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XtC Advanced SL 29er

The all-new XtC Advanced SL 29er was developed with British Olympian Liam Killeen to conquer World Cup XC courses and singletrack trails with speed, efficiency and control. Handcrafted with Giant's highest-grade composite material, it's the machine that helped Liam win his seventh XC National Championship in the U.K. and qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games this summer. 

This video highlights some of the design details in the new 29-inch-wheel hardtail XC racer. Lighter, smoother and faster XC riding and racing—coming soon from Giant.
Killeen raced a prototype version of the XtC Advanced SL 29er this summer in the lead-up to the Olympics.

2013 Avail Advanced SL: Liv/giant’s Lightest, Stiffest Road Bike

 

Avail women’s road bikes from Liv/giant are known for unmatched comfort and long-distance pedaling performance. New for 2013, Liv/giant offers a new premium-level endurance road model, the Avail Advanced SL! 

Available this fall, the Avail Advanced SL is the lightest frame from Liv/giant. (In fact, at just 799 grams for a size Small, it’s the lightest frame in the Giant catalog.) 

The Avail Advanced SL delivers increased efficiency and improved handling for female cyclists. Utilizing Liv/giant’s 3F philosophy of Fit, Form, and Function, the Avail Advanced SL features integrated seatpost technology for comfort, efficiency and weight reduction. It also utilizes Liv/giant’s proven women’s-specific Avail geometry, which ensures that female riders are properly balanced over the bottom bracket for optimal comfort and pedaling efficiency. And the Advanced SL-grade composite frame is built with a women’s-specific layup to provide the smoothest, most responsive ride possible. 


These bikes will be available in November, but you can visit your local Liv/giant retailer for details on how to order your Avail Advanced SL now!



New Trance X 29er

The all-new Trance X 29er trail bike was officially unveiled last week at the Crankworx Les 2 Alpes event in France. This video goes behind the scenes with Rabobank-Giant rider Adam Craig, who helped develop the breakthrough 5-inch-travel trail bike, riding and racing prototype versions over the last year. 

For more details on the new Trance X 29er, click here. 

The newest member of the award-winning Trance X family is this all-new 5-inch travel 29er. Its premium ALUXX SL frameset with Maestro Suspension was specifically engineered to optimize the performance benefits of larger 29-inch wheels. It features a new single-spar rear swingarm for a tighter wheelbase and shorter rear-center length, which results in razor-sharp handling in all types of terrain.


Bicycling magazine announced the winners of its 2012 Editors’ Choice Awards and Giant topped all other brands by winning three of the eight most popular categories. Editors named Giant bikes best in the following categories: Women’s Road Bike, Entry Level Road Bike and Plush Road Bike. 

The Editors’ Choice Awards represent the highest honor for Bicycling, the world’s largest cycling magazine with more than 2 million readers. 

“Bicycling’s Editors’ Choice Awards represent the cream of the crop in bicycle design and innovation, as companies continue to raise the bar on performance, technology, value and comfort,” said Bicycling editor-in-chief Peter Flax.

The Giant Defy 2 has owned the Entry Level Road category for three years running now. "Taking its third consecutive Editors' Choice crown, the Defy 2 again demonstrated its mastery at manipulating aluminum to give cyclists an impressive ride feel," claimed Bicycling editors. 

The "Plush Bike" award went to the Defy Advanced 1, also a repeat winner. "In winning its second consecutive Editors' Choice award, the Defy confirmed its place among the best road bikes of any kind," wrote Bicycling. "We include it in the plush category because it has a slightly upright position, making it more suitable for less flexible cyclists. Overall, the Defy is well suited to endurance-style riding."

And finally, the TCR Advanced W earned Liv/giant its fourth straight title in the Women's Road Bike category. "The Advanced W was the lightest bike of the test group, and felt the fastest and most efficient--especially when the road pointed up," editors wrote. 

To select winners, Bicycling’s editorial team narrowed down a field of thousands of bikes to the top 28 candidates. The editors then tested the finalists head-to-head over the course of a month, including a field testing trip in Tucson, Arizona. Winners were then selected on the basis of performance, durability, comfort, weight, value and price versus their competitors. 


Strikingly Fast: Born from Giant’s superlight Advanced-grade composite and race-proven Maestro Suspension, the all-new Anthem X Advanced 29er is a meticulously handcrafted machine. But it’s not just eye candy. This 29er is made to devour climbs, rail singletrack and rip descents with unrivaled speed and control.

It’s every XC rider’s dream: World Cup speed and agility with a distinct advantage in control and confidence. Giant’s lightest-ever full-suspension 29er features an Advanced-grade Composite front triangle and ALUXX SL rear swingarm with Maestro Suspension. You get all the performance benefits of 29-inch wheels without compromising the proven race pedigree of the Anthem X.

Giant Wheel Systems:

Bicycle wheels have traditionally been viewed as an assembly of individual parts. Rims, hubs, spokes and other wheel parts were produced individually and then assembled to form a wheel.

That was the old way of thinking. To create Giant WheelSystems, engineers studied the ways the individual parts of a particular wheel affect each other. This research informed the overall design process, pushing Giant to develop wheel components that work together to deliver best-in-class performance. Every rim, spoke, and hub has been designed to function as a system to improve overall performance.

System-Engineered Performance considers the following factors: stiffness, aerodynamics, weight and comfort.

