Giant Killer

Ok so she's hardly retro but hey what ya gonna do when ya get the chance to ride something new and cool and it doesn't cost ya fuk all???

This bike would have to be the 2nd best bike I have ever ridden, Colnago Master(previous posting), is still the one and only! Having said that I still haven't, and more than likely never will, ridden my SL Eddy Merckx NOS!

From the first ride this Giant (TCR 1 - 2nd top frame in 09 series)just wanted to GO GO GO!!! pedals down power straight ahead with not an once of flex, incredible how responsive this bike is and STRONG yet so so light!


I love the shape and design of this frame. The MASSIVE carbon tubes are so angry looking and it screams "let me race"! The head tube and top tube are so over sized its ridiculous, but shit they look cool, and again stiffer than a school boy with a stick mag!



The huge over sized bottom bracket with the pressed bearings is unreal, the boys @ Giant have spared no horses on this one, its just power down and hold on tight as the bike ALMOSTS rides itself! Climbing, sprinting, cornering this bike does it all with ease and just begs you to give it more power!

Having said all of that, its amazing how comfortable it is on long easy rides as well, normally you'd expect something so responsive and race ready to be a bit harsh on the longer rides, not so, this bike really does it all.


Bang for buck ya just cant go past this bike for a race/training bike! Sure there's some nicer smoother bikes out there, if you are prepared to pay $15k plus, but for $5-7K (depending on the groupset) you just cant go past one of these bad boys!

Like I said, she's not retro but my word it rides so good I cant see me riding anything else for sometime yet, good enough to keep as a future retro ride!

cheers......ride safe, G