Giant adds thru-axle discs and tubeless to TCR Advanced line

Giant adds thru-axle discs and tubeless to TCR Advanced line

Giant’s lightweight road race machine gets an overhaul

Giant has reworked the TCR Advanced line yet again, this time with hydraulic brakes, internal routing, tubeless tires, and - on the top model - SRAM eTap wireless shifting

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Ben Delaney

Published: June 22, 2016 at 10:36 pm
Giant has reworked the TCR Advanced line yet again, this time with hydraulic brakes, internal routing, tubeless tires, and - on the top model - SRAM eTap wireless shifting - Courtesy Giant
The TCR Advanced Pro Disc model comes in six sizes, with Giant SLR 1 wheels, Giant Gavia SLR tubeless tires, and a Shimano Ultegra groupset - Courtesy Giant
The TCR Advanced SL Disc model comes in four sizes, with the Giant SLR 0 wheels, Giant Gavia SLR tubeless tires, and SRAM Red eTap - Courtesy Giant
The TCR Advanced Disc series has the same composite frame as the TCR Advanced Pro Disc, but with a composite fork and hybrid OverDrive steerer tube - Courtesy Giant

The Giant TCR Advanced already boasted the best pedaling-stiffness-to-weight ratio of any production road race bike, and now the Taiwanese powerhouse has reworked the line to include hydraulic discs, thru-axles and tubeless wheels and tires.

The new TCR Disc line includes three bikes — TCR Advanced SL Disc, TCR Advanced Pro Disc and TCR Advanced Disc — which will be available in July. Prices were not immediately available.

The TCR Disc bikes feature flat mount disc brakes, with 100x12mm front and 142x12mm rear thru-axles.

Impressively, Giant has maintained the racy 405mm chainstays on all the bikes. Many brands have extended their chainstays slightly to accommodate discs, while Specialized used a custom-offset rear wheel to keep the stays racy and short on the Tarmac Disc.

Giant had already committed to disc brakes on every one of its cyclocross bikes.

On the top end, the TCR Advanced SL Disc and TCR Advanced Pro Disc bikes come with Giant’s SLR Disc wheels and the brand new Gavia SLR tubeless tires.

While disc brakes’ adoption in the pro peloton hasn’t exactly been smooth, Giant’s WorldTour squad, Giant-Alpecin, helped develop and field test the new TCR Disc bikes.

2017 Giant TCR Advanced SL 0 Disc

The TCR Advanced SL disc model comes in four sizes, with the Giant SLR 0 wheels, Giant Gavia SLR tubeless tires, and SRAM Red eTap - Courtesy Giant

The new bikes build on a long tradition of compact road design at Giant that goes back to pro racing in the late ’90s. For the TCR Disc bikes, giant reworked the tubing to accommodate the disc brakes as well as overhauling the seatpost design.

The TCR Advanced gets a new Variant integrated seatmast.

The TCR Advanced SL Disc model comes in four sizes, with the Giant SLR 0 wheels, Giant Gavia SLR tubeless tires, and SRAM Red eTap.

The US price is $8,250. UK pricing has not yet been announced.

2017 Giant TCR Advanced Pro 1 Disc

The tcr advanced pro disc model comes in six sizes, with giant slr 1 wheels, giant gavia slr tubeless tires, and a shimano ultegra groupset: the tcr advanced pro disc model comes in six sizes, with giant slr 1 wheels, giant gavia slr tubeless tires, and a shimano ultegra groupset - Courtesy Giant

The TCR Advanced Pro Disc series gets the same design of frame, including the Giant’s oversized OverDrive 2 steerer tube and internal cable routing, but features a nonintegrated Variant seatpost.

The TCR Advanced Pro Disc model comes in six sizes, with Giant SLR 1 wheels, Giant Gavia SLR tubeless tires, and a Shimano Ultegra groupset.

The US price is $4,700. UK pricing has not yet been announced.

2017 Giant TCR Advanced 1 Disc

The tcr advanced disc series has the same composite frame as the tcr advanced pro disc, but with a composite fork and hybrid overdrive steerer tube: the tcr advanced disc series has the same composite frame as the tcr advanced pro disc, but with a composite fork and hybrid overdrive steerer tube - Courtesy Giant

The TCR Advanced Disc series has the same composite frame as the TCR Advanced Pro Disc, but with a composite fork and hybrid alloy/composite OverDrive steerer tube. It also comes in six sizes.

The TCR Advance 1 Disc is set to retail for US$2,450 / AU$2,999. UK pricing has not yet been announced.

More information: www.giant-bicycles.com/TCRDisc

Ben Delaney

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Ben Delaney is a journalist with more than two decades of experience writing for and editing some of the biggest publications in cycling. Having studied journalism at the University of New Mexico, Ben has worked for Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, VeloNews and BikeRadar. He has also previously worked as Global Brand Communications Manager for Specialized. Ben covers all things road and gravel, and can be found logging big miles in the Rocky Mountains that nestle alongside his home in Boulder, Colorado. He has covered the most important bike races in the sport, from the Tour de France and Tour of Flanders, to the Unbound gravel race, and specialises in tech content, showcasing what the pros are riding and putting everyday equipment through its paces.
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