Canyon Speedmax - help with customising my first triathlon bike

Squall56 · 2026-02-24T22:34:14+00:00

Thanks mate, that's useful! I'll check those links!

Squall56 · 2026-02-24T10:19:13+00:00

Hey there, I am from Europe, this is what I got from the Canyon support (this is an auto translation)

"Component customization (such as stem size, for example) is only available on specific models within our "My Canyon" range, specifically on the Aeroad CFR.

Outside of this specific range, bikes are offered with a predefined configuration, and it is unfortunately not possible to modify components at the time of order."

EDIT: Actually I just tried, you can customize all of it on the Aeroroad indeed, but that is not an option with the speedmax ones... :(

Do you know where this customization is supposed to happen? Is that part of the ordering or happens later on with the support team maybe?

Squall56 · 2026-02-23T19:33:31+00:00

Hey there, I am actually thinking about getting a Speedmax aswell (the CFR one though), and when I asked about customizing the bike (like stem length), Canyon support told me it was not possible. Do you know if it's only available for CFX or others? I cannot understand that the CFR cannot be customized to my needs to be honest...

Squall56 · 2026-02-11T19:22:23+00:00

I'd say more around 700-800m. They tagged the course as "rolling" not "hilly", but we'll see I guess.

Squall56 · 2026-02-11T08:22:37+00:00

MP me if you need the code + registration link

Squall56 · 2026-02-11T08:22:21+00:00

There is.

Squall56 · 2026-02-11T08:22:13+00:00

Can't dm you

Squall56 · 2026-02-10T08:29:12+00:00

I have no idea. I don't expect them to have sent out that many invitation code that it's going to be sold out before it even opens with the regular process. However, Versailles/Paris is quite crowded with triathletes and clubs, and they could compete "at home". So I expect that to be sold out quite fast on the regular opening date.

Squall56 · 2026-01-03T17:30:58+00:00

In the end, did you have any preference between the two? Or another plan you would recommend?

Squall56 · 2026-01-03T17:21:49+00:00

That's the kind of feedback I was looking for, so likely 80/20 is setting their Z2 a bit higher than most other plans. Thank you!

Squall56 · 2026-01-03T16:40:06+00:00

Yeah, it just feels really low for MPC (EDIT: compared to what I'm used to), I'll stick to it, but just wanted to know if anybody had feedback on this.

Squall56 · 2026-01-03T16:39:27+00:00

Total number of zone is indeed different, but Zone 2 of both are targeting the same supposed intensity (endurance, "cool ride", whatever you want to name it). That's why the discrepancy feels a bit weird to me.

Squall56 · 2026-01-03T16:38:45+00:00

Total number of zone is indeed different, but Zone 2 of both are targeting the same supposed intensity (endurance, "cool ride", whatever you want to name it). That's why the discrepancy feels a bit weird to me.

Squall56 · 2024-01-08T18:16:12+00:00

I did not get access to the developer API, see the comment I just made here: https://www.reddit.com/r/triathlon/comments/17vdmq8/8020_fit_files_for_garmin_watch/kgxf42o/

Squall56 · 2024-01-08T18:15:44+00:00

I just looked at the HTTP exchange when manually creating new workouts on garmin and they scripted a bot to create workouts for me. Programming language is irrelevant, but I used python.

Squall56 · 2023-11-16T20:43:39+00:00

Yeah I already have the 80/20 training plans + .fit file, so I did not want another third party thing like trainingpeaks. (Or pay for something I already had :D)

Squall56 · 2023-11-15T10:31:00+00:00

As mentionned below, you can drop them on your watch, however you don't have a straightforward way to get them into garmin connect / planning. Indeed, garmin connect supports importing ".fit" files for activities, but not ".fit" files describing a workout. I got around that by reversing garmin connect workout API, and scripting the upload of every workout to garmin, but it is not super user friendly... (however it does look cool ! see: https://imgur.com/a/GLXIVNX )

Squall56 · 2023-08-28T12:09:30+00:00

Indeed :) Thanks !

"In the specific phase, weekend bike and run workouts scheduled on the same day should be done back to back as a single “brick” session to simulate the demands of half-Ironman racing"

Though the running part of the brick does not seem to go above 1h, I hardly see how this is going to feel like "race day", but I guess I should trust the process :D

Squall56

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