Is Tahnee Seagrave’s high-pivot prototype carbon DH race bike the next-gen Canyon Sender CFR, with built-in KIS steering stabilizer?
Click to email a link to a friend A lot is going on with the next-gen Canyon Sender CFR prototype DH bike that we spotted Tahnee Seagrave and a couple of her Canyon CLLCTV teammates racing at the Bielsko-Biała World Cup over the weekend. First off, the unreleased carbon downhill bike features an all-new high single-pivot suspension design with an idler pulley that should manage chain tension. There’s a complex set of nested linkages to drive either air or coil shocks.
It also means the bike’s chainstay length lengthens during compression. That’s helpful as the front center gets shorter when the telescoping fork compresses, so the lengthening rear end helps compensate, as the rider shifts their weight back on big compressions. And at the same time keeping the bike’s handling consistent, or even more stable as you encounter big hits.
Plus, an extra guide strapped on that lower stay can’t hurt for Seagrave. As we see in her start sprint , when she’s putting down max power through the pedals in the hardest/smallest cog, the frame hasn’t compressed much and her derailleur is struggling to keep the chain tight.
But, both Troy Brosnan & Luca Shaw are racing with the self-centering KIS spring system on their versions of the new prototype Canyon Sender CFR downhill bike. Canyon had previously told me that the CLLCTV team were testing out KIS. And now we can see that they are racing it on the World Cups, too. Brosnan’s M-sized race bike has “Layup C” hand-written on the side of the headtube with a date from just last month, suggesting that even if the molds are done, Canyon are still dialing in the final material construction. Both Shaw & Seagrave’s bikes also have plenty of handwritten notes on them, too. My guess is this Canyon Sender prototype will continue to be tested for the full 2024 DH race season. Before it makes it into any consumer’s hands.
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