. Regardless, the Grail is a beautiful bike and I'm sure it's going to treat you great for years to come.

btw the creaking might come from the horizontal saddle adjustment, clean and reapply carbon assembly compound - this fixed it for me

I have it 3weeks now. Did just 200km.The bike developed squeaky noise, i found it was headset break hose rubbing against the fork. There is foam insert on the hose and it just wears off. I put new foam insert and is gone. Coming from top road bike, I need to say is fast and very comfortable.

Take it to a canyon certified bike shop if you can. Canyon have a list of their website. The bike shop get paid by canyon to fix warranty concerns. Everyone wins. They make money fixing bikes and most of the time canyon pays them for the work. Especially your speed wobble. Worth getting checked. My speedmax came with the headset completely fucked. Certainly not fixable by an average home mechanic like me. One trip to the shop, a few emails and canyon covered all repairs. Bike shop did a full build and safety check on the bike. All covered by canyon and they gave me some vouchers for the online shop as compensation. Everyone’s a winner.

Bro I felt the same way about buying a direct to consumer bike and bringing it to my local bike shop. The owners were totally cool about it and as long as people get on bikes, they'll still get business through maintenance and fixes.

Speed wobbles are often associated with a misaligned frame (front & rear wheels not tracking when bars are straight), or really bad wheel dish (same tracking result). Frame misalignment happens more often with metal frames, but can happen with carbon too. Have a shop check both. I once developed a speed wobble on an Exxon Graftek bike in ’78; rode it straight to a bike shop to trade it in. Good luck in resolving this!

Thanks for the video. So glad I bought the grizl after watching this. I already have an outdoor endurance road bike. This seems to be in between that and a gravel bike.

Nice. Very fair to the bike. Speed wobble almost certainly the tyres. To the point with very little distraction. Thanks....

The creak you described is likely the seat post. Make sure there is a lot of carbon paste applied and crank it down to 7Nm. Canyon support approved this method. I was really bummed out about the creaks on my first ride. Haven't heard one in 400km

Speed wobble: in my case i loosened my grip of the bars, pressed thighs along the top tube - settled the wobble.

Things like Unbound - that's pretty much the only gravel race I know...😂😂😂

I'll give you a like... I just bought one too. I love it although I do wish they could take a larger tire.. Otherwise, pretty nice. Oh, and I have a Aeroad too, it's cool. OOOH, and I wish you could just get the Grizl fork for when you want to load it with gear for bikepacking.

Would love a long term review on your CREO.

I have the SL version. Squeeky noise is indeed in the headset rubber peace that is locted between the fork and the front part of the frame. Another knocky sound I have is in my seat post. I used the carbon fiber vaseline there and it helps but it comes back so regular lubing is key. I love this bike so far (650km ridden)

Hi - great review... I have the same bike on order (albeit a 1 x)... Speed wobbles can be lots of different things but are usually down to the wheels not 'balanced' (a bit Like you get your car wheels balance) but you would never stick 'little weights' on your cycle rims! Are the tyres tubeless or do you have inner tubes (My advice would be go tubeless - it helps.) If you search youtube for cycle wheel balancing... there's a guy who shows you about wheel wobble/unbalanced wheels.... worth a watch... Enjoy!

69th like, that's new bike territory.

I really enjoy this bike, only the fact that the price dropped by 500€ like 8 weeks after release and then they included a ceramic bottom bracket instead of a token bothers me a bit.

That creak is probably from your Westport or head tube. Would remove it and re-apply some of the grease they supplied. It says that you will hear creaking in the manual if you don’t apply enough

You can never have too many bikes... She'll forgive you

Really good review! I already have an aero road bike-was on the fence between the Grail and Grizl. You helped me decide!

Great video. What size is your grail?

Dude the tire clearance is 42 rear, 46 front. Says it on the Canyon website. That’s with the Canyon mud guards My 45 G one RS measures to 44.4.

You should get that "speed wobble" thing checked out - something has to be off. Maybe your fork isn't properly preloaded? I have even knobbier tires on my gravel bike and I've never experienced such a thing and I've approached 50 mpg on some road descents.

Sell it and buy that grizl ! It's the better bike cause it's more capable. The grail feels so niche, only if racing is your thing the bike fits you, imo! The grizl is more the explorer , slower, bit more comfy but for me feels more in doing everything right if you know what I mean

I fit 45mm in the front and 40mm in the back.

What kind of pedals do you have? and are they good? I'm thinking of replacing my old shimano 520 and wondering what to choose

I had a Grail for 5,000 miles.. it started falling apart around 2,000 miles. Everything that was glued on.. sudden wasn't haha

You bought this bike as a commuter??? You’re nuts 😂😂

Nice bike, but I hate those stems/handlebars. Something about the bike as a whole is just too characterless and clean for me

I have a Grizl. It's so fun. With room for 50mm tires and a more slack geo than the grail I find the Grizl so incredibly versatile. The same cannot be said for the ultra specific Grail. The fact you have a road bike makes me wonder why you bought such a race oriented gravel bike when racing is clearly not your vibe. Not that there's anything wrong with that

Are you wearing a retainer?

The fact that the bike accepts up to 42mm tires is an absolute disgrace. I'm sure you can stuff 45's in there but not left with much clearance for mud. Several of the pros at Unbound ran MTB tires that measured 55mm. For that I think this bike will be obsolete as the trend for larger tires will grow. But for most punters 42's would be enough.

Bet the creaking is from the bottom bracket