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First ride: Giant's 2012 TCR Advanced frame

11.08.11

The electronic shifting was the reason we were there, but there was also a lot of talk about the frames that the Ultegra Di2 test groupsets were bolted to. The Giant seatpost was a bit of a giveaway, and when pressed Harald from Shimano confirmed... But there were good experiences too, like having a go on one of Giant's 2012 TCR framesets. Specifically, they were the middle-of-the-three TCR Advanced frame, made from Toray 700 Carbon. It doesn't have the integrated seat post of the pricier T800 Advanced SL frame, but it's better quality material than the entry-level T600 TCR Composite. We're pretty sure that Giant wouldn't be so foolish as to design a frame that exceeds the UCI's 3:1 tube profile rule and then send twenty of them to the UCI headquarters. It uses Giant's Overdrive 2 system which is a 1. Ultegra Di2 wasn't the only new experience we had out in Switzerland this week. So we're guessing that it's stickered and ready, but it looks very beefy indeed. Well, for a start look at the size of that head tube.

Source: road.cc