Canyon’s Full Mounty is the handlebar people point at in the bike shop. It’s a one-piece carbon cockpit with a pentagon-shaped loop between the hoods, and I’ll admit my first thought was that someone had welded a picture frame to a drop bar. The shape has a job, though. It gives long-distance riders more places to put their hands and a proper shelf for bags, a computer and a light, all on one part.
You can buy it two ways. The bar alone, sold as the CP0050, is $499.95 from Canyon. It also comes fitted to the Grizl ESC builds, and the cheapest of those in the US is the Grizl CF 7 ESC at $2,999. Everything else in the Grizl CF range ships with a regular bar and stem, so the Full Mounty is a choice, not a requirement.
Price: $499.95
Where to Buy: Canyon
What the Full Mounty Actually Is
The bar and stem are a single carbon piece, so there’s no separate stem to swap. The tops split into two arms that meet again ahead of the steerer, which is where the loop comes from. Behind that loop you still get a normal drop bar: hoods, ramps and drops with 16 degrees of flare and 5 degrees of backsweep.
Canyon lists a 115mm drop, 69mm reach and a -6 degree cockpit angle. It clamps a standard 1 1/8-inch steerer and weighs 0.92 lb, which is about what a decent carbon bar plus an alloy stem weighs anyway. Four sizes pair stem length with width: 50mm/420mm, 60mm/420mm, 60mm/440mm and 70mm/440mm. That’s the one fit limit I’d flag. If you need a 90mm stem or a 46cm bar, this cockpit doesn’t come in your size.
More Places for Your Hands
A regular drop bar gives you tops, hoods and drops. The Full Mounty keeps all three and adds the two outer arms of the loop, which have textured grip sections so you can wrap your hands around them. On a long day that means you can sit up and change pressure points without letting go of anything solid.
Here’s how I think about it. Three hand positions are fine for a two-hour ride. When the ride runs to eight hours, a fourth and fifth position is the difference between numb fingers and finishing the ride. If your gravel rides are short and fast, you won’t use the loop much.
Bags, Computers and Aero Bars
The front of the loop is a standard 31.8mm round section, so normal computer and light mounts clamp straight on. Under the bar there’s a 128mm cargo cage interface and two 64mm bottle cage interfaces. There are also mounts for Canyon’s Long Distance Extensions if you want to get low into the wind.
The neatest part is the Canyon LOAD CP0050 Cockpit Bag for $59.95. It drops into the loop and keeps snacks and a phone where you can reach them without stopping. Bar and bag together come to $559.90, which isn’t cheap, but it replaces the bag clamps, computer adapter and light bracket most bikepacking setups end up collecting. If you’d rather run a traditional roll bag, it still straps underneath.
What $2,999 Gets You in the Grizl CF 7 ESC
The Grizl CF 7 ESC is the easiest way to get the bar. It’s a carbon frame and fork with a 1×12 Shimano GRX mullet drivetrain: GRX RX610 shifters and crank with a 40-tooth chainring, a GRX RX822 rear derailleur and a SunRace 11-51T cassette. That low gear is there for steep climbs with a loaded bike.
Wheels are DT Swiss G1800 with 45mm Schwalbe G-One Overland tires. Canyon gives the frame 54mm of measured tire clearance and 440mm chainstays on every size from 2XS to 2XL. A size M weighs 21.65 lb. There are front and rear rack interfaces, so it’s set up for real touring loads. Canyon adds $99 for shipping and packaging, which brings the bike to $3,098 at checkout.
The Catch: Riding Out of the Saddle
The loop sits closer to you than a plain bar does. The most common complaint from people who’ve ridden it’s that it can get in the way when you stand up to climb or sprint. Seated, it’s a comfort upgrade. Out of the saddle, it’s something you’ve to get used to.
That’s the trade. You get more comfort and storage while you’re seated and give up some freedom when you stand. If you spend most climbs out of the saddle, the regular-bar builds below are the safer pick.
Prefer a Regular Bar? The OG Builds
Canyon sells the same Grizl CF frame with a normal bar and stem. The Grizl CF 6 is $2,499 with SRAM Apex XPLR, and the Grizl CF 7 AXS is $3,499 with wireless SRAM Rival XPLR AXS. At the other end, the Grizl CF 8 ESC w/ Eclips pairs the Full Mounty with Canyon’s Eclips system for $4,799.
The math is simple. The CF 7 ESC costs $500 more than the CF 6, almost exactly what the bar costs on its own, and you also get Shimano GRX in place of SRAM Apex. If you already know you want the Full Mounty, buying it on the bike beats adding it later.
Who Should Ride One
The Full Mounty makes sense for riders who measure trips in days. If you carry a cockpit bag, a computer and a light, and your hands get sore after a few hours, this bar fixes all of that in one part. Bikepackers and long-distance tourers get the most out of it.
Skip it if your gravel riding is fast group rides on packed dirt, if you stand up to climb a lot, or if you need a stem longer than 70mm. For that rider, the Grizl CF 6 at $2,499 is the smarter buy.
Price: $499.95
Where to Buy: Canyon
At $499.95 on its own or $2,999 on the Grizl CF 7 ESC, the Full Mounty is the most useful odd-looking handlebar I’ve seen for loaded touring, as long as you ride seated most of the time.
Amazon doesn’t sell the Full Mounty, but Redshift’s Kitchen Sink bar with a loop adds extra hand positions to a regular drop bar for $149.99.
Price: $149.99
Where to Buy: Amazon
