st27 wrote:Mububban wrote:Canyon look hard to beat
I am currently in the same boat as you! Have you bought your Contend? I believe my LBS are selling GIANT CONTEND SL 1 DISC 2017 for $1600 but I am in love with the Canyon Endurace AL Disc 6.0 selling at $2k (not including delivery)
The Giant also look great in person rather than pics on the internet.
I'm still loving the GIant, as I said before I got it for $1500 so that sweetens the purchase experience. And I'd read enough about n+1 that I wanted something of decent quality to test if I'd enjoy road bikes, whilst knowing that I'd almost inevitably want to spend more on an upgraded bike within a few years
But I had set myself a $2000 limit at the time, and if I'd known about that blue Canyon AL at the time it would have been hard to go past.....but buying my first road bike, I wanted to put my bum on it and ride it first. I'd be more confident buying online now.
The only major difference between them is the GIant has a 50-34 crankset and the Canyon has a 52-36 semi compact.
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