Thanks for the discussion @kiwifyx @redlude97 @iamholland , I learned something!
Most of my riding is on day trips from home, with the occasional weekend getaway. After reading your comments, for me I don’t think the BB matters that much day-to-day. The ounce of weight is not relevant to me, but neither is serviceability. But I get your point!
Anyone pulled the trigger? I’ve put in an order for the Grizl and should ship in beginning of July.
I have a Redshift stem on my 2017 Giant TCX SX that I use for gravel. I’ve had it on there over a year and I love it.
My Grizl should arrive tomorrow. I hope to get it built up and go for a ride this week.
Same here. Hope it comes early enough to get out for a ride tomorrow!
Mine came in yesterday & I did a short ride.
My first impression was very good. I will change the stem to a longer one and the bars for some narrower option & then it should be pretty perfect for fast gravel action!
Mine came in today, but I only had time to get it built up, dialed in a bit, and accumulate 5 miles around the neighborhood. I hope to get in a proper ride in the coming days, but so far the size and geo feels good. This is my first Canyon and it came without any paint chips etc., but I may need to optimize the shifting a bit still.
I couldn’t deal with the fake dirt graphics…but yours looks absolutely fantastic!!
Received new bike on Tuesday and taken it on a couple rides now. First impressions are it feels like I am on a monster truck! (I am coming from strictly road riding) So far I am really enjoying the smooth ride and still working on the fit. I’ll report back once I’ve been able to spend I good amount of riding on it.
Hello! Is been 10 months since you last posted about your grizl. I’m sure you have some adventures with this bike. I’m planning on buying one and I’m hoping to get some of your feedback on how you like your bike. I have an endurance AL 6.0 2021 but I am very limited to going off-road. So getting Grizl CF SL 8 will hopefully fix that problem and have more new adventures to explore around my area 
I was thinking of getting the Grail CF SL 8 but I feel like is already the same as the endurance AL 6.0 2021 except you can go off-road. However, I am wanting to make my Grizl CF SL 8 commuter bike like going riding in the snow and such.
Nice!
Yeah anything bigger than 43s on 700 and you want to go 650b just for the stand over height. The tires get bouncy too.
I have very much enjoyed my Grizl. It has been a great bike. I use it as my one to do it all and ride 50/50 road/gravel with it. I find it to be very comfortable with good compliance for long gravel rides and super comfy on rough roads. I’ve done a little bit of single track with it at a small mountain bike trail located near me and it is very stable through the corners and terrain. I also have a set of carbon road wheels I throw on it and it gets the job done. It’s not quite as quick and twitchy as a dedicated road bike, but for me it works well. Still setting PRs on segments I’ve been riding for years but that has to do more with TR than the bike. I haven’t ever ridden it in the snow but know it has a pretty big tire clearance so I don’t see why it wouldn’t work well for those conditions.
The only complaint I have is wish there were different colors to choose from when I bought it. Surprised there wasn’t a black option. The sea foam green isn’t my favorite but I’ve learned to like it and won’t let it slow me down 
Grizl AL7 arrived on Tuesday. Shifting was flawless out of the box.
Took it for a spin Wednesday. Super comfortable and stable - with 45mm Schwalbe G-One tyres, I’ll get beaten up less on day-long gravel rides compared to the all-road bike with 700x32s. Seemed to roll surprisingly well on the last section of pavement before home.
Interestingly it came with a Rotor crankset instead of the Shimano GRX crankset - the Big S must be having some serious supply chain issues. The component specs on the Canyon site don’t even list what crankset is supplied 
Set it up tubeless today, very easy to seat the tyres, compared to the Pirelli’s/GravelKing’s I had issues with seating on the Hunt rims on the all-road bike.
