Tag archive for ‘Giant’

  • Spotted: Adam Craig’s Prototype Disc Brake-Equipped Giant TCX Advanced – Sea Otter 2013

    A sneak peek at Adam Craig’s Prototype Giant TCX Advanced - Sea Otter 2013. © Clifford Lee

    by Clifford Lee It’s always exciting when we spot things so new that even the reps can’t give us details on the equipment, so we were thrilled to see Adam Craig’s prototype Giant cyclocross bike, a bike so new that Craig himself hasn’t been on it. We reviewed the Giant TCX Advanced in Issue 17 [...]

  • Rabobank Drops Title Sponsorship, but Giant Remains Committed

    Giant, a partner with the Rabobank cycling teams since 2009, was disappointed to learn today that the longtime title sponsor is ending its support of professional cycling. Together, Rabobank and Giant had a successful four years developing a new generation of world-class athletes in road, mountain bike and cyclocross competition. They’ve sponsored athletes including World [...]

  • Pro Bike Profile: Sanne van Paassen’s Giant TCX Advanced SL

    Sanne van Paassen's Vegas-winning Giant TCX© Cyclocross Magazine

    After her commanding win at CrossVegas, Rabobank’s Sanne van Paassen has returned to the old country to see if she can continue her winning ways. Before she left, however, we borrowed her Giant TCX Advanced SL carbon cyclocross bike for a little photo-op. The Giant TCX Advanced SL was reviewed in Issue 17, but van [...]

  • Worlds Bike Profile: Junior Felix Drumm’s Lightweight-Equipped Giant TCX Advanced Cyclocross Bike

    A prototype cable hanger bolted through the stem drops the cable lower, and the pivot helps control brake shuddering ©Thomas van Bracht

    We’ve captured a ton of interesting bikes at both the 2012 UCI Cyclocross World Championships as well as the 2012 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships, and we’re beginning the long, slow process of unveiling these bike profiles to you now. by Jay Kwan Germany’s Feliz Drumm finished 15th in the ultra-competitive 2012 Junior World Championship [...]

  • Pro Bike Profiles and Last-Minute Bike Builds: Bikes from Powers, Wells, Mani and Emmett

    Every year, there’s a mad scramble to get the cyclocross pros their new bikes for the season, but often that rush is split between happening before the first big races of the season (often UCI Nittany Lion Cross in Pennsylvania or StarCrossed in Seattle) and for some, just before CrossVegas.

  • Mechanical Mondays: Weight Saving Tips For Your Cyclocross Bike

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    This year, you’ll be faster. You’ll train harder and you’re going to maximize every pedal stroke, and in order to do that, your bike has got to be lighter. There are a few easy ways, a few hard ways and ways that cost more than others to make that happen.

  • Pro Bike Profile – Adam Craig’s National Championship-Winning Giant Singlespeed

    by Jamie Mack Being focused on mountain biking, Adam Craig is perhaps not as well known in the ’cross universe as he should be, but after winning the inaugural US Singlespeed National Championship in Bend (his second National Championship after winning a U23 title), Oregon, today, that’s likely to change. While the tweets are flying [...]

  • Catching Up with Carl Decker – An Interview

    Carl Decker and Adam Craig pilot "Wheels of Teal" through the national rally circuit © Jim Culp/ProRallyPix.com

    There was a familiar face toeing the line of a recent, local Oregon road race – Carl Decker (Giant) had made the trip to mix it up in Eugene-Roubaix. I took advantage of the opportunity to catch up with Decker and find out how his mountain bike season has been progressing and what his upcoming [...]



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