After two years of Fabio Wibmer teasing us with alloy, then carbon prototypes and garage unboxing sneak peeks, Canyon’s new lightweight Stitched CFR Trial carbon street trials bike is here, and ready to ship to your door. Yes, it’s a CFR carbon frameset, and uses a new-to-Canyon aerospace-derived HIT composite tech that is said to be 30% more durable than aluminum.
Canyon Stitched CFR Trial carbon street trials bike
This new Stitched CFR Trial isn’t the first time we’ve seen the German direct-to-consumer bike company build a special trials bike for Austrian all-around mountain biker Fabio Wibmer. Canyon says Wibmer said he wanted to “Redefine what’s possible. Change the game.” when they sat down to develop a next-gen trials bike a little over two years ago.
We got a first sneak peek at the project when he joined Canyon’s team in 2020 with an alloy test mule prototype, then a closer look and full breakdown last winter of the latest carbon version.
But, now it’s real.
And you can actually get your own!
Tech details
Canyon says the Stitched CFR Trial’s secret sauce is “a top-secret material, usually reserved for the aerospace industry” that their engineers incorporated into the new High Impact Technology (HIT) Composite layup to build a bombproof street trials bike to survive repeated “impacts, crashes and bails”. The result is a lighter, stiffer 1700g frame & matching CFR fork built to withstand street trials abuse.
They say the Stitched CFR Trial has been “extensively tested and proven to be over 30% more durable than its aluminum competitors”. The bike gets Boost thru-axles, a threaded BSA bottom bracket & 27.2mm seatpost.
Nothing fancy with geometry though, it’s a tried-and-tested on-size fit & handling that will feel familiar to anyone hucking from one trials obstacle to the next.
Canyon Stitched CFR Trial – Pricing, spec & availability
Canyon’s new lightweight Stitched CFR Trial carbon trials bike is available in just one Medium size and complete Fabio Wibmer edition build with ‘Shockwaves’ graphics like on his special edition Torque Mullet CF.
For 3000€ you get the CFR carbon frame & rigid fork, a single-speed drivetrain with 165mm Truvativ Descendant cranks a 30T chainring, integrated bash guard & 16T rear cog. The bike is spec’d with SQLab Fabio Wibmer Trial Edition hi-rise bars (30X 730mm wide, 84mm rise) & stem (80X 90mm x 35°) & 70X grips, plus Magura MT7 brakes with 203mm rotors, and a 24″ 30mm internal alloy DT Swiss TR1700 trails wheelset with 2.35″ Continental Air King tires – at a claimed 9.95kg complete bike weight without pedals.
Canyon says it’s a limited edition build, and no word on US availability, but act now if you need a new street trials bike.
