Giant TCR Advanced Pro Disc first ride review
See how new race machine stacks up in our video
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The Giant TCR Advanced Pro Disc is the bike of the future… that’s at least what our senior road tech writer, Matthew Allen thinks.
We can hear the cries of anguish already — but it has a seat tube! You still have to pedal the damn thing?! Where’s all my integrated (not) goodies?!
No, the race bike of the future is likely to look similar to the TCR Advanced Pro Disc as disc brakes, thru-axles and generous clearances increasingly become the norm.
As Matthew says in the video, the bike is best thought of as a distillation of all the tasty new tech available on the market today and is a sign of things to come.
The TCR Advanced Pro Disc is innovative in other ways too, coming set up tubeless straight out of the box. While road tubeless is yet to catch on in a huge way with either the peloton or consumers (we’re still on the fence), Giant is clearly betting on its future dominance with this race machine.
But how does this race weapon perform on the road? Matthew has been putting some miles on the bike and you can check out our video to see how the bike really performed.
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Product Specifications
Product
| Name | TCR Advanced Pro Disc |
| Brand | Giant |
| Description | TCR Advanced Pro Disc |
| Rear Tyre Size | 700x25 |
| Wheelbase (cm) | 97.6 |
| Top Tube (cm) | 55 |
| Standover Height (cm) | 76.5 |
| Chainstays (cm) | 40.5 |
| Brake Levers | Shimano ST-RS785 Di2 |
| Chainring Size (No of Teeth) | 36 52 |
| Year | 2017 |
| Wheelset | Giant SLR 1 Disc WheelSystem |
| Stem | Shimano ST-RS785 Di2 |
| Shifters | Shimano ST-RS785 Di2 |
| Seatpost | Giant Variant Composite |
| Seat Angle | 73 |
| Saddle | Giant Contact SL Forward |
| Rims | Giant SLR 1 Disc WheelSystem |
| Rear Tyre | Giant Gavia SLR Tubeless, 700x25mm, Folding |
| Available Sizes | S S/M M/L L |
| Frame Material | Carbon |
| Bottom Bracket | Shimano BB-71 press fit |
| Brakes | Shimano BR-RS805 |
| Cassette | Shimano Ultegra 11x28 |
| Chain | KMC X11SL-1 |
| Cranks | Shimano Ultegra |
| Fork | Advanced-Grade Composite, Full-Composite OverDrive 2 Steerer |
| Front Derailleur | Shimano Ultegra Di2 |
| Rear Hub | Giant SLR 1 Disc WheelSystem, Rear 12mm Thru-Axle |
| Front Hub | Giant SLR 1 Disc WheelSystem, Front 12mm Thru-Axle |
| Front Tyre | Giant Gavia SLR Tubeless, 700x25mm, Folding |
| Front Tyre Size | 700x25 |
| Handlebar | Giant Contact SL |
| Head Angle | 73 |
| Rear Derailleur | Shimano Ultegra Di2 |
| Frame size tested | M |
Authors
Jack Luke is the deputy editor at BikeRadar and has been fettling with bikes for his whole life. Always in search of the hippest new niche in cycling, Jack is a self-confessed gravel dork, fixie-botherer, tandem-evangelist and hill climb try hard. Jack thinks nothing of bikepacking after work to sleep in a ditch or taking on a daft challenge for the BikeRadar YouTube channel. He is also a regular contributor to the BikeRadar podcast. With a near encyclopaedic knowledge of cycling tech, ranging from the most esoteric retro niche to the most cutting-edge modern kit, Jack takes pride in his ability to seek out stories that would otherwise go unreported. He is also particularly fond of tan-wall tyres, dynamo lights, cup and cone bearings, and skids. Jack has been writing about and testing bikes for more than five years now, has a background working in bike shops for years before that, and is regularly found riding a mix of weird and wonderful machines. Jack can also often be seen zooming about with his partner aboard their beloved tandem, Cecil.
