Re: Road bike advice

guest — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:47:17 GMT

Cap'n Willow, I think you made a good choice. I have the Giant OCR1, the earlier version of your new bike. I like it a lot as it rides well without excessive road vibration and is very stable on down hill runs as well. The Trek that was mentioned seems to have lower grade Shimano shifters than your bike does. I may move up to a full carbon bike, probably a Giant, but the OCR has been great. Good luck with it and don't forget your helmet!

Re: Scott or Giant?

guest — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:29:52 GMT

I am looking at both, also. I have a Giant OCR 1, the predecessor of the Defy line, but mine only has carbon in the fork and seat post and has an aluminum frame. I rode the Scott for only a few miles (before it rained!) and it seemed very nice. It has 105 throughout, as you noted. The Giant Advanced has an Ultegra rear shifter, though. On the other hand, the brakes are Tektro, not Shimano. My present bike has similar equipment and the brakes seem fine, other than some peeling of the chrome coating. I haven' had a chance to ride the Giant yet.

Also, the Giant comes with pedals that the dealer might give you credit for if you don't want them. In any case, ride them both and ask the dealer a lot of questions. I suspect that you won't go wrong with either, but I'm not a professional! Also, Giant makes more frames than anyone, I believe, including frames for a number of other bike companies, so they probably have the method down pretty well.

If you are seeing each bike a different dealer, that could be a factor also. Having a good, helpful and respectful dealer is very important. For instance, where I got my Giant and am looking at both the new ones, they will fit new road bike purchasers on a computerized device to help get the optimal setup; I don't know if the device really helps, but the idea that they do it appeals to me.

Good luck and post your thoughts!

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