Every now and then a motorcycle comes alongside that guarantees to revolutionize biking, however by no means earlier than has one really lived as much as that promise like the brand new Canyon Grizl:
Now I’ve been not testing the Canyon Grizl for a number of months now, nor to my data have I even been anyplace close to one throughout that point, although it’s totally potential that I’ve and never recognized it since all these bikes look precisely the identical to me. Nonetheless, I completely agree that their “daring reinvention of a key bike element” will certainly win over not solely a “rising biking section” however your entire phrase:
So what’s it? It’s known as the “Full Mounty” handlebar, which is a pleasant play on phrases based mostly on the favored Nineteen Nineties comedy film a few group of loutish Dubliners who type a soul band, although perhaps I’m complicated that with “The Commitments:”
Considered one of two newly introduced Grizl fashions from the German DTC bike model, it’s optimized for prolonged bikepacking adventures.
Towards that finish, it packs various notable options.
However none stands out greater than its wild Full Mounty handlebar, to which the time period “pentagonal” most undoubtedly applies.
The “Full Mounty” does nothing {that a} regular handlebar can’t do, although it does lastly remove the hated stem, a comparatively low-cost and easy-to-install element that permits you to shortly alter for each attain and rise:
And the “hand reduction” is only a bonus:
With roughly 9 million present choices for carrying stuff in your bike, from low-cost stuff from the web site named after a river to the exquisitely costly randonneur stylings of Jan Heine, you’ve acquired to understand Canyon’s chutzpah. I imply why not simply attempt to lock you into yet one more proprietary system as a substitute? I imply that they had a lot success with their good Hover bar…
…which they’ve since deserted, leaving riders wishing to alter their bars excessive and dry (although I suppose low and dry can be extra correct because it was mainly the world’s most intricate riser stem):
However that was the Grail. That is the Grizl, which appears to be like like a dyslexic attempting to put in writing the world “Girlz.” So what’s the distinction between the 2? I’m not even certain Canyon is aware of, as a result of I checked their web site and located this:
Nonetheless, there was no article, just a few pictures and the phrases “Grail or Grizl: you resolve” within the decrease proper nook:
Happily although we’ve acquired YouTube to assist us kind all of it out:
Watching that video made me really feel like Steve Buscemi listening to the radio in “Ghost World:”
Nonetheless I used to be capable of discern that the Grizl is precisely like a traditional bike, solely with extra plastic.
For chrissakes, simply purchase a you-know-what already…
