Advantages: Price, Components, Performance Disadvantages: Lack of "street-cred"
When I was little, I got a TCR racing set for Christmas. In those heady days, TCR stood for "Total Control Racing". Something like a Scalectrix, but without the slots, so the cars could change lanes.
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 tell you exactly why.
Spurred back on to my bike, after more than 10 years of neglect, by a declining level of fitness and an expanding waist-line, I started riding again at the beginning of this year. For the first 6 months I rode my mountain bike on the roads of Essex in an attempt to get fit. My fitness did improve, but every weekend I would be ...
Advantages: A 'healthier' version to Coca Cola... Disadvantages: ...kind of
Say hello to the poor man's Coca-Cola...or should that be, the health-conscious man's Coca-Cola...Coke Zero.
Rather than the famous red packaging, Coca Cola Zero comes in black packaging, be it in the 330ml cans, 500ml bottles or bigger. It's been on sale since 2006 in the UK, and holds the slogan "Great Coke taste, zero sugar" it denotes that what you're drinking is going to be as close to the real thing...but 'good for you'. That's right, Diet Coke, take a bow but your time may have come...
What makes it better for you though? Well, that'll be the sweeteners, rather than the spoonfuls of sugar, which therefore mean 100ml of the stuff come to just 0.5 calories.
Now, and here's the controversial part - Coke Zero's stated ingredients vary in different countries. What we're drinking in the UK will differ to China for example ...
carl.mcqueen 28.09.2009
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Advantages: huge play area Disadvantages: Expensive
Giants den
Huge warehouse on the easily found Team Valley trading Estate, this has been opened a few years now, and is usually busy?one of those places to go to when it's raining and you need something to amuse the kids.
The whole area is divided into sections for under 2s, which is basically ball pools and Little vehicles to drive in a specially enclosed area, an area for under 5s, which is more of the same but with some slides and climbing frames added, and then there is the real "I am" things. These include a giant slide 3 storey climbing frame, as many nets and tunnels as you can negotiate, basketball area (there are coaching nights), PS2 and x box areas complete with some of the latest games and a mini village with small road system. Definitely something for everything if nerves can take it!!
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danielalong 25.08.2006
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Giant TCR C Zero 2008 Features: When you're ready to give it your all, TCR Composite is ready to respond. Featuring T-700 composite construction for responsive handling in an astonishingly lightweight frame. Built by hand in Giant's C-Tech factory and ridden to victory the world over. Frame Technology: Building upon its six-year heritage, the TCR Composite features additional weight reduction and increased lateral stiffness made possible only through Giant's proprietary composite manufacturing process Specifications: SIZES 46.5, 50, 53.5, 55.5cm FRAME T700 carbon composite, Compact Road Design FORK T700 carbon composite SHOCK N/A HANDLEBAR Easton EC90 SLX carbon composite STEM Easton EA90 ahead SEAT POST GIANT C7 carbon composite SADDLE Fizi:k Arione, k:ium rails PEDALS N/A SHIFTERS Shimano Dura-Ace 20 speed STI FRONT MECH Shimano Dura-Ace REAR MECH Shimano Dura-Ace BRAKES Shimano Dura-Ace BRAKE LEVER Shimano Dura-Ace STI CASSETTE Shimano Dura-Ace 12-25 CHAIN Shimano Ultegra CRANKS Shimano Dura-Ace Hollowtech II 39/53 BOTTOM BRACKET Shimano Dura-Ace Hollowtech II RIMS Mavic Ksyrium SL HUBS Mavic Ksyrium SL SPOKES Mavic Ksyrium SL TYRES Michelin Pro Race 3 700x23mm A Free Accessory Package Available With This Bike Add 10% of the value of the bike in accessories to your shopping basket, we will not charge you for the accessories and you will only be charged the cost of the bike.
