The lightweight frame with a touring-orientated riding position is not the stiffest. However, for the weight class to which most women who fit on this bike belong, this has no significant consequences. Apart from the heavy clincher tyres, the equipment is high quality and well thought out. The riders particularly liked the handlebars, which are only 37 centimetres wide, and the comfortable saddle. The mechanical disc brakes from TRP, which are actually good, disappointed when new with poor braking performance and only reached their full power after intensive braking.
CONCLUSION
ManuelaA real fun bike - except for the disc brakes, which don't brake properly when new.
IsabelSuper for long tours. The narrow handlebars fit me perfectly.
Price 1,599 Euro
Weight 8.9 kilos
Info www.giant-bicycles.de
available in specialised shops
Weight frame/fork/steering bearing** 1,051/516/71 grammes
Frame sizes*** 43, 46,5, 50, 53.5 cm
Seat/top tube/head tube 445/525/151 mm plus 15 mm headset cap
Stack/Reach/STR**** 553/369 mm/1.50
Equipment
Drive Shimano FC-RS500 (50/34 t., Press-Fit BB86)
Brakes TRP Spyre (160 mm/160 mm)
Circuit Shimano 105
Wheels/tyres Giant PR-2/Giant PR-3 23C
* The frame set accounts for 40 per cent and the equipment for 60 per cent of the overall grade. The grades are calculated up to the final grade with all decimal places; however, for the sake of clarity, all grades are given with rounded decimal places.
** Weighed weights.
*** Manufacturer's specification, test size bold.
**** Stack/Reach projected vertical/horizontal measurement from the centre of the bottom bracket to the top of the head tube; STR (Stack to Reach): 1.36 means a very stretched, 1.60 an upright riding position.
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