Grail AL

Canyon introduced the Grail AL in 2018 as the aluminum companion to the polarising carbon Grail CF with its double-decker hover-bar cockpit. The alloy version skipped the hover bar entirely, using a conventional drop bar to undercut the carbon model on price while keeping the same race-gravel geometry, 42 mm tyre clearance, and 12 mm thru-axle disc-brake platform. Through five model years the Grail AL anchored Canyon's sub-€2,000 gravel offering, with Shimano Tiagra at the bottom and GRX 800 mechanical at the top. By 2023-2024 Canyon restructured its gravel lineup into two clear families—the adventure-oriented Grizl (which absorbed aluminum buyers) and the race-only carbon Grail CF/CFR—and the Grail AL was discontinued. New gravel buyers shopping alloy at Canyon are now steered to the Grizl 5/6/7 instead.