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TCR Advanced Pro 1
A carbon frame race bike with high-end components and shimano ultegra rim brakes.
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$3,150| Frame | Carbon |
|---|---|
| Fork | Carbon |
| Wheels | 700c Carbon |
| Drivetrain | 2 × 11 |
| Groupset | Ultegra |
| Brakes | Shimano Ultegra Rim |
5'1" – 5'7"
5'4" – 5'9"
5'6" – 6'0"
5'8" – 6'2"
5'11" – 6'4"
6'2" – 6'7"
🐐 Estimated
- 6'0", size MD/LG, Just right
- 6'2", size M/L, Just right
- 5'9", size MD, Just right
- 5'11", size Md, Fits small
- 5'8", size MD, Just right
Summary
The Giant TCR road-youth bike is consistently praised for its agility, comfort, and value, offering a responsive ride suitable for racing and long distances. Its frame stiffness and handling are frequently highlighted, alongside its competitive pricing and solid spec. However, some reviews note the wheels and tires as areas for potential upgrade.
Agile and responsive ride
Comfortable and smooth handling
Excellent value for money
Stiff and efficient frame
Well-considered geometry
Wheels and tires may need upgrading
Some models lack aero features
Comfort can be secondary to stiffness
The Pro 0 corners exceptionally well, mostly due to frame stiffness.
Canadian Cycling MagazineThis bike dispels the myth that you shouldn’t buy carbon at a certain price point.
Cycling WeeklyThe Giant TCR Advanced 1 is an agile and efficient bike that would be at home equally in a sportive or a local road race.
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Dec 2018 · Symon Lewis
Giant is known for producing amazing bikes and the Giant TCR Advanced 1 is no exception – what a machine for such great value
Agile ride
Comfortable
Price
Spec
Tubeless
Wheels feel a bit basic
Oct 2017 · Simon Withers
A fast-handling and versatile machine for the speed merchant and distance rider. Buy if you want the best bike possible for the price
Low weight, top-notch kit and a fast-handling all-round ride that’s up there with the best of them
The aero seatpost isn’t as comfortable as some but it’s marginal
Jul 2017 · Cyclist magazine
A look at the finance deal presently available, in association with Giant
Well designed and engineered frame
The wheels are more serviceable than noteworthy
May 2017 · Robin Schmitt, Manuel Buck, Benjamin Topf
Giant claim that the Giant TCR Advanced Pro Disc delivers an ‘all-around race performance with zero compromises.’ Highly promising on paper…
May 2017 · William Tracy
My expectations for Giant’s TCR Advanced Pro 1 Disc were based largely off the non-disc version I tested last year, and most of those expectations were
Nov 2016
After overhauling the TCR Advanced for 2016, Giant has quickly moved on to create a disc brake version for 2017. While disc-equipped race bikes are yet to be approved for use in competition, Giant is testing the water with three models and Australian tech editor Matt Wikstrom spent a few weeks riding one of them for
Jan 2016 · Mat Brett
An exceptionally good race bike that combines stiffness and light weight, and a really strong spec
Apr 2024 · Tucker Bayda
I got this bike in a medium at the end of 2023 from The Pro's Closet. When I was in high school my local bike shop had the previous year model and I r
Very light & nimble
Can be a slight stretched position
| Frame | Advanced-grade composite BB Standard: BB86/BB92, Press Fit Color: Composite / Lime Green |
|---|---|
| Fork | Advanced-grade composite, Full-composite OverDrive 2 steerer |
| Shock | N/A |
| Bottom Bracket | Shimano, Press fit |
| Stem | Giant Contact SL, OverDrive 2 |
| Handlebar | Giant Contact SL, 31.8mm |
| Saddle | Giant Contact SL Forward, SST tubular rails |
| Seatpost | Giant Variant, Composite Type: Rigid |
| Pedals | N/A |
| Rear Derailleur | Shimano Ultegra |
|---|---|
| Front Derailleur | Shimano Ultegra |
| Crank | Shimano Ultegra, 36/52 |
| Shifters | Shimano Ultegra |
| Cassette | Shimano Ultegra 11x28, 11-speed |
| Chain | KMC X11 EL |
| Brakes | Shimano Ultegra Type: Shimano Ultegra Rim |
| Brake Levers | Shimano Ultegra |
| Rims | Giant SLR 1 DBL WheelSystem; 30mm deep, 23mm wide, Tubeless compatible, Full composite |
|---|---|
| Spokes | Giant SLR 1 DBL WheelSystem; Aerolite bladed stainless |
| Front Hub | Giant SLR 1 DBL WheelSystem; Pawl driver, [F] 16h [R] 21h |
| Rear Hub | Giant SLR 1 DBL WheelSystem; Pawl driver, [F] 16h [R] 21h |
| Tires | Giant Gavia SLR Tubeless, 700x25, Folding |
First added July 7
Last updated July 8
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