{"id":6419,"date":"2019-01-24T21:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/?p=6419"},"modified":"2019-01-24T21:30:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T19:30:24","slug":"canyon-announce-2019-strive-with-29-wheels-and-revamped-shapeshifter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparkbikereview.com\/canyon-announce-2019-strive-with-29-wheels-and-revamped-shapeshifter\/","title":{"rendered":"CANYON announce 2019 STRIVE with 29″ wheels and revamped Shapeshifter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new year has barely begun, and Canyon is already making a flying\nstart to the 2019 season by announcing the latest generation of its enduro bike\nStrive. The Strive is the German direct sales brand\u2019s most successful and\ninnovative mountain bike \u2013 and the latest iteration, with a totally revamped\nShapeshifter system, marks a major step forward in its development. A\nfull-suspension, full-carbon 29er built for the world\u2019s toughest Enduro stages\nand demanding local trails, this bike delivers maximum efficiency and top\nperformance on the most challenging rides imaginable. Welcome to Shred City!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using a gas spring, the Shapeshifter system lets the rider adjust the Strive\u2019s\ngeometry between the \u201cpedal\u201d and \u201cshred\u201d mode while riding, simply by flicking\na handlebar-mounted switch. In the 2019 Strive, the Shapeshifter has been further\ndeveloped and refined in close cooperation with the suspension experts at Fox,\nresulting in major visual and functional improvements. But that\u2019s not all: the\nStrive also now rolls on 29\u201d wheels \u2013 a new approach taken after months of\ntesting with pro riders such as Ines Thoma and Dimitri Tordo, who both compete\non the Strive for the Canyon Factory Enduro Team, under the stewardship of team\nprincipal and former DH World Champion Fabien Barel. \u201cFor some time now, there\nhas been a clear trend towards 29-inch wheels in Enduro racing \u2013 but we weren\u2019t\ninterested in just blindly following that trend\u201d says Daniel Oster, Canyon’s\nCategory Manager for Gravity Bikes. \u201cTrends don’t win races \u2013 intensive testing\nand development do. We know that the 2019 Strive with the new Shapeshifter will\nbe one of the fastest Enduro bikes out there: that was our stated aim when\ndeveloping the bike. And the vastly more intuitive geometry adjustment system is\na big plus for all riders, not only the pros.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n