One of the main changes over Brosnan’s previous bike, a medium Specialized Demo, is in the sizing. Compare his current size medium Sender to his previous medium race Demo and you’ll see that Troy’s current bike is closer to that large Demo. The recommended size for Troy at 5’7″ would be in between small and medium Sender but even 5’10” team boss Fabien Barel rides an extra large. And this is against a backdrop of Canyon DH bikes being some of the longest on the circuit.

Sender M     440      1232 (+16)      63       348     430/446

Demo  L      440      1228              63.5     342      430

Demo M      420       1208              63.5     342      430

Secondly Canyon seem to be developing a new link on the bike along with a coil shock, quite a different set-up to the production version of the bike. There’s also not too much carbon fibre on the team bike, aluminum Mavic wheels and swingarm.

Whatever the details its great to have Canyon finally arrive on the World Cup circuit. It could well be a battle royale between the European brands this season.