With this weekend's outing at The Mid South 💙featuring considerably more off-road terrain, Stetina's weapon of choice switches to Canyon's dedicated gravel bike, the Grail.
The stand out feature of the Grail is what Canyon have dubbed the 'Grail Cockpit'; formerly known as the hover bar, it is a two-tier 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:handlebar design that divides opinions everywhere it goes. Stetina's opinion is positive, as he confirmed to Cyclingnews: "I'm enjoying the dual handlebar design, there are a lot of inventive hand positionsꦆ you can adapt for control and aerodynamics on different surfaces".
Owing to his family's relationship with Shimano, it's perhaps unsurprising to see Stetina running a Shimano groupset and c🍰omponents from Pro. The bike is currently fitted with Shimano's GRX 🎀Di2 groupset, but can easily be mix-and-matched to suit the terrain.
"My Grail is currently set up 💝as a 2x for all the steep terrain I train and adventure on," Stetina explained. "However, the benefit of using the entire Shimano family is I can easily swap out parts and keep the shifting seamless.
"You may see me on a 1x for events like DK and Mid South, bu☂t the 2x for mountainous races like Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder and Crusher in the Tushar. The 52-11 is perfect for hammering the road and keeping up with a group and the 36-34 is small enough for just about any pitch."
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Peter Stetina's Canyon Grail full bike specifications
Frameset: Canyon Grail CF SLX, size M
Handlebars & stem: Canyon CP07 Gravel Cockpit CF
Seatpost: Canyon S15 VCLS 2.0 CF
Brake/shift levers: Shimano GRX 815 Di2
Front derailleur: Shimano GRX 815 Di2 front derailleur
Josh is Associate Editor of Cyclingnews – leading our content on the best bikes, kit and the latest breaking tech stories from the pro peloton. He has been with us since the summer of 2019 and throughout that time he's covered everything from buyer's guides and deals to the latest tech news and reviews. ꦕ;
On the bike, Josh has been riding and racing for over 15 years. He started out racing cross country in his teens back when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s, racing at a local and national level for Somerset-based Team Tor 2000. These days he rides indoors for convenience and fitness, and outdoors for fun on road, gravel, 'cross and cross-country bikes, the latter usually with his twoও dogᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs in tow.
