Carbon road bikes are among the most popular models on the market. They are particularly notable for their lightness and flexibility. Compared to aluminium, carbon offers much greater comfort. In addition, carbon is resistant to dirt and moisture. However, as a material, it has one major disadvantage. In the event of a fall, the material can break and the bike becomes unusable. Repairs are expensive, time-consuming and can only be carried out at specialised workshops. At least until now… With Canjou, repairs are back in your hands.
At Canjou, we believe that repairs are just as much a part of road cycling as Cap Formentor and Paris–Roubaix. Repairs connect you to your road bike and link memories of tours to your equipment. That’s why you should be able to ride your bike for as long as possible. Until now, the lifespan of carbon bikes was limited to a single crash. We give you the opportunity to keep riding your bike. Kintsugi is a Japanese art form in which ceramics are repaired and reinforced with gold putty. Canjou takes this art form as its model and transfers the values of repair to carbon in cycling. In this way, repair is not a flaw, but an enhancement and an element that tells a story.
Repairing items is a practice that has become increasingly foreign to society. In most cases, buying new seems easier than repairing. But for us, it’s not always about taking the easiest route. This is true for cycling, and it’s also true for our relationship with the item itself. For us, repairing and cycling are powerful acts that deserve to be celebrated.
Let’s truly ride forever. In Germany, many people in urban areas rely on bicycles and use them every day. Nevertheless, there are many who avoid cycling as a means of commuting. This is often due to a lack of infrastructure. As Danish urban planner Jan Gehl has described, it is often not the geographical conditions of a city that determine whether people cycle there, but rather the infrastructure. Cycle paths end abruptly, lead to bus stops or simply do not exist. Canjou also wants to help bring cycling back to the city. Whether on a racing bike or a folding bike. That’s why we’re out on the roads for you, to show that the roads belong to us cyclists too. We’re putting ourselves back on the map of the city. Especially where the cycle paths end. Let’s ride forever!