STIFFNESS

1. A wide-flange front hub spaces the hub flanges out an additional 4mm to increase lateral stiffness. This results in quicker handling and better control.

2. Today’s drivetrains, which feature 10 or more gears on the rear cassette, can make it diffi cult to maintain optimal stiffness and strength in the rear wheel. Giant P-SLR1 and P-SL0 WheelSystems feature an asymmetric rear rim design that maintains spoke-bracing angles for better strength, stiffness and durability.

AERODYNAMICS

3. P-SLR1 Aero features ultra-light 50mm deep scandium-and-composite rims with internal-locking alloy nipples to improve aerodynamics.

4. P-SLR1 Aero hub and rim surface profi les feature smoother, streamlined surfaces for enhanced airfl ow. And the P-SLR1 Aero rim shape, width and hidden spoke nipples all help create a smoother airflow to maximize aerodynamic performance.

5. P-SLR1 Aero, P-SLR1 and P-SL0 WheelSystems feature bladed stainless steel spokes for optimized aerodynamics.

All Giant WheelSystems feature 21mm wide rims, enhancing the aerodynamic profile by creating smoother airfl ow over the tire and rim.

WEIGHT

Every Giant WheelSystem features the lightestavailable parts for its targeted category and usage.

The rims on Giant WheelSystems are engineered with cutting-edge materials, such as composite, scandium and high-strength aluminum to improve rim strength and stiffness while lowering rotational mass.

COMFORT

Wide-flange front-hub designs produce a smoother-rolling front wheel, which improves overall ride quality.

All Giant WheelSystems feature 21mm rim widths for an ideal tire profi le that allows for lower PSI without increased risk of pinch fl ats. The benefi ts of lower PSI include a more compliant ride, lower rolling resistance and better cornering stability.

OPTIMIZED PERFORMANCE

Giant WheelSystems are designed with the best balance of stiffness, aerodynamics, weight and comfort. They are hand-built to the highest performance specifi cations, using top-quality Swiss hub internals. The result is system engineered performance to optimize your ride.

In one weekend, four Rabobank-Giant cyclocross stars claimed their country’s national titles riding the TCX Advanced SL. Katie Compton won the 2012 US National Cyclocross Women’s Championship.  In the Netherlands,Lars Boom won the Dutch Men’s title, Marianne Vos won the Women’s crown, and Lars van der Haar won the U23 Dutch title.  Matt Pacocha, US editor atBikeRadar.com, also spent some time aboard a TCX Advanced SL and here’s part of what he says in an online review:

"Giant’s ‘halo’ cyclocross bike comes straight from the European race circuit, melding expert carbon construction with one of the highest bottom brackets we’ve ever ridden” What does the high BB mean for your riding?  For one, there’s the additional clearance for mud and sand riding. This offers an advantage in the dry, too: you almost never have to stop pedaling…” The expert carbon construction provides other advantages as well, “Before we cut the mast of our medium sample TCX Advanced SL frame it weighed just 1,193g – making it one of the lightest ‘cross chassis we’ve tested...On the race course, this light weight …translates into bullet-like acceleration.”

Read the full review at BikeRadar.com or click here to see a pdf of Pacocha’s comments.


The crew at Cycling Plus in the U.K. recently put the Giant Defy 1 through some of the most rigorous testing we’ve ever seen in its February 2012 edition. What did they find? “…the all-new 2012 frameset sets new benchmarks for alloy responsiveness and ride quality….There is a flow and vitality to the Defy frame that puts it in a different class to anything else we’ve ridden in its category this year.” “Having seen the entire test team fall in love with Giant’s Defy 1, we can’t think of anyone who it won’t suit. It’s light, responsive under power, but forgiving over the long haul, well equipped and really well balanced in positional and handling terms. The result is a bike that springs forwards with real purpose when you need it to, but glides along happily when riding is more about clearing your head than maxing your heart rate.”

So how did the Giant Defy 1 stack up against its competitors? It wasn’t even close…the Defy 1 rode away with a very impressive 4.5 stars! In a field of five other competitors (including a carbon frameset) the ALUXX SL aluminum Giant Defy 1 leads the field with a “superbly responsive yet fluid ride backed up with an excellent spec for the money.” 

Click here for a pdf of the entire Cycling Plus review.

Giant’s Anthem X 29ER series of big wheel mountain bikes has gotten big recognition from two online sites. First, TwentyNineInches.com revealed the Anthem X 29ER is their “Reader’s Choice” among all bikes in the 29’er category.   “Many readers mentioned the Anthem as being a great all-rounder for XC, Trail, and back country adventures.  It seems the bike had quite an impression on those that owned the new Giant full suspension 29er for 2011.  Congratulations to Giant Bicycles and their Anthem X 29 full suspension bike!”  A pdf of the review is available here.

Also, DIRTRAG Magazine online spent this past summer taking the 2011 Anthem X 29ER 2 out for a cruise. After riding on various technical terrain over many hours, Product-Tester Karl Rosengarth “…had a great time aboard the Anthem X 29ER 2.  On multiple 5-6 hour hammer-fests, I was happy to have the Anthem X 29ER’s big wheels and 100mm of well-behaved suspension as my partners in grime. If I stayed on the gas and committed to my line there was very little in the way of rocks or roots that would slow down this bike.”

Click here for the pdf.

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