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Idk man that canyon looks a bit unusual. Unless I'm missing something on the pictures, I don't vibe that double handlebar thing going on. The salsa looks like the more understandable bike but I think they're both pricy.
What kind of riding are you planning to do on it?
The Canyon is a previous year's model, on sale and luckily, in my size. Here's the current one, without the funky bars: https://www.canyon.com/en-us/gravel-bikes/performance/grail/cf-sl/grail-cf-sl-7/3575.html?dwvar_3575_pv_rahmenfarbe=R119_P01
I ride alone and with small groups, on streets and dirt paths and in one place, on real gravel. I ride about 12 - 15 MPH on average, between 10 and 50 mile routes.
I'm open to cheaper ideas too.
I bought my wife a used rocky mountain solo and she loves it. Also got a lot of compliments this weekend from others that tried it out. It's a lesser known brand but I have no complaints about it so far.
Gotcha, thanks