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Geometry info here:
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/gb/tcx-advanced--pro-1-2015
54.5cm effective top tube for this medium sized frame.
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Sweet
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Thank you @YoYoYo and @skinnywheels It is a beaut and will be missed. Looks like it might have a new home pending a meet up and test ride.
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No longer for sale
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@yetidamo
Pains me to sell it as it's a brilliant CX race bike but I'm just not using this enough to warrant keeping it. I'm lucky enough to have another CX bike that I use quite a lot, but this is kept for racing and Sunday best. But in the 2 1/2 years I've owned this I've raced 4 or 5 London summer series races and a couple of winter events (I don't like racing in filth). The gift of Strava says I've ridden this for 1400 miles in total, but the vast majority of this will be the fine weather local bridleway/road mixed terrain bashing that I enjoy most. So it's used, but in good nick and a very effective race tool if that's what you're after, or a bloody versatile all rounder too.
The wheels have probably only been used for 300 miles as I replaced them with some blingy ones fairly shortly after I got it. TBH I was disappointed with the total lack of difference the wheel swap made, which tells me that these Giant wheels are pretty damn good. As you'd expect really from what was a £3k bike new.
I've switched the CX chainrings for a 40T RaceFace NW 1x ring which works really well. I left the front mech on to provide some chain retention duties and it also keeps the front brifter from flapping about as I left the cable in too. Just adjusted the mech so it doesn't move. Easy to convert back to a double if you want.
Great clearance in the frame and fork (see pics). This thing is fast and very capable off road. It will be missed.
Tyres are the excellent Challenge Almanzo 700x35c numbers. Ideal for the fast hard packed conditions I favour and quick on the road too. Saddle is a Specialized Toupe 143, ti rails. Otherwise it's as out the box specification, apart from the RF chainring: (SRAM hydro 10 speed set up, Rotor cranks, Giant's finest CX carbon frame and full carbon fork with 15mm thru axle).
Obviously it's an off road bike, so there are signs of use in those hard to reach spots, but generally it's in great condition and working order. The bad bits: the saddle rails must be slightly twisted as the saddle droops slightly to the left (not that I've ever noticed riding it) and once I found myself having to climb a high gate at a dead end in a field and had to stand on the top tube to climb down which has taken a small bite from the top coat lacquer (see pic). That was 18 months ago and it's been all good since. No pedals.
Sad times, but I just use my steel All City Macho Man more, so this needs a new home in exchange for £1150. Collection from West Malling, Kent.
Any Qs, please ask. Pics to follow...
Cheers, Damian.