morrisman
Guru
So I'm having a new bike.
I have convinced myself that a road bike would be better than a hybrid, my current ride.
I like the look of the Giant Defy range and they seem to get good press/reviews plus my LBS stocks them.
So it's a choice between the Defy 2 or the Defy 3. According to the Giant website all I can see that differs between them is the gearing both in quality (Sora/Tiagra) and range. But here comes the confusion the 2 is 20 speed but the highest gear is 50/12 and the lowest 34/30, whereas the 3 has only 18 gears but a higher high gear 50/11 and lower low gear 34/32. So do I want a bigger range, coming from a hybrid with a triple that seems a good thing, or a smaller range with smaller increments when changing? Plas does Tiagra give real world benefits over Sora?
Oh1 and I hate the chainwheel on the Defy 2
I have convinced myself that a road bike would be better than a hybrid, my current ride.
I like the look of the Giant Defy range and they seem to get good press/reviews plus my LBS stocks them.
So it's a choice between the Defy 2 or the Defy 3. According to the Giant website all I can see that differs between them is the gearing both in quality (Sora/Tiagra) and range. But here comes the confusion the 2 is 20 speed but the highest gear is 50/12 and the lowest 34/30, whereas the 3 has only 18 gears but a higher high gear 50/11 and lower low gear 34/32. So do I want a bigger range, coming from a hybrid with a triple that seems a good thing, or a smaller range with smaller increments when changing? Plas does Tiagra give real world benefits over Sora?
Oh1 and I hate the chainwheel on the Defy 2