patches Posted November 19, 2012 Share Actually. Come to think of it I think I paid 40 Euro. (The shop closest to the Pleney lift) The vented ones were 57 at a shop in Les Gets but I didn't think it was worth the extra cost and weight. Plus 17 Euro buys a lot of beer in a supermarket over there. you're running a marzo... you can't possibly be concerned about weight! As for the beer, Super_mil and them made quite an impact on Ed's supply of house brand. Those water troughs served well as a bar fridge. But back to the original topic... Giant... do most of these new Giants run that funny new steerer tube standard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChUkKy Posted November 19, 2012 Share I'm sorry but that new trance looks like its been hit head on with a bus, its by far the ugliest bike I've seen in a while (thats ignoring the fact its a wagon) When I saw it in the metal I was very disappointed, kind of like I would be if I had to see Mila Kunis naked but she was really a he DubbelBuys and 2-D 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Omega Man Posted November 19, 2012 Share But back to the original topic... Giant... do most of these new Giants run that funny new steerer tube standard?You can't call it a standard when you are the only people using it. It seems totally pointless to me what they are doing there. instead of running a 1 1/8th they run a 1 1/4 tapered head tube. So to run a different stem you have to get a shim made. Thereby negating any perceived stiffness benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 19, 2012 Share You can't call it a standard when you are the only people using it. It seems totally pointless to me what they are doing there. instead of running a 1 1/8th they run a 1 1/4 tapered head tube. So to run a different stem you have to get a shim made. Thereby negating any perceived stiffness benefit. yeah, and that would be a shim for a 1.5" stem (not even the easily available 1.125") to fit the 1.25" size they've gone with. They're like Sony and MemoryStick... just being difficult for the sake of being different. Why they couldn't have just gone with 1.5" straight if they wanted increased stiffness, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydude Posted November 19, 2012 Share It had to happen sooner or later... I'm in the market for a MTB after giving my 26" Merida 1000 to my brother. I'm aiming towards a 29" Giant HT, but not sure what choice exactly? 2012 XTC COMP 29ER 0 vs 2012 XTC COMP 29ER 1 vs 2013 COMP 29ER 1 vs 2013 COMP 29ER 2 I'm more going to use it for longer/marathon type races while training would be a combination of shorter and longer. Any thoughts and/or comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 19, 2012 Share Go for one of this year's versions, get them to drop their price, and then upgrade the wheelset and / or fork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydude Posted November 19, 2012 Share Go for one of this year's versions, get them to drop their price, and then upgrade the wheelset and / or fork. This year as in the 2012's XTC COMP 29ER 0 or 2012 XTC COMP 29ER 1? I see the only large difference seems to be the groupset being SRAM X.9 for the former and SRAM X.7 for the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 19, 2012 Share Hmmm... Price difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2-D Posted November 19, 2012 Share I am quite interested for this, looks like its running one of the slackest head angle's I've ever seen.http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/glory.0/11518/55882/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Omega Man Posted November 19, 2012 Share I am quite interested for this, looks like its running one of the slackest head angle's I've ever seen.http://www.giant-bic...0/11518/55882/That bike is apparently the exact geo that Needles and Danny Hart have been running this year. Rumor has it Needles was running a 2013 production frame at worlds. So there's no denying the bikes credentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbelBuys Posted November 19, 2012 Share Didn't see any option to "unquote" Edited November 19, 2012 by jdb10810 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbelBuys Posted November 19, 2012 Share YAAAAAY! Put a deposit down on one of these bad boys this morning. 2010 model. DHX5.0 air rear. http://www.giant-bicycles.com/_upload_us/bikes/models/zooms/2010/Reign%20X%20Frame_GE_GU_72dpi.jpg How much are those beauties selling for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 19, 2012 Share How much are those beauties selling for? New, I have no idea. Probably round 11 or 12k for the frame. I know a normal Reign is available for 10k. But the one I'm getting is 2nd hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbelBuys Posted November 19, 2012 Share OK & what have you paid for yours since it's 2 years old? Edited November 19, 2012 by jdb10810 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 19, 2012 Share OK & what have you paid for yours since it's 2 years old? 6k. A mint condition one would generally go for about 7 to 7.5k. I know someone who got one with 2 shocks for 7.5k, and it's in perfect condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbelBuys Posted November 19, 2012 Share HMM - Can you arrange some pics for me? PM or mail. (but then again, you have to pm to get my e-mail ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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