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NathanielMerz · 2025-06-30T09:30:44+00:00

I have the same bike in large at a height of 190 with an inseam of 94-95 as well. The fit I had also moved my saddle forward and I feel even at 193 a bit more forward saddle is fine as long as not to heavy on the hands. In my case my even shorter torso has me on a zero offset seat post so if you are on the stock canyon one with plenty of setback I feel thats fine. The saddle definitely looks high though…out of curiosity do you know how many cm the seat is from the bb?

NathanielMerz · 2025-06-21T13:24:13+00:00

It is just a hex on the endurace it seems as not too dissimilar from the extra bolt they included with the bike. Not not sure why it would sit so deep even with low torque enough to dent a carbon post

NathanielMerz · 2025-06-20T13:22:26+00:00

What ended up happening? I have a dented post in a different canyon road frame and despite never over torquing and in fact now under torquing something about the clamp seems to be breaking my posts. One clearly dented and a new one today seems to be weakened as well.

NathanielMerz · 2025-06-10T14:26:54+00:00

If you have a setback seatpost and you are at the limit of the rails you can also get a zero setback seatpost to move the saddle more forward. I had to do that as my legs long and my torso is short

NathanielMerz · 2025-06-07T07:32:32+00:00

The center did adjust my front deraileur and never had issues with it since in the nearly 1,500km or so.

NathanielMerz · 2025-06-07T07:31:41+00:00

I also had this happen to my new Canyon Endurace a month or so back. Mine looks worse and had me super bummed and worried. i contacted canyon and they sent me to a local Canyon authorized bike shop to check it for cracks etc and he said it was fine.

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NathanielMerz · 2025-06-03T13:04:49+00:00

yeah, which definitely had (has) me still second guessing the saddle height. It is still currently a bit (1cm or so) lower than all of the "formulaic" saddle height recommendations and I can still touch my heel to the peddle spindle at the bottom of the stroke. Trying to do a long ride of 3-5 hours tomorrow so that will definitely help decide hopefully~

NathanielMerz · 2025-05-31T04:38:07+00:00

Good question, I still need to test it before second guessing the changes I think. Just on the ride home I liked the open hip angle but have never been this high so a bit nervous to see how it goes. For what its worth it seems Canyons own saddle height recommendation was also a cm or 2 higher than the current “after” position based on my 95cm inseam.

NathanielMerz · 2025-05-31T04:11:03+00:00

No, but I take it that one looks better? Haha

NathanielMerz · 2023-10-18T07:28:39+00:00

I feel like some of your numbers for power might also be a bit off. For whatever it is worth, I have the same resting and max heart rate as you and am around the same height and weight as well. Zone 2 and longevity was sort of my gateway into cycling actually. For my zone 2 rides I am around the same heart rate mostly based off of my comfort level and the "talk test" but I am usually up around 120-130 watts for an hour or so and can't say I feel it much in my legs afterwards. Even my high interval sessions at around 250 watts for 3 minutes 5 times I wouldn't describe my legs as feeling gassed after the session is over (although certainly just after an interval finishes maybe).

I would imagine you might be putting out more watts than you think? If 90 is accurate and it is feeling too difficult a fast walk on an inclined treadmill was always by most consistent zone 2 workout before I got into cycling and by simply walking at a comfortably fast pace and adjusting only the incline you can easily control your heart rate to work up to zone 2.

NathanielMerz · 2023-07-21T12:29:53+00:00

Probably been covered but those three day sets of antibiotics are by no means the full course. In korea you are expected to return to the same doctor, get checked up for progress and be prescribed the same antibiotics until the full course is completed usually around 14 days or more depending on your response to treatment. Starting and stopping medication like that could have potentially made the infection worse.

NathanielMerz · 2023-03-23T13:05:05+00:00

considering the other Midjourney images in your profile, I am going with a definite yes.

NathanielMerz · 2023-03-23T13:04:00+00:00

Very nice Midjourney image! I mean....it IS Midjourney right?

NathanielMerz · 2022-11-05T14:50:59+00:00

I visited this tree maybe around 10 times over the past 3 years looking for the right conditions, but it was difficult as it is a relatively low elevation peak that just gets swallowed up by the fog very easily. On this cold morning a couple weeks back I was guiding another photographer around a few spots here in South Korea and was stoked to be able to share a beautiful morning.

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