On their Website, Giant does not provide a 'complete' geometry chart for the 2016 TCR Advanced Pro. By this I mean: (1) Bottom-bracket Drop, (2) Seat tube Setback, and (3) Fork Rake and Trail.
Does anyone know if this information is available and where? I would like to compare these dimensions of the Giant to those of comparable bikes/frame-sets from Pinarello, Cannondale, etc.
Thank you, Cannot. The bottom bracket drop was the value that I was most interested in learning; 70 mm on a medium-size frame. If I could only find a value for the seat tube setback, too.
Ah, yes of course. The primary reason why stack and reach are to be used to size a frame instead of tube lengths. The amount of seat tube setback is critical and almost always overlooked.
Note the extensive amount of seat tube setback. Likewise is the 100 cm wheel base. This 'touring bike' geometry did not prevent Hinault from winning five Tour de France, three Giro d'Italia, and numerous one-day Classics.
As the human body is the most important variable in bike fit, modern-day riders would vastly improve their performance if they would work on correct positioning instead of worry about the aerodynamics of the bike itself. Despite his talent, how much better would Chris Froome perform if he adopted a different position by riding a larger size Pinarello frame, including a higher handlebar height that would enable him to spend more time in the handlebar drops, comfortably. https://universalsports.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/070913_tdf_01_lg.jpg
Yes, a friend just purchased a TCR advanced 1. He just picked it up and I have to say it's much better looking in person than on the Giant website. I just ordered the
TCR advanced SL 2 in the bright lime/yellow. Again on the Giant site I feel the bike looks ugly but after seeing some other shots on the web I'm impressed. The day I ordered it the Giant rep was there and he agreed the web site needs to give a better preview of the bikes and he mentioned their working it. The bike should be arriving in Sept sometime. I found some photos on an Asian site taken at a Giant store and for some reason the bike has profile design wheels in a few shots
Here's a few more shots some with the SLR 1 wheelset which weight comes in at 1425 grams. The SLR 0 weights in at 1331 grams and comes on the TCR Advanced SL 1 and 0
In case anyone is wondering, I just double checked the original question on this and the bb drop on the new frames is 67.5mm for a M and 67.5 for a S. The XS is 70mm like the old version.
There appears to be conflicting information provided by Giant about the geometrydimensions/measurements of the TCR Series of bicycles. For instance, in the size 'medium:'
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