자이언트 TCR 어드밴스 SL: 가볍고 단단하며 에어로한 진화

완전히 새로워진 자이언트 TCR 어드밴스 SL은 향상된 탄소 섬유 제조와 시스템 최적화를 통해 더 가볍고 단단하며 공기역학적으로 개선되었습니다.

### 자이언트 TCR 어드밴스 SL: 강성과 에어로 개선으로 진화한 경량 레이스 바이크
* 🚴 완전히 새로워진 자이언트 TCR 어드밴스 SL은 **TCR 플랫폼의 10세대 모델**로, 가볍고 단단하며 공기역학적인 토탈 레이스 바이크로서의 입지를 유지합니다.
* ⚖ 자이언트는 최상급 SL 프레임의 무게를 **690g**으로, 자전거 전체의 무게를 **6.4kg**으로 크게 줄이면서도 역대 가장 강성이 높은 TCR을 만들었습니다.
* 🌬 새로운 프레임 및 핸들바 프로파일과 기타 최적화를 통해 **프레임은 2.2와트, 전체 자전거는 4와트 이상의 공기역학적 절감 효과**를 얻었다고 합니다.
* 🌐 자이언트는 **휠, 타이어, 핸들바, 프레임, 포크를 함께 재작업**하여 시스템 최적화 접근 방식을 취함으로써 전반적으로 개선된 성능을 제공했습니다.
* 🏭 자이언트는 **"콜드 블레이드"**라는 새로운 카본 제조 공정을 통해 프레임의 카본 조각 수를 **270개로 줄이고 프레임의 앞쪽 절반을 하나의 조각**으로 성형할 수 있었습니다.
* 🎯 새로운 TCR은 더 가볍고, 더 단단하고, 더 공기역학적인 자전거를 만드는 데 중점을 두었지만 자이언트는 **공기역학보다 무게와 강성에 중점**을 둔 것은 GC 라이더를 위해 자전거를 설계했음을 암시합니다.
* 👍 첫 라이딩에서 **6.4킬로그램의 자전거**는 새로운 카덱스 레이스 GC 타이어가 안정적인 접지력을 제공하면서 **강성, 직접적인 핸들링, 클래식한 TCR의 느낌**으로 찬사를 받았습니다.
* ❤ 클래식한 디자인, 경량화, 강성, 공기역학 개선 등 TCR 플랫폼의 흥미로운 진화라는 평가를 받고 있는 **TCR 어드밴스드 SL**은 **클래식한 디자인, 경량화, 강성, 공기역학 개선**이 돋보이는 모델입니다.

welcome to just ride bikes and this the all-new giant TCR Advanced SL. And today I'll tell you all about the bike, give you a tour, all the changes and improvements, how much lighter it is, and aerodynamics, and so on. Go for a first ride. And also, which I'm really excited to do, show you exclusively how the bike is actually made because Giant have invited me here to Taiwan to the HQ to see firsthand how the bike is actually made. So really exciting. There will be a more in-depth video on the manufacturing process coming very soon, so make sure you stay tuned for that. But today, let's focus on the bike, the changes, and my first impressions. So let's dive in. The TCR platform is now 28 years old, and this is a 10th Generation model, and it's still positioned as a total race bike, the perfect all-rounder. Yes, the new bike looks very similar to the old bike, which I personally love. It's a classic silhouette, and I particularly love the non-dropped RAR.

stays, but when you zoom in closer to the bike, you realize the extent of the changes. And naturally, it's lighter, stiffer, and more Arrow than the old bike, which is what we want, right? We don't want heavier, slower, and flex bikes, do we? No. But finding improvements on road race bikes these days is getting harder and harder. But Giant wasn't deterred by this and really drove forward with innovation in carbon fiber manufacturing, using 40 years of expertise in carbon manufacturing to find improvements across the board. There's no one standout improvement; it's a sum of all the parts that really contribute to the extra performance this bike offers. Giant is claiming 690 grand for the top-level SL frame, down from 765 G, while a complete bike is 6.4 kilos, down from 6.7 kilos, which compares well with Tarmac SL8, which is about 6.5 to 6.6 kilos. It's also the stiffest TSHR ever made, and it's more Arrow than the old bike. Giant

