The Canyon Torque AL 6.0 is a rubbish enduro bike. There it is, we’ve said it. It’s slower than most of the bikes in this test on enduro trails and climbing is a real ordeal. So why is it that every tester loved it?
The Canyon Torque is a hard bike to categorise. With 180/175 mm travel, it’s knocking loudly on the door of downhill bikes while the geometry and single crown fork put it back into enduro territory. If we had to place it, we would have to whisper cautiously… freeride… Shhh, you didn’t hear it from us. It’s a heavy bike at 15.8 kg but it comes with an amazing build kit given it’s €2,799 price tag. Fitted on the burly 6061 frame is a RockShox Super Deluxe Select+ RT shock, huge 180 mm RockShox Lyrik Select fork, SRAM GX Eagle drivetrain and SRAM CODE R brakes. The budget but tough, DT Swiss E 1900 wheels with 30 mm internal width rims are shod with the popular MAXXIS Minion DHR II 2.4” tires in the lighter EXO casing. The bike is finished off with a RaceFace Chester 20 mm riserbar and Iridium dropper.
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