Rapha Canyon Bike Hire

Canyon Ultimate CF SL 8.0 and Endurace CF SL 8.0

I managed to drop my Colnago in Condor cycles. It happened in slow motion as me and the salesman watched the top tube crack against the corner of the wall. He recommended I speak to carbon bike repair. Find them here. I will do a post once I have had the repair done.

I was booked on a club ride with Dulwich Paragon for the weekend and now had no bike so looked to Rapha to hire. The price has gone up recently from £20 to £35 per day. A big jump but the bikes are top end Canyon but there is no real discount from hiring them elsewhere.

The first weekend the rain called off the ride so I had to hire again the following weekend so I got to try out the Ultimate and the Endurance.

The Ultimate was an XS size which was to small for me and felt awkward out of the saddle. It’s a nice light bike and came with Ultreaga Di2. You need to take your own pedals and let them know your saddle height and what computer you use. They also hire out Wahoo’s. Bike came nice and clean all charged up and they let me bring it back on the Monday morning even though I hired only Sat and Sun.

Ultimate CF SL 8.0

Endurace CF SL 8.0

The following weekend I had it only sat but they allowed me to collect Friday afternoon. This means I can get a full days ride in for the hire day. This was the Endurace and in a small size. This was a much better fit and was a really light and quick bike. The two things I took away from this bike which I will add to my next bike were the disk breaks, great in the wet and 28mm tyres. These felt like cushions on the bike and were really comfortable. Alongside the springy seat post I felt like I had suspension. A little bendy for hard a saddle climbs though. It also came with the Sram Force wireless groupset. This looked great and was slick in shifting. It also had a great gear range so less shifting on the front. Cycling weekly review here.

Overall a good service from Rapha if a bit expensive, more details here.

Don’t forget to take your own pedals!!

You also need to be a RCC member!