developed an all-new two profile for frame and handlebar. And in its wintime testing conducted at 40 km per h with a moving dummy, it's claiming a 2.2 W saving for the frame, a complete bike of just over 4 W. That's not a lot, I know, and is enough to challenge the likes of a Tac SR8. We'll have to wait and see, but we now have full internal routing as first seen on a Propel AA bike and a defi endurance bike. So the hoses go underneath the stem into the frame via a d-shaped steer tube. It's also the stiffest TCR ever made. Yes, the near bike retains the seat MK, but only on the Range topping SL. Giant offers its weight compliance and aerodynamics and benefits of this design. Lower TCL models get a regular seat post. It's also a disc brake bike only. There is no longer a TCR with Rim brakes, and tire clearance is largely the same. So clearly the company felt that was enough for a race bike. I think.

Wide tires might have been nicer, but they could argue that if you want bigger tires, then you choose a defi, which goes up to 38 mm. Giants explained to me that while the goal was to make the TCR lighter, stiffer, and more aero, actually achieving their goals was very challenging. With this new bike, Giant hasn't just focused on a frame and a fork. They launched the CX Wheels in 2019, and the new bike, they've really taken a system optimization approach. We've heard other brands do this in the past, like Cervelo with their system integration, or Si for short, and trying to extract as much performance as possible from the entire bike has led them to rework the wheels, the tires, the handlebar, the frame, and fork together to give improvements across the board. They claim that the combination of linear drag improvements, the rotational drag savings, and also the rolling resistance efficiency of the new tires gives a combined drag saving of 12 watts. Next up was Red driving its innovation in carbon.

fiber manufacturing this whether magic really happens and something we got to see firsthand. There's a separate video coming to the channel very soon, so stay tuned for that. This includes a new carbon manufacturing process called cold blade, a cutting process that improves the accuracy of the cutting, meaning they can create more complex shapes and use less pieces of carbon in the frame. So, a new SL frame is now made up of just 270 pieces of carbon compared to 330 on the old bike, saving weight and improving the performance. Furthermore, the front half of the frame is now molded as one piece. This means they use a single bladder rather than three as they did on the old bike, and even the paint process is new, which saves weight on the bike. As with the previous TCR, there are three levels to choose from, and prices start from £2,700 and go right up to £122,000. At the top tree is the SL using Advanced SL gray carbon fiber in a fork and a frame, the best of the best. In the middle is

the Pro with an advanced-grade carbon frame and the same SL Fork as on the top-level bike. And then the entry-level advanc gets the same Advanced-grade frame as on a pro but a non-SL fork. Giant first launched a cadex wheel range back in 2019 and today launched with a brand new Max 40 wheel set as featured on a range chopping SL. This is a wheel set designed for GC (General Classification) Rider and use a 14 mm Rim which gives away some air performance for low weight and crosswind stability. The hit scales at a claimed and very impressive 1,249 G which is about the same as the new Factor 4858 Wheels launched the other week. The wheels used a thin carbon F spoke integrated into thin carbon air flanges for maximum power transfer. Completing the raft of new product announcements, it's a brand new CeX race GC Tire. It's tubeless only with a 240 TPI construction which improves rolling efficiency by a claimed 6.6 watts.

compared to the old tires on a previous KN generation TCR, so as you've learned while the new bike looks very similar to the old bike, there are lots and lots of changes and improvements under underneath the paint. But how does it actually ride? Well, there's one way to find out. There's a big bunch rolling out of the hotel ni get out of the city into the countryside heading towards some hills. R are really good, really smooth, no potholes, no traffic either, a lovely afternoon for a bike ride. Now, this is just a first ride, so I won't go too much into detail about what it's all about because, well, unfamiliar roads, it's boiling hot, the humidity is just insane, and I I wait till I get home ride a bike on familiar roads and spend a bit more time on it, really, really. But I'll give you a bit of flavor straight from the saddle, unfiltered, and well, it's a 6.4 kilo stiff lightweight Arrow race bike, 6.8 kilos or just under for my size ml with.

pedals parameter and computer so super lightweight, and it does remind me, unsurprisingly, of a tac8. Has that same kind of lack of mass when you're sprinting, when you're climbing. We just did a climb just now, my rate through the roof, but the bike was just going so well. Re wasn't holding me back, my fitness definitely was, but the stiffness is really standing out. The wheels are Mega stiff as well, you really feel that straight away. They are apparently stiffer than the lightweights which are ridden in the past, and they are bloody stiff wheels, and these are stiffer, and that really has a big impact on the riding the bike. The frame Fork hanar stiffer too, but I think the wheels are making a big difference into how the bike is riding today, and it feels way more direct, the response of noce through the roof compared to that tarmac, which is no flexing noodle, but if by your feels on another planet of stiffness. So I can't wait to try the bike with some different

wheels, and see how much is the wheels, and how much of the frame, and fork, and handlebar. But what I like about the bike is how it handles and rides pretty much the same as a TCR always has done, which no bad thing, and let's be honest, the TCR is a no-brainer easy choice if you want a race bike. Good value for money, quality engineering, and manufacturing as I've seen firsthand. Great geometry, does what you want, maybe not a flashy bike in the world, but I think the paint job and the bike is pretty swish. Do you like in new bike then loving it faster, lighter, stiffer. Is it easy being retired now, enjoying the life as an ex-cyclist? Don't miss it at all, it's definitely much easier. Yeah, you still ride, definitely more enjoyable. Yeah, yeah, I still, I still ride quite often, especially in like the beta season. Okay, yeah, like summer, yes. Less in the winter when it's raining and cold. Less in the winter, yeah, start, we're running in the

winter running. Wow, okay. Every time I see 5-6° in rain, I ask myself the question why. Would I so I don't go out than that with anymore. Actually, the so the weight of the new bike is very impressive and the frame it's about the same as a specialized Tac S8, but a complete bike is lighter, partly due to the new cadex wheels. So on the weight front, the bike really impresses, but the arrow improvements are pretty marginal, about 4 watts claimed. And your bike, the first TTR to get an arrow makeover, wasn't exactly the most AOW, the fastest bike in this category. So I can't wait to see how the bike compares to T and have a lightweight AOW around us and whether they've done enough to compete with those rivals and the win over people who might reasonably have expected a bit more arrow. So let me know what you think by leaving a comment down below. And it's clear that Giants are really focused on weight and stiffness more than arrow. I guess they could have

got more Arrow because the Propel shows uh the AO capabilities um, but they have designed a bike for a GC Rider, a rider who will be sheltered in a bunch and doesn't really need all that Arrow because they're not out in the wind until the final decide to move, uh, but if you go head-to-head with a rider on a Super 6 Evo or T8, will this bike hold you back, um, well, a big question mark really, and hopefully we'll see some wind Tel testing and some real-world testing myself and other, uh, people passing the bike against our key Rivals over the coming weeks and months. I've not R talked about Comfort much or compliance, um, as say the buzzword these days because the roads are so smooth that Comfort hasn't been an issue at all. The bike is comfortable, the fit is good for me at 181 CM on a size ml, um, so yeah, Comfort out here been fine, and really I can't comment on it anymore, um, until I get home and ride this bike, hopefully on my local roads, which are in

a much worse state than the lovely roads out here in Taiwan, which are pretty stunning, it has to be said. The few cracks and broken bits of tarmac I have encountered, the bike has really shrugged them off just fine, really. And then the new tires, so Giant Cadex, have been pushing the tires for the last few years, and I haven't been like blown away, to be honest, certainly not enough to tempt you away from uh Cony GP 5000 or Victoria Corser Speed or Control, but I think a new tire, um, it's a good step forward. I hope to see some independent rolling resistance testing against the key rival soon, but in terms of that secure feeling when you're bombing down a descent you've never been down before, I've been absolutely banking the bike every in corners, and they grip for days. So yeah, they seem fine, really. So likes, I love the weight or lack of weight. I love the fact they kept the classic look of the bike, the non-drop rear stays, um, I love the improvements and

stiffness and error. I mean hard to measure today how much difference they make, but nice to have. Not going to turn your nose up against those sorts of improvements, are you? Dislikes well, tire clearance isn't much wider. The freehub makes an absolute racket. They have an interesting decision on their bike. This is a range-topping bike, and riding 12 grand back in the UK. It's not a speet with a KN of One Piece Cadex carbon AA handlebar and stem. We have a carbon handlebar and a separate stem. Pros and cons, they're both systems, of course, but for a bike trying to extract as much performance as possible, not to get the marginal Aero benefits of that one-piece handlebar and stem seems a slightly odd decision. And also, I think people buying this sort of bike might expect, demand, and want that one-piece carbon handlebar