The Endurace was launched in 2014 as Canyon’s first road bike that wasn’t race-focused. Its more relaxed ride position and 25mm tyres placed it in the endurance category and the bike has evolved ever since while keeping that focus.
However, 2026 has seen the launch of the latest model, the Endurace CFR, which takes the bike in a new direction. It’s almost as aero as the Aeroad CFR, abandons relaxed for pro geometry and forsakes the in-frame storage of most modern endurance bikes. Mudguards? Pah.
The history of the Endurace was pretty convoluted even before it turned pro, with multiple carbon frames with different characteristics, an alloy version and even a 40mm-clearance Endurace AllRoad. Here’s a rundown of the Endurace’s evolution.
2014 Endurace
Warren Rossiter covered the launch of the original Endurace in 2014. Back in the day, the Endurace was Canyon’s first bike that adopted a more relaxed geometry and favoured endurance riders, although its designer still tagged it as a capable racing bike.
The design focused on Canyon’s VCLS (Vertical Compliance, Lateral Stiffness) tech. This was applied to the seatstays, seat tube and fork. But the bike's signature feature was the VCLS split-shaft seatpost, which continues on the majority of Endurace models, with the exception of the lowest-priced bikes and the new Endurace CFR.
Further comfort came from the 25mm tyres (rather than the standard 23mm) on DT Swiss wheels, with a progressive 18mm internal rim width rather than the more usual 15mm. Canyon claimed, and we agreed, that this added a lot of comfort.
The Endurace had a stated 1,040g frame weight, with 340g for the fork, and offered full bikes priced from £1,399 with Shimano 105, which was newly updated from 10 to 11 speeds. You could choose the top-spec Endurace CF 9.0 SL with Dura-Ace for £2,599. Rim brakes were de rigueur.
2014 Endurace AL
While the Endurace was launched as a carbon-framed bike, a few weeks later in 2014, Canyon added a lower-priced alloy model. The Endurace AL had rim brakes and a Shimano 105 groupset, weighed 8.26kg and cost £999.
The alloy bike had a non-tapered steerer and external cabling, and it too ran on 25mm tyres, which were paired with Mavic Aksium wheels.
2016 Endurace CF SLX
Two years later, Canyon unveiled the Endurace CF SLX, its first road bike with disc brakes and swapping to thru-axle wheels from quick-release. There was also a new focus on aerodynamics, with Canyon claiming the bike was only 1.4 watts slower than the Ultimate.
Canyon swapped to an integrated cockpit, along with internal cabling, and its claimed frame weight for the CF SLX decreased to 820g. The Endurace retained its higher-stack/shorter-reach geometry relative to the Ultimate race bike and Aeroad aero bike.
Added comfort came from a seatpost clamp, which dropped around 100mm from the top-tube junction, while the VCLS seatpost was retained. The tyres got an uplift, too, enabled by the swap to disc brakes, now measuring 28mm, with frame clearance for 33mm. Canyon specced a 52/36t crankset with an 11-28t cassette.
In the time since 2014, bike-price inflation had already taken hold, with the mechanical Ultegra base spec costing £3,499 and a £5,099 price tag for the Dura-Ace bike.
Later in 2016, Canyon slotted in the Endurace CF SL as a more affordable disc-brake option with the same looks but a lower-spec carbon frame, enabling it to offer four additional specs, with the lowest-priced 105-equipped bike costing £1,799.
2017 Endurace AL Disc
The alloy Endurace added two hydraulic disc brake options at the start of 2017, also offering internal cabling, although there were still no mounts for mudguards. The new alloy frame had a 1,350g claimed weight.
Canyon specced a single-shaft carbon VCLS seatpost rather than the split-shaft model.
With Shimano 105, the Endurace AL Disc was priced at £1,199 and had an 8.8kg claimed weight.
2017 Endurace WMN CF
Later in 2017, Canyon introduced a women’s-specific geometry version of its carbon Endurace CF. This, too, was disc brake-only and offered a 3XS smallest frame that, along with the 2XS, rolled on 650b wheels.
Based on its data on female purchasers of its bikes, Canyon decreased the frameset reach and increased the stack. The smaller frame sizes were introduced to cater for the shorter average height of its women riders and, with a lower average weight too, Canyon redesigned the frame tubes to lower bike weight and increase compliance.
2022 Endurace CF/AL
The next change to the Endurace was for its lowest-grade carbon frame and the alloy bike. This upped tyre clearance from 30mm to 35mm and added bag mounts on the top tube.
There was also an update to the carbon fork and a swap to a BB86 bottom bracket, although sticking with press-fit. The front end still sported external cables and the WMN bikes disappeared.
Canyon took advantage of the extra clearance to offer an all-road spec for the Endurace CF with 35mm tyres, while 3XS and 2XS-size bikes continued to be fitted with 650b wheels rather than 700c, which enabled Canyon to shorten the chainstays to keep a more consistent geometry for its smaller sizes.
Prices for the alloy bike started at £1,399 with Shimano Tiagra, while the Endurace CF ranged in price from £1,999 to £2,999. Riders in some territories still had a rim-brake alternative to discs for the alloy bike.
2023 Endurace CF SLX/CFR
The 2023 update to the Endurace saw, for the first time, a CFR premium frameset added to the range, eclipsing the CF SLX. Both framesets added in-frame storage, although in the top tube rather than the more usual down-tube location where there's potentially more room.
The tube profiles were made more aero and Canyon slightly relaxed the Sport geometry of its predecessors. The frame offered 35mm tyre clearance and Canyon fitted mismatched 32mm rear/30mm front tyres – the former for comfort, the latter for better aerodynamics.
Front-end integration came from the variable-width Pace handlebar, now shared with the Aeroad and Ultimate. With SRAM Red AXS, the Endurace CFR hit a price of £8,999.
2025 Endurace AllRoad
The Endurace AllRoad became a standalone alloy model in 2025, increasing tyre clearance to 40mm.
With a 10-speed Shimano CUES groupset, including hydraulic disc brakes, the single available spec cost a bargain £949, although in 2026 that has increased to £999.
2026 Endurace CFR
The latest Endurace, launched this April in CFR spec only, takes the bike in a very different direction.
Rather than a relaxed endurance bike, the Endurace CFR is now a race bike for the cobbles, ridden to victory in the 2026 E3 Saxo Classic by Mathieu van der Poel. He switched back to the Aeroad for Paris-Roubaix though, arguably the race for which the new Endurace CFR was designed, where he placed fourth.
The new bike adopts many of the aero features of the Canyon Aeroad, but with wider 35mm tyre clearance rather than the Aeroad’s 32mm. Canyon claims its head tube is stiffer than the Aeroad CFR and that its drag is only 1 watt greater at 45km/h.
The Endurace CFR adopts the Sport Pro geometry of Canyon’s Aeroad and Ultimate race bikes, which is more aggressive than the previous Endurace. There’s a new Race handlebar as an option, although the same variable-width Pace cockpit is still fitted as standard.
The Race bar lowers the stack by a further 20mm and increases the reach by 10mm, making the ride position even more pro. It weighs 120g less than the Pace bar, too, helping reduce the full bike weight to a claimed 7.5kg. The two available specs each both priced at £8,500.
Needless to say, with the more race-oriented design, in-frame storage has disappeared.
