A new Canyon Sender has hardly been a secret. Already seen under the likes of Tahnee Seagrave and other top-tier Canyon athletes throughout last year's season, the brand's fastest and burliest bike moves to a high pivot suspension layout and gets all of the adjustment, all in the pursuit of downhill glory. Here are all of the details.

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The most noteworthy change made to the Canyon is the fact that its 200mm of suspension travel is actuated via a high-pivot suspension layout. We're told that this choice has been made to take full advantage of what a rearward axle path can offer in the traction and stability department. With that, Canyon has refined the suspension kinematic to keep pedal kickback low but boost small bump sensitivity.

Speaking of the kinematics, the bike receives 130% anti-rise to stabilize rider weight between both wheels under braking loads while the new high-pivot keeps the suspension active, says the brand. That's all built into a low-slung package to keep the centre of gravity as low as possible.

2025 canyon sender shock.jpg, by Liam Mercer

Designed to run a coil shock, the new Sender's leverage ratio is adjustable via flipable shock mounts. The goal here is to provide the rider with easy adjustment of the suspension's progression from course to course, thanks to the option to switch the leverage rate from 32.7% for a linear feel, or 37% for more progression.

As you can imagine of a bike of this caliber, it rocks a full carbon fibre frame, but this one is reinforced with Canyon's HIT technology that was first found on the Stitch CFR Trial. This tech is found at the downtube and provides extra impact protection.

In the interest of handling at speed, the Sender CFR gets a mullet wheelset, so that's a 650b wheel at the rear with a 29in one up front. Canyon says that this is the right move owing to the rear wheel's response and maneuverability, whereas the 29in wheel boosts stability and control.

2025 canyon sender headset.jpg, by Liam Mercer

As for the geometry, the new Sender is 8mm longer in reach on all sizes, and the stack is 9mm taller on the small size and 4mm taller on the extra large. The bike benefits from a 62.7-degree head angle in the low setting, which morphs to 63 degrees on the high setting. Yes, that means there's a flip chip that also provides 5mm of adjustment from 347mm to 352mm.

In fact, adjustability is rife as there are also reach adjustment cups in the headset providing 8mm of fore and aft adjustment. That's all sorted with Canyon's KIS steering stabilizer too, which is adjustable yet again.

Elsewhere, there are a host of Canyon's trademark features, including replaceable pivot hardware and bearing seals, chainstay and seatstay protection, and internal cable routing. However, the Sender gets a regular Boost rear end rather than a Super Boost. That's with the goal of achieving a more compact rear triangle to reduce heel rub, snags, and give the rider better access to a greater range of replacement wheels.

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On offer are two models of the new Sender - the CFR Underdog that benefits from a Fox 40 fork, a Fox DHX2 Performance shock, and SRAM Maven Bronze brakes. The Sender CFR Team is the all-singing, all-dancing bike that gets the same spec as the bike that took Troy Brosnan to the top of the podium at Mont-Sainte-Anne. This one gets a RockShox Boxxer Ultimate fork, a Vivid Coil Ultimate shock, SRAM Maven Silver brakes, and a SRAM X01 DH drivetrain.

If you're in the market for the very latest in downhill tech, the Canyon Sender CFR Underdog will set you back 4,500€, whereas the Sender CFR Team is 6,000€.

• www.canyon.com

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