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declan1

Keep that bike and upgrade it. That chainset weighs a ton - get a nice 105 or Ultegra one and 105 shifters. That's after new wheels - you'll notice a huge difference with some nice wheels!

smithy05

Anyone have any idea how much a TCR advanced 1 weighs? Or just the TCR advanced frame?

Burnsey#23

Well after a long 3 weeks without a road bike...she is finally here

2012 Giant TCR Composite 1




Frame: TCR Comp
Forks: TCR
Bars: Giant
Stem: Giant
Headset: Giant
Bar Tape: Fizik
Front Brake Lever: Ultegra
Front Caliper: Ultegra
Rear Brake Lever: Ultegra
Rear Caliper: Ultegra


Shifters: Ultegra
Cables: Ultegra
Front Mech: Ultegra
Rear Mech: Ultegra


Seat: Fizik Arione
Seat Post: Giant
Seat Post Clamp: Giant

Cranks: Ultegra
Chainring(s): Ultegra
Chain: Ultegra
Cassette: Ultegra
Pedals: Ultegra Carbon
Bottom Bracket: BB30

Front Wheel: Far East
Rim: Carbon
Hub: NovaTec Superlight
Tube: Specialized
Tire: Scwalbe Ultremo

Back Wheel: Far East
Rim: Carbon
Hub: NovaTec Superlight
Tube: Specialized
Tire: Scwalbe Ultremo

Accessories: Fizik Seat bag, Giant Cages,

Weight: Unknown

Vandiesel

That is lush Burnsey

alihisgreat

Here she is still looking reasonable after 5500 miles

Things to do:

-new chain
-new cassette
-new chainset so I can keep up in crits

Just wrapped the Fizik microtex and it's awful. Really hard to get it lump free.. and it looks worse than Lizard Skin dsp too... but it is £10 cheaper and should last longer.



Its a 2012 Giant Defy 1 - the only upgrades are GP4000s tyres, Thomson elite seatpost, and Specialized Romin Saddle.

declan1

Burnsey#23 wrote:

Well after a long 3 weeks without a road bike...she is finally here

2012 Giant TCR Composite 1




Frame: TCR Comp
Forks: TCR
Bars: Giant
Stem: Giant
Headset: Giant
Bar Tape: Fizik
Front Brake Lever: Ultegra
Front Caliper: Ultegra
Rear Brake Lever: Ultegra
Rear Caliper: Ultegra


Shifters: Ultegra
Cables: Ultegra
Front Mech: Ultegra
Rear Mech: Ultegra


Seat: Fizik Arione
Seat Post: Giant
Seat Post Clamp: Giant

Cranks: Ultegra
Chainring(s): Ultegra
Chain: Ultegra
Cassette: Ultegra
Pedals: Ultegra Carbon
Bottom Bracket: BB30

Front Wheel: Far East
Rim: Carbon
Hub: NovaTec Superlight
Tube: Specialized
Tire: Scwalbe Ultremo

Back Wheel: Far East
Rim: Carbon
Hub: NovaTec Superlight
Tube: Specialized
Tire: Scwalbe Ultremo

Accessories: Fizik Seat bag, Giant Cages,

Weight: Unknown

Looks great but how the hell do you sit on that without sliding off the front?

galatzo

Burnsey#23 wrote:

Well after a long 3 weeks without a road bike...she is finally here

2012 Giant TCR Composite 1




Frame: TCR Comp
Forks: TCR
Bars: Giant
Stem: Giant
Headset: Giant
Bar Tape: Fizik
Front Brake Lever: Ultegra
Front Caliper: Ultegra
Rear Brake Lever: Ultegra
Rear Caliper: Ultegra


Shifters: Ultegra
Cables: Ultegra
Front Mech: Ultegra
Rear Mech: Ultegra


Seat: Fizik Arione
Seat Post: Giant
Seat Post Clamp: Giant

Cranks: Ultegra
Chainring(s): Ultegra
Chain: Ultegra
Cassette: Ultegra
Pedals: Ultegra Carbon
Bottom Bracket: BB30

