Show us your Giant road bike
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby jarwil80 » Tue Dec 26, 2017 8:10 pm
The flat pedals look out of place on the bike, think road shoes and cleats won't be too far away.
Bike will have its first ride tomorrow. Fingers crossed all goes well.
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Aushiker » Tue Dec 26, 2017 8:26 pm
Looks nice. Enjoy.jarwil80 wrote:Delivered by Santa yesterday, my first road bike, Giant Defy Advanced 3 2017.
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Mububban » Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:55 pm
FYI the mechanic found a small crack in the hydraulic converter unit on my first gen Giant Contend SL1 Disc. I had to provide proof of purchase for the warranty claim, and they're waiting on the part from Giant.
Still, this is why I booked it in for a checkup before the hills event. It wouldn't have been good to have a brake failure on a descent...
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby fergy1987 » Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:50 pm
Uhhh that seems concerning! - Did the mechanic seem shocked by that discovery? - I want to buy a Contend but this converter puts me off a little bit.Mububban wrote:FYI the mechanic found a small crack in the hydraulic converter unit on my first gen Giant Contend SL1 Disc. I had to provide proof of purchase for the warranty claim, and they're waiting on the part from Giant.
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Mububban » Wed Feb 07, 2018 4:33 pm
They're still waiting on the part from Giant so I haven't been back in person to get all the details. Should be by the end of the week, hopefully before the weekend!fergy1987 wrote: Uhhh that seems concerning! - Did the mechanic seem shocked by that discovery? - I want to buy a Contend but this converter puts me off a little bit.
He mentioned something about a crack where a grub screw goes in? I hadn't noticed any problems with braking in any way. Once I get details I'll let you know what he says.
No idea if it's a one-off as the Contend is such a new model.
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Mububban » Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:26 pm
Now for my first road ride in 3 weeks tomorrow. The brake throw seems significantly shorter after the service than when I dropped it in so here's hoping I don't lock anything up.
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:29 pm
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Mububban » Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:54 pm
These are the tyres with the camera flash on, should come in handy for early morning riding:
It's my commuting and group ride bike, plus I ride around on this with the kids sometimes, so the pedals are clipless one side and flat on the other. Plus the saddle bag, tool bottle, and Fly6 and Fly12...she ain't no lightweight
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Mububban » Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:48 pm
It hasn't been an "oh my god amazing" life changing experience, but they definitely made the commute easier. In places where I typically gear down or get out of the saddle, I found myself maintaining momentum and not needing to do either of those things.CaffeineAU wrote:Looks good! How do you find the wheels?
My average speed was up about 1.5kmh according to Strava. They're only 6mm deeper than the alloy rims so no problems with wind buffeting yet.
So far so good. Saturday morning it'll be the group ride and maybe a hills ride if I get time.
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby CaffeineAU » Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:53 pm
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Drizt » Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:03 pm
I even feel cross winds with Zipp 303 discs. :/JohnAng wrote: The only thing i would like to do with the propel is to get a second set of wheels for it, as i do find the deep dish ones play havoc with crosswinds.
Lovely bike, and sensational car mate.JohnAng wrote: here she is, a quick snap in the garage
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby JohnAng » Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:02 am
Thanks mate, and bugger regarding the 303's, i did think about them also, but decided on some 202's and now i either throw just the front 202 on for windy days and it works a treat and for lots of hills i put both 202's onDrizt wrote:I even feel cross winds with Zipp 303 discs. :/JohnAng wrote: The only thing i would like to do with the propel is to get a second set of wheels for it, as i do find the deep dish ones play havoc with crosswinds.
Lovely bike, and sensational car mate.JohnAng wrote: here she is, a quick snap in the garage
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Mububban » Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:47 pm
Now that I've done some climbing, I take it back - the new wheels are amazing!!! They're a total game changer for climbing.CaffeineAU wrote:Looks good! How do you find the wheels?
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Doubleplugga » Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:28 pm
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby CaffeineAU » Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:58 am
Gorgeous colour scheme! NiceDoubleplugga wrote:https://imgur.com/a/YL2EhM7
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby Doubleplugga » Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:06 pm
But for $6999 how could i resist!!
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
Postby stevenaaus » Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:45 pm
I've picked up a cheap hybrid carbon/alloy frame 2008 OCR A.Sport (A for Allliance)
http://web.archive.org/web/201008291559 ... 392/29714/
upgraded to a new 105/5600 groupset and in amazing condition.
Good power transmission, nice comfy ride and handling. It's not super light... just under 9 kgs now, and i put some new white bar tape, and a white Defy seat on it, to take the edge off it's terminal gray-ness.
Geez it's ugly but what a great bike.
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Re: Show us your Giant road bike
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