Frame Technology
Giant’s lightest, stiffest, fastest road racer ever. Handcrafted, engineered precision creates the new benchmark for pedaling stiffness and efficiency. From its sleek seatpost to the massive MegaDrive rectangular downtube and oversized toptube, this is pure Advanced SL-grade composite performance. Without compromise.
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Features
—Full Shimano Ultegra component group
— Race Face Revolution handlebar and stem, Giant Vector seatpost
— Mavic Ksyrium Elite wheelset
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Technologies
OUTSIDE magazine, Summer 2009 Buyer's Guide, Best Bikes of 2009.....“We have to break out the superlatives for this out-of-the-box racer.” And it goes on: “…absolutely race-worthy rig. …three testers gave it a perfect 10 on their score sheets—but, and this is the most telling part, in three different categories: climbing, descending, and pedaling responsiveness" Three models with Integrated Seat Post (ISP) and one with a regular adjustable post.