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How to choose the best lightweight climbing bike: Your ultimate buying guide

When you want to take your climbing to another heights, Canyon offers the bikes you need.

Robert Annis
Robert Annis Last update: 2025-12-05
How to choose the best lightweight climbing bike: Your ultimate buying guide Best lightweight climbing road bikes: Buyer's buying guide

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  • Robert Annis
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    Robert Annis

    Robert Annis is an award-winning outdoor-travel journalist. As an experienced writer and sport enthusiast he writes content that is inspiring with focus on road biking. You might have read Robert's articles in Bicycling, National Geographic, Outside, Travel + Leisure, Inside Hook, AARP, Midwest Living, Sierra, Hemispheres, Departures, Lonely Planet, Afar, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, RV Magazine, and Hidden Compass.

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