Which Is The Ultimate Enduro E-Bike? | Canyon Strive:ON CFR Vs Orbea Wild M-Team

Both of those look sick dudes. But I have to tell you I am in love with my 2024 canyon torque on e. 🙏🔥

I have Wild and it's the best bike I've been on in my 10 years of riding. Forget the fact that it's an e-bike, the handling is supurb. I made a handful of upgrades to my custom M10 build - Magura calipers and rotors, Hope 155mm cranks, and a Maxxis Aggressor rear tire (for the loose over hardpack terrain here in Phoenix), and it's an absolute beast. The bike definitely rewards you going faster and faster, there are trails I've ridden a ton where I keep going quicker because I'm still looking for that limit. Never ridden a bike like this before, and I've been on other ebikes like the Pivot Shuttle LT, Ibis Oso, Rocky Mountain Altitude Powerplay and Santa Cruz Heckler (my regular bike is a v2 Megatower and before that I had a Ripley, a v1 Megatower, and a v2 Hightower).

Thank you guys !!!🥳

My CF8 Spectral ON also likes less sag, maybe 25%. It does like to ride down in the travel otherwise and pedal strikes are common with too much sag. Once I figured that out the Spectral worked Much Better. I may try 155 cranks just to see whats what. We have endless rocks around here.

Been looking at these two as the main contenders to replace my kenevo SL. Uk riding, mostly off piste like the forest of dean with regular trips to BPW or Flyup417 what would you buy? The onky thing worth noting os i didnt like my KSL till i mulleted it. Thanks!

Great review guys as always. The orbea is easier on the eyes by far and there are cheaper models in the range. I don’t mind the non removable battery as I don’t race and I don’t see the cable routing as a major issue either.

I was lucky enough to ride in 6 countries last year. The orbea is Epic and it takes more time packing it in a bike bag then it does worrying about the battery. The Orbea is totally planted and nimble. If the geometry is on spec you don’t need the adjustment.

Great review and very helpful information regarding the sag setup and percentage @27%. I hardly have any pedal strikes now, thank you. Where did you add the volume spacer (apologies, I'm new to volume spacers and suspension mods? I've purchased a yellow Fox '38' 10cc spacer, is this the correct spacer and did you guys install the spacer in the front Fox 38 Performance Elite Grip2 fork shock (left-hand side) ? I have the Canyon Strive On: CFR in Medium Also, regarding the Bosch battery retaining clip, I haven't had any issues yet, but only done 270km on it so far. Is it worth contacting Bosch customers services and asking for the newer fix issued clip? Thanks in advance to anyone.

I have one question, why they don t put a big helicoidal suspension on the strive on?

I didn’t want a bike without a removable battery but Orbea had a test wild at chicksands and it was amazing large drops, dirt jumping, it’s so poppy I had to have it

Ive been pretty happy with my Ransom E-ride honestly. I sold my turbo Levo after getting it as It works as an everyday bike bit also can bomb through the chunk and hucks. It's a big of a chunky boi with its weight which would be my only grip well besides the computer it uses it older and doesnt seem to have an app to adjust settings. But the Bosch motor in E-ride works great anyways. I was mainly blown away with the value for what I spent compared to if I would have stuck with Specialized and got the kenevo

I have a Strive on : it is a beast ! Easy to ride and soooo fast ! I feel so confident with it. Going up or down, he does everything very well.

Thanks for the comparison of the two interesting bikes. I would be interested to know if the range extender also works on the Canyon? I know that it works on the Orbea, but I can't find anything about it on the Canyon, which leads me to believe that it doesn't work yet? That would be a big disadvantage for the Canyon from my point of view.

The orbea wild alloy models weigh 26 Kg, the fork for H20 and H30 is inadequate. Unfortunately, upgrade on the cards out of the box for the cheaper models. The weight is an issue for me.

I just rode the new Canyon for the first time. I’m a relatively advanced rider. I was very disappointed with the uphill pedal strike. My Levo has a 12” clear pedal height. Canyon has a 9” clear height. Does anyone put shorter cranks on the Canyon to help solve this problem? Do shorter cranks negatively impact anything else? The striking issue was really bad in rocky terrain.

The Wild with the smaller battery should be a way more agile bike. And It doesn't look like a boat, so it would be my pick + Its been winning everywhere but here (no surprise) as the best emtb.

Where is the battery connecter on the canyon? is it internal? If so how would you service or clean. I cant help to feel the power stage in Emtb racing has no real word relevance to EMTB riders. Im my case climbs are always dictated by battery preservation where possible. A bosch motor really isn't a selling point for me , tight nasty sucky parts of a trail may suck a little less using the bosch but they still suck for everyone. Two great bikes neither ticks my boxes, shame the Orbea isn't mullet and the strive isn't factory. A 160 forks are a little underdone surely a 170 would b better and even go a 36 over the 38 for the weight saving.

What height are you guys? Would you size down from a Large to a Medium if you were 6 foot on the Canyon?

A lament; there are very few head to head comparisons like this one by eMTB channels of any consequence. The potential conflict with benefactors gets in the way, which is a shame.

Sure wish Canyon still had that bike available!