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It'll still be more comfortable than your last bike.
It is a fair point, Carbon seatpost is a nice additional comfort with skinny tyres.
Actually that's another thing to look for; which bike can accept bigger tyres (I'm talking 28mm).
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That is the only negative which I can't explain for the Rose. They limit you to the 23mm Mavic Yksions, despite the 25mms being widely available and much more preferable.
Could probably squeeze 28s into the Canyon, but the Rose DT clearance looks touch and go from that mock-up, don't you think?
This will purely be a fair weather weekend bike though, so I wouldn't be so concerned about running 28s. I ride Schwalbe 25s all year round at the moment anyway, so would happily stick with them if I could upgrade from the 23s.
thross
I can see myself on both to be honest. They're both carbon frames, with Ultegra (unless I drastically prefer Force when I get a chance to have a feel of both back in Norwich) and the Mavic Cosmic Exaliths, so they look very similar, and very nice in my eyes. Rose is all black of course, while I'd have gone for the black/white Canyon, but that's of minor concern.
I like that I could get the compact chainset on the Rose a lot, and from a mechanical point of view a non-proprietary headset is a blessing. Standard stem sizes are another tick for the Rose, as the Canyon is awkward with 1 1/4.
Only real down side is the aluminium Ritchey WCS seatpost to match the rest of the Ritchey WCS finishing bits on the Rose, which might stiffen the ride slightly compared to the flashy Canyon carbon one? Although I save 100 quid on the Rose anyway, so I guess I could always just buy the carbon Ritchey post if I wanted to be a tart about it/felt noticeable discomfort.