Front Wheel: Far East
Rim: Carbon
Hub: NovaTec Superlight
Tube: Specialized
Tire: Scwalbe Ultremo

Back Wheel: Far East
Rim: Carbon
Hub: NovaTec Superlight
Tube: Specialized
Tire: Scwalbe Ultremo

Accessories: Fizik Seat bag, Giant Cages,

Weight: Unknown

Needs a white stem or tape.
And Bontrager shouldn't be on anything other than a Trek - loose the Bontrager decals.
Nice otherwise !

Burnsey#23

Seat will be adjusted, also have some white Fizik bar tape to go on!! Think I'll keep the Bontrager decals for the time being though...too many Mavic n Zipps about!! Not had chance to ride it yet as its absolutely hammering down here :-(

RideOnTime

Galatzo wrote:

Burnsey#23 wrote:

Well after a long 3 weeks without a road bike...she is finally here

2012 Giant TCR Composite 1




Frame: TCR Comp
Forks: TCR
Bars: Giant
Stem: Giant
Headset: Giant
Bar Tape: Fizik
Front Brake Lever: Ultegra
Front Caliper: Ultegra
Rear Brake Lever: Ultegra
Rear Caliper: Ultegra


Shifters: Ultegra
Cables: Ultegra
Front Mech: Ultegra
Rear Mech: Ultegra


Seat: Fizik Arione
Seat Post: Giant
Seat Post Clamp: Giant

Cranks: Ultegra
Chainring(s): Ultegra
Chain: Ultegra
Cassette: Ultegra
Pedals: Ultegra Carbon
Bottom Bracket: BB30

Front Wheel: Far East
Rim: Carbon
Hub: NovaTec Superlight
Tube: Specialized
Tire: Scwalbe Ultremo

Back Wheel: Far East
Rim: Carbon
Hub: NovaTec Superlight
Tube: Specialized
Tire: Scwalbe Ultremo

Accessories: Fizik Seat bag, Giant Cages,

Weight: Unknown

Needs a white stem or tape.
And Bontrager shouldn't be on anything other than a Trek - loose the Bontrager decals.
Nice otherwise !

looks like a lightweight.

willy b

Giant TCR Alliance Zero - 2009


Bought this SH in Jan 2011 and it had done hardly any work and looked brand new. It's just clicked over 10,000 miles since I bought it, so treated it to some Ksyrium Elites (again SH) as the original Aksiums were finally looking a bit tired.

It's my best/race bike and to be honest it's great. I keep thinking about getting rid and getting something else, but to be honest I just like this too much.

Ben6899

willy b wrote:

Giant TCR Alliance Zero - 2009

Bought this SH in Jan 2011 and it had done hardly any work and looked brand new. It's just clicked over 10,000 miles since I bought it, so treated it to some Ksyrium Elites (again SH) as the original Aksiums were finally looking a bit tired.

It's my best/race bike and to be honest it's great. I keep thinking about getting rid and getting something else, but to be honest I just like this too much.

So where do you keep the motor!?

willy b

No motor, my wheels are just really really round. 8)

Vandiesel

Love it, ride it, keep it!

FransJacques

Willy that looks great, love the saddle to bar drop. Are you going to cut the steerer eventually?

willy b

FransJacques wrote:

Willy that looks great, love the saddle to bar drop. Are you going to cut the steerer eventually?

Yeah I do need to don't I

lama4

I don't even possess one,they seems very attractive.


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smithy05

Picked this up yesterday. Giant TCR Advanced 1 2013, in size XL. Absolute bargain at £1800 as well!

Vandiesel

smithy05 wrote:

Picked this up yesterday. Giant TCR Advanced 1 2013, in size XL. Absolute bargain at £1800 as well!

