Earlier this year, Canyon unveiled its all-new Spectral and welcomed a host of updates, including its Keep It Stable technology as standard. The Neuron:ONfly then announced the brand's step into the world of lightweight e-mountain bikes. The Spectral:ONfly combines both concepts, using the excellent Spectral platform to host a TQ motor to create a natural, playful and great-value e-MTB. Here's everything we know.

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The latest bike to hit Canyon's mountain and e-MTB range, the Spectral:ONfly, has been crafted to produce a bike that combines capability, lightweight and value. Importantly, the bike takes the foundation laid by the regular, pedal-powered Spectral and slings a TQ HPR50 motor around its bottom bracket.

2024 canyon spectralonfly motor.jpg, by Liam Mercer

That motor, famed for its lightweight and low noise outputs 50Nm and 300W of power at peak. It's combined with TQ's simple but attractive display and a 360Wh battery that can be extended thanks to a 160Wh range extender.

However, Canyon hasn't just bolted a TQ motor onto the Spectral and called it good. TQ has worked with the motor brand to tune the motor's three power modes to provide a higher peak power per mode. This is all in a bid more a more natural feel, with Eco offering 231 watts of power and mid-kicking out 270 watts.

2024 canyon spectral onfly tt.jpg, by Liam Mercer

Built to withstand Category 4E strength tests, the Spectral:ONfly's frame is said to weigh just 2.65kg with full bikes weighing 18.1kg at minimum, on a medium size. Canyon then claims this bike is around 3.5kg heavier than its non-assist counterpart.

As for the geometry, there's a 64-degree head angle and a 76.5-degree effective seat tube angle. However, the chainstay has been stretched to 440mm to help keep the bike planted on steep climbs. The reach has also been reduced to liven up the response.

This time around, the Spectral:ONfly has mullet wheels to boost agility and there's no option to choose a full 29-inch setup. That's also to help simplify the packaging of the wheel speed sensor.

Suspension-wise, things have changed a little as this model gets 150mm of suspension at the rear and 160mm at the front.

The frame gets all of the mod-cons expected of a new bike in 2024, including a fat 34.9mm diameter seat tube that plays home to lengthy dropper posts with travel measuring from 170 up to 230mm. There's plenty of frame protection around the seat and chainstays, and the bottom bracket. Of course, there's also Canyon's renowned replaceable pivot thread inserts.

2024 canyon spectral onfly riding.jpg, by Liam Mercer

Perhaps one of the bigger headlines is that it's the second bike in the range that receives K.I.S, or Keep It Stable as standard.

The new Canyon Spectral:ONfly is available in four builds with most donning Fox suspension, apart from the Spectral:ONfly 8 that gets RockShox units. Otherwise, a slew of SRAM and Shimano drivetrains are specified.

Pricing starts at £5,200 and goes up to £8,350, making the Spectral:ONfly one of, if not, the most affordable TQ-equipped e-MTB currently on the market.

We've had a bike on test for a few weeks ahead of launch, so head over to the Canyon Spectral:ONfly CLLCTV first ride review to catch our early verdict on Canyon's latest bike.

• www.canyon.com

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