Giant vs Specialized

Bastardbrain

Narrowed my decision down to 2 bikes but really can't decide.

Giant Reign 27.5 1
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bik ... 766/76218/
£3,999
OR

Specialized Enduro Elite
http://singletrackworld.com/2014/07/spe ... k-pricing/
£3,600

Plssss HELP!!!

rockmonkeysc

Where did you get the UK price for the Reign?

Bastardbrain

Spoke to a guy from Giant UK. I thought it was going to be more expensive after doing the conversion from the USA prices and adding the tax. He recons they are dropping in 9 days

rockmonkeysc

Last year the UK models from Giant had completely different builds to the US models. That Reign looks like a great build and I really like meastro suspension on Giant frames.

taffygriffiths

Shame about the overdrive steerer on the giant tho!

does leave it a bit limited in the long term for headsets, stems and forks!

rockmonkeysc

They have dropped overdrive 2 and gone back to a standard tapered steerer for 2015 models.

taffygriffiths

RockmonkeySC wrote:

They have dropped overdrive 2 and gone back to a standard tapered steerer for 2015 models.

ahh

says on that link...

"....Stable geometry, a tapered OverDrive steerer tube design..."
"...RockShox Pike RCT3 Dual Position Air 130-160mm-travel fork with 15mm thru-axle and an OverDrive steerer..."

unless im missing something! :P

thumbs up if they have tho!

Antm81

Overdrive is standard tapered, overdrive 2 is the odd size, the lower end 2014 trance models come with a normal steerer too. From what I know the head tube is the same as most tapered head tubes, just uses different bearings for overdrive 2.