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In July of this year, I bought a new bike, a road-racing bike from the Chinese manufacturer "Giant". It too is called TCR, but this time round I've no idea what it stands for. What I do know is that, for the money, it's a fine piece of machinery and over the next virtual page or two, I'll ... Read review
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Advantages: Price, Components, Performance Disadvantages: Lack of "street-cred"
...on was the Spring 2006 Giant TCR Team Hybrid. It comes with a compact aluminium frame with carbon fibre forks and a carbon fibre rear triangle. The components are all provided by Shimano and specified to a reasonable level - Shimano's 105 series sits mid-way in the range of price/performance.
I found a local bike shop that sold the bike and went for a test ride, at the same time comparing it to several other bikes from other brands in the same price ... ...belong.
As a company, Giant is building quite a reputation. It still doesn't have the cachet of the longer-established brands but if it's value for money that you are after, they are an excellent choice.
If you are in the market for a decent road-racing bike that will spur you on to improved levels of fitness and is good enough for some entry-level competition riding, the TCR Team Hybrid is outstanding value. If you can pick up the previous years ...
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