Bloody ell! That's a steal!
Whats the spec? & how tall are you!

smithy05

Full Ultegra throughout. Weighs in at 7.8kg with pedals, cages, mounts. I am 6ft 5, with very long legs!

ktuludays

Davdandy wrote:

mr_eddy wrote:

Its ugly and heavy but I love it !

Your not wrong there Eddy,that's one ugly beast all right.

But its how it rides that counts.

i have to say it's the best looking bike in the thread. not a fan of new bikes tbh. i hate the fat squarish style bars and swooping arches on them.

here is mine:



i love older bikes and this one rides lovely. it's heavy as hell getting her up hills but the way i see it is that the training is good.

Just upgraded the wheelset and cassette. it was rocking a 12-23t when i first got it. it was hell up hills as i live in the peak district where there are some corking climbs.

anthdci

Not the best pictures since it was starting to get dark but I've put the fulcrum racing 5s on, hoping for a nice improvement over the standard wheelset.

FransJacques

This could also be in the Cyclocross section. This 2.5 year old TCX is part commuter, part winter trainer, part ex-best CX bike, and part cyclo-tourer. I love it b/c I've asked a lot of it and it's demanded very little in return. The steering is slow but the BB is stiff and when stripped down from extraneous accoutrements it's under 8 kgs.

Bagggers

Heres my Giant TCR Advanced SL 2013 with Ultegra Di2. Frame bought from a member on here and I finished the build yesterday. Lush.

Vandiesel

That is a stunner, go to the top of the class!

FransJacques

I like your idea for the 'bars but the execution is a shambles. What *are* those brake cables doing dangling around like that in mid-air.

I think those bars are supposed to be taped all the way up unf to hide the brake cables. For 'bars like the Cinelli Ram that only need to be taped in the drops, they have carbon tubes (like penne pasta) on the underside for you to route the cables through. Do you see these on these 'bars?

Any your rear brake cable housing is a joke, please shorten it by, seriously, about 2 inches. Take a look at some pro bikes for some tips on cable length. You could hang your riding socks on that thing to dry.

SoSimple

FransJacques wrote:

I like your idea for the 'bars but the execution is a shambles. What *are* those brake cables doing dangling around like that in mid-air.

I think those bars are supposed to be taped all the way up unf to hide the brake cables. For 'bars like the Cinelli Ram that only need to be taped in the drops, they have carbon tubes (like penne pasta) on the underside for you to route the cables through. Do you see these on these 'bars?

Any your rear brake cable housing is a joke, please shorten it by, seriously, about 2 inches. Take a look at some pro bikes for some tips on cable length. You could hang your riding socks on that thing to dry.

Consider yourself told. Top of the class?.....more like a detention now!

RideOnTime

smithy05 wrote:

Picked this up yesterday. Giant TCR Advanced 1 2013, in size XL. Absolute bargain at £1800 as well!

oh that's a big one... :oops:

Bagggers

FransJacques wrote:

I like your idea for the 'bars but the execution is a shambles. What *are* those brake cables doing dangling around like that in mid-air.

I think those bars are supposed to be taped all the way up unf to hide the brake cables. For 'bars like the Cinelli Ram that only need to be taped in the drops, they have carbon tubes (like penne pasta) on the underside for you to route the cables through. Do you see these on these 'bars?

Any your rear brake cable housing is a joke, please shorten it by, seriously, about 2 inches. Take a look at some pro bikes for some tips on cable length. You could hang your riding socks on that thing to dry.

You need to chill mate. What an unhelpful assuming reply. The cables were thrown and have been sorted well before your ignorant reply. You could of course stick your 1st build on for us to pick apart ?? Gotta love the haters. Your also off mark with the Vuka Sprints, best you get on google pal.

Giantmatt75

johngti

My defy 4 on a day out in April, completely stock:



And now:



New saddle, continental gp tyres, full 105 groupset and deda bar tape. Still considering changing the handlebars for a compact set but we'll see. I'll change the wheels soon too! A nice round 10kg all in. Ish