Show off your Giant
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ELPTX51
Active Member
- Location
- Belcamp, MD
Six weeks old 2012 Defy 1. A whole new appreciation for riding and still going strong.
Basil.B
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Nice, I'm hoping to get one soon!
marshmella
Guru
- Location
- Telford, Shropshire
[QUOTE 1985692, member: 9609"]It took me forever to balance that - then the only car I seen all evening come along - I had to start again.[/quote]
Fanta-stick
Fanta-stick
Steve Malkin
Veteran
- Location
- Cheshire
Peteaud
Veteran
- Location
- South Somerset
Now with Schwalbe Lugano and a Charge spoon saddle.
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
very niceNow with Schwalbe Lugano and a Charge spoon saddle.
Peteaud
Veteran
- Location
- South Somerset
Freshy Zaino'd as well.
Basil.B
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Nice pic, I'm still waiting to get mine! 
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Here is my TCX1 - very sorry about the poor quality pic'; will do a better one when time allows.
Long story short: ordered 2013 model in blue/black but when it arrived it was noticed that one of the rear brake bosses was out of skew - how that happened is a mystery. Giant do not have 2013 frames available for warranty till Feb 2013. The white/black/red 2012 frame that I now have was available immediately. It looks gorgeous so I took this option. I now have 2013 spec' on 2012 frame - brakes are the only difference as far as I know.
Purchased this for £1000 dead. Very well equipped for the price with 105 brifters. front and rear mech's. FSA Megaexo 46/36 and TRP CX9 brakes. The latter was a major selling point for me. I had gravitated to a cross bike as I wanted fatter tyres to cope with the dreadful roads where I live + wanted to do some light trailwork too. I had had canti's before and they were a shuddering nightmare. The TRP CX9's being linear pull took this out of the equation - result!
Standard spec' bike apart from 32mm Schwalbe Marathon Supremes instead of Kenda Small Blocks and Jagwire brake blocks - softer,& grippier than the standard TRP fodder.
Initial impressions are that this is a lively and quick bike. The tyres do a terrific job of ironing out the road imperfections, the relaxed geometry is spot-on for my 56 year old body and the brakes are first class. Re: the TRP brakes. Having been used to MTB discs I was a little concerned about how well these would stop. All I can say is that following a couple of fast descent stops they do an incredible job of stopping bike and fat (15 stone) rider very very quickly.
Loving this bike!
Long story short: ordered 2013 model in blue/black but when it arrived it was noticed that one of the rear brake bosses was out of skew - how that happened is a mystery. Giant do not have 2013 frames available for warranty till Feb 2013. The white/black/red 2012 frame that I now have was available immediately. It looks gorgeous so I took this option. I now have 2013 spec' on 2012 frame - brakes are the only difference as far as I know.
Purchased this for £1000 dead. Very well equipped for the price with 105 brifters. front and rear mech's. FSA Megaexo 46/36 and TRP CX9 brakes. The latter was a major selling point for me. I had gravitated to a cross bike as I wanted fatter tyres to cope with the dreadful roads where I live + wanted to do some light trailwork too. I had had canti's before and they were a shuddering nightmare. The TRP CX9's being linear pull took this out of the equation - result!
Standard spec' bike apart from 32mm Schwalbe Marathon Supremes instead of Kenda Small Blocks and Jagwire brake blocks - softer,& grippier than the standard TRP fodder.
Initial impressions are that this is a lively and quick bike. The tyres do a terrific job of ironing out the road imperfections, the relaxed geometry is spot-on for my 56 year old body and the brakes are first class. Re: the TRP brakes. Having been used to MTB discs I was a little concerned about how well these would stop. All I can say is that following a couple of fast descent stops they do an incredible job of stopping bike and fat (15 stone) rider very very quickly.
Loving this bike!
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Peteaud
Veteran
- Location
- South Somerset
Very nice.
