ˈɡrɪz(ə)lɪŋ/Grizlin‘ is just like riding, but with your priorities set right. Experience over performance. Stories over glories. Grizlin‘ means rolling out the door with an open mind, not knowing quite what‘s going to happen.

Much has been said of Gravel over the years, defining, interpreting, looking up to the stars and trying to put a finger on just what “it” is. But as Confucius says, the time for philosophising is over. Gravel is fully established and it is most certainly here to stay. Opening up new experiences for both roadies and mountainbikers, providing the perfect entry into life on two wheels for new-comers to the sport, its appeal and potential are so broad that its growth shows no signs of slowing.

In 2018 Canyon entered the Gravel market with the Grail. This is the bike that broke the internet thanks to its iconic Double Decker Cockpit, embodying a typically Canyon approach to a new world of riding. The Grail is a benchmark Gravel bike for how it combines com-pliance and efficiency. Using carbon’s material properties, they achieve great comfort without re-sorting to mechanical suspension at both the cockpit and rear end. This is also what makes the Grail one of the lightest Gravel bikes on the market to this day.

With the Grail now well established on the scene, Canyon asked themselves, what else do modern Gravel riders need? Is there a gravel bike to rule them all? Well, there isn’t one. Just like the range of riders who take to Gravel, the applications people use their bikes for and the terrain they take them on are so broad that there is no one bike to rule them all. Look at mountainbiking, it’s about the right horse for the right course.