yep..Canyon Grail....but with Shimano GRX 2x 12 Speed.... Love it. Gives me good top end on the road and the makes cycling in the Watagan Mountains more manageable
I really wanted to go Shimano, but couldn't look past the discount for SRAM. I have been using my Grail for commuting a bit lately, and I really notice a gap in the gearing.
Great to see you hitting up the gravel, and congrats on the 1000 subscribers and new bike. I live in Regional Victoria and hit up the gravel 3-4 times a week as it is at my door step and absolutely love it. I’ve just recently gone from 40’s to 45’s and the difference is huge mainly due to now running 10psi less (comfortable) on the same terrain, believe it or not it is actually faster too. Coupled with the new tyres I also went with 50mm deep Creative Classic Carbon rims and dropped 2 sizes of bars and ditched the flare and now run a Roval 1piece cockpit with 40cm bars. I’m going along the lines of Dylan Johnson and have noticed benefits with these little mods. Re your tyres, I always carry due to the nature of my riding and remote location, a Silca Tattico mini hand pump mounted to my front fork, 2 TPU Tubes and always have darts on me, personally I’ve found the Stans no tubes darts easier to use than the dyna plugs. I also run tubeless with 100ml of Orange Seal Endurance sealant in my Pirelli Gravel tyres (mullet setup, mixed terrain front and RC rear) and replace it every 2 months. I guess you could call me a gravel geek, I now know I love the faster style if gravel, still enjoy the state park rougher style but prefer the 28-30kmh avg style of gravel. Each to their own and I’m lucky enough to have the choice. Are you doing Gears and Beers?
@@ModerateCyclist we had to make a choice and have chosen to do the Dirty Docker the Pint and Gravelista - Seymour over Gears and Beers. I’ve heard it is an awesome event, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. We recce’d the Gravelista course last weekend and it is epic. I run a Diverge the originator of frame storage, you’ll find that it can fill up pretty quickly with the appropriate gravel spares 😉 hence the pump on the fork.
That's a very nice first gravel bike. Some additional fire trails to consider adding to your loop - Larool, Neverfail Gully, Sandy (a bit technical in places), Cullamine, Perimeter (plus the Long Track offshoot), down Duck Holes and up Chiltern. There are also trails from Davidson including Cascades, Heath & Bare Creek. I use 45mm tyres and find them useful for the rocky terrain around the northern beaches, definitely tubeless and definitely need a good repair kit to allow you to have the confidence to get adventurous.
Yeah I might have gone a bit extra 🤫. Some much food for thought in this list. Will have to create a monster. I have 2 outside of Sydney adventures coming up!
Central trail made me question the 40s, but anything less than that they are fine. I might consider the suggestion from Dave Arthur’s video (45 on front).
I have the old grail, whilst I like the bars, it is a little long for me. FWIW on the old it is too narrow for 45mm tyres, would be nice if it fitted. Not worth running 650B either because the bottom bracket is already low, that little bit lower and it is easy to catch a pedal. But it is a good bike, at a great price, I think the new on seems allot better.
The wheel base is a bit of an adjustment from a road bike. It seems you can have 45mm on the front of the new grail but the rear definitely not. Price is definitely right. New is really just simplified and race oriented I think. Enjoying it so far!
I got no idea about gravel I went from BMX to MTB to Road. 😂 How’s the gear spacing on the 1-by? I find on my mechanical shimano 105 that I love the fine ratio differences in the middle of the cassette; I’ve become really sensitive to maintaining a good cadence. Those top 3 big ratios at the top of the cassette really irk me - I’ve considered getting an 11-25 cassette (wow old school much?). Apart from the ratio jumps, is the sram system left up right down on the shifters? No double buttons anywhere?
I think it is somewhere between road and MTB, although this route felt more like MTB at times. So far so good with the 1by, no awkward leaps. The big gears only really come into effect when it gets really steep. Yes SRAM is single button, which TBH is a bit annoying, but not a show stopper.
@@ModerateCyclist I’d probably find myself in a muddle jumping from shimano road to sram gravel and hitting the wrong shifter 🤦♀️ I’ll have to make sure if I get a gravel bike to get one with grx! 🤷♀️
@@ModerateCyclist yes, every time I go to look at bikes, it’s always the SRAM options that seem to be the value proposition. Lucky for me, we’re in the middle of purchasing a new house, so buying a new fancy bike is off the agenda for the rest of the year!
@@doctorscootGRX doesn’t have anywhere near the options for gravel when you go with a SRAM (eagle) mullet setup. You’ll find GRX will be lacking on the top and bottom end. Another benefit with SRAM on a gravel bike is the ability to take a spare battery. 👍🏻
Liking the look of those gravel trails 👍
Thanks mate, just gotta watch those gullys. Might try your suggestion and put a 45mm on the front.
yep..Canyon Grail....but with Shimano GRX 2x 12 Speed.... Love it. Gives me good top end on the road and the makes cycling in the Watagan Mountains
more manageable
I really wanted to go Shimano, but couldn't look past the discount for SRAM. I have been using my Grail for commuting a bit lately, and I really notice a gap in the gearing.
Congratulations on one thousand subscribers. Here's to many more subscribers in the future.
Welcome to the world of gravel. It's great fun!!!
Cheers mate, and thanks to you for your support!
Great to see you hitting up the gravel, and congrats on the 1000 subscribers and new bike.
I live in Regional Victoria and hit up the gravel 3-4 times a week as it is at my door step and absolutely love it.
I’ve just recently gone from 40’s to 45’s and the difference is huge mainly due to now running 10psi less (comfortable) on the same terrain, believe it or not it is actually faster too. Coupled with the new tyres I also went with 50mm deep Creative Classic Carbon rims and dropped 2 sizes of bars and ditched the flare and now run a Roval 1piece cockpit with 40cm bars. I’m going along the lines of Dylan Johnson and have noticed benefits with these little mods.
Re your tyres, I always carry due to the nature of my riding and remote location, a Silca Tattico mini hand pump mounted to my front fork, 2 TPU Tubes and always have darts on me, personally I’ve found the Stans no tubes darts easier to use than the dyna plugs. I also run tubeless with 100ml of Orange Seal Endurance sealant in my Pirelli Gravel tyres (mullet setup, mixed terrain front and RC rear) and replace it every 2 months. I guess you could call me a gravel geek, I now know I love the faster style if gravel, still enjoy the state park rougher style but prefer the 28-30kmh avg style of gravel. Each to their own and I’m lucky enough to have the choice.
Are you doing Gears and Beers?
So much great intel in here. I did pickup a pump, there is a slot inside the frame for it 👨🍳💋. Yeah man heading to Wagga tomorrow. You going?
@@ModerateCyclist we had to make a choice and have chosen to do the Dirty Docker the Pint and Gravelista - Seymour over Gears and Beers. I’ve heard it is an awesome event, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.
We recce’d the Gravelista course last weekend and it is epic.
I run a Diverge the originator of frame storage, you’ll find that it can fill up pretty quickly with the appropriate gravel spares 😉 hence the pump on the fork.
That's a very nice first gravel bike. Some additional fire trails to consider adding to your loop - Larool, Neverfail Gully, Sandy (a bit technical in places), Cullamine, Perimeter (plus the Long Track offshoot), down Duck Holes and up Chiltern. There are also trails from Davidson including Cascades, Heath & Bare Creek. I use 45mm tyres and find them useful for the rocky terrain around the northern beaches, definitely tubeless and definitely need a good repair kit to allow you to have the confidence to get adventurous.
Yeah I might have gone a bit extra 🤫. Some much food for thought in this list. Will have to create a monster. I have 2 outside of Sydney adventures coming up!
Central trail made me question the 40s, but anything less than that they are fine. I might consider the suggestion from Dave Arthur’s video (45 on front).
@@ModerateCyclist might see you at Gears and Beers if you’re going to be there. Will keep an eye out for the shiny new bike😉
I will be there! Should be a good day!
MTB still seems more fun and pleasant for riding this kind of terrain. Plenty of small features to enjoy, and shocks.
I will admit, I did ask myself that question through a couple of these sections.
You should have titled it "New Canyon Grail on Super Gnarly Sydney Gravel" from 11:38. When you change over to tubeless, make video for us!
Haha 😜 that was on my title shortlist. Maybe I should change it.
Also too late on the tubeless conversion. Not much to tell there. Zipps were the easiest tubeless setup I have ever done.
I have the old grail, whilst I like the bars, it is a little long for me. FWIW on the old it is too narrow for 45mm tyres, would be nice if it fitted. Not worth running 650B either because the bottom bracket is already low, that little bit lower and it is easy to catch a pedal. But it is a good bike, at a great price, I think the new on seems allot better.
The wheel base is a bit of an adjustment from a road bike. It seems you can have 45mm on the front of the new grail but the rear definitely not. Price is definitely right. New is really just simplified and race oriented I think. Enjoying it so far!
I got no idea about gravel I went from BMX to MTB to Road. 😂 How’s the gear spacing on the 1-by? I find on my mechanical shimano 105 that I love the fine ratio differences in the middle of the cassette; I’ve become really sensitive to maintaining a good cadence. Those top 3 big ratios at the top of the cassette really irk me - I’ve considered getting an 11-25 cassette (wow old school much?).
Apart from the ratio jumps, is the sram system left up right down on the shifters? No double buttons anywhere?
I think it is somewhere between road and MTB, although this route felt more like MTB at times. So far so good with the 1by, no awkward leaps. The big gears only really come into effect when it gets really steep. Yes SRAM is single button, which TBH is a bit annoying, but not a show stopper.
@@ModerateCyclist I’d probably find myself in a muddle jumping from shimano road to sram gravel and hitting the wrong shifter 🤦♀️ I’ll have to make sure if I get a gravel bike to get one with grx! 🤷♀️
@@doctorscoot yeah it’s a bit of a brain overload. Ideally I would have stuck with Shimano, but it was hard to go past the discount with SRAM.
@@ModerateCyclist yes, every time I go to look at bikes, it’s always the SRAM options that seem to be the value proposition. Lucky for me, we’re in the middle of purchasing a new house, so buying a new fancy bike is off the agenda for the rest of the year!
@@doctorscootGRX doesn’t have anywhere near the options for gravel when you go with a SRAM (eagle) mullet setup. You’ll find GRX will be lacking on the top and bottom end. Another benefit with SRAM on a gravel bike is the ability to take a spare battery. 👍🏻