At this price point, there’s a split between a carbon frame and an alloy with an arguably nicer kit. Built around Giants’ ALUXX SL-Grade aluminium frame the Reign 29 1 comes with a Fox 38 Performance fork and an X2 shock, much like the top of the range bike. The drivetrain gets a bit interesting here, it’s a mish-mash of Shimano bits with a Deore XT shifter and mech but an SLX drivetrain and Deore XT crankset. The brakes are Shimano MT501 levers paired with MT520 callipers. As with the other bikes, it also gets a 32t chainring and MRP AMG V2 chain guide.
The Escape 1 Disc comes ready for adventure on urban streets and cinder rail trails alike. Fenders and racks are no longer standard for 2021, but mounts let you add them if you’d like. The upright riding position helps you keep an eye on traffic or take in the surroundings, and the Escape’s damped ride won’t beat you up on longer adventures. The double-chainring drivetrain offers a wide range of gearing that can handle most situations and terrain.
With only three bikes in the 2022 range, they each are built around an aluminium frame with 130mm of suspension at the front and 120mm at the rear. In terms of geometry, the bike gets a 67.5° head tube angle, a 75° seat tube angle 438mm chainstays and a large frame comes with a 454 reach. The Trance X Advanced Pro 29 1 knocks a couple of grand off the price of the range-topper and is missing a few of the ultra snazzy components. It also gets a full carbon frame but comes with a Fox 36 Performance Elite with a GRIP2 damper and a DPX2 performance out the back. This bike benefits from 12-speed shifting in the form of SRAMs GX Eagle drivetrain paired with SRAM G2 R brakes.
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At the front is a RockShox 35 Gold RL and the rear suspension is still handled by a Fox DPS Performance. SRAM is in charge of the drivetrain here with the Eagle SX groupset, including the cranks with the same 30t chainring. It gets Giant AM 29 wheels on Giant hubs with a Maxxis Minion DHF 29×2.5″ EXO on the front and a Maxxis Dissector 29×2.4″ EXO on the rear. The Trance X 29 2 is built around Giants’ ALUXX SL-Grade Aluminium with a RockShox 35 Gold RL fork and a Fox Float DPS Performance shock.
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The Langma Advanced Pro 1 Disc (£4,199) gets a Shimano Ultegra groupset and a Giant Power Pro power meter, while the top-level Langma Advanced Pro 0 Disc is equipped with Ultegra in its Di2 electronic format. The Defy Advanced 3 (above, £2,099) has Shimano’s fourth tier Tiagra components huffy mountain bike – great stuff that benefits from technology that has trickled down from higher level groupsets. If you wanted a rim brake version, you’d need to buy the frameset and build it up yourself. Giant has incorporated aerodynamic features on its TCR for the first time to minimised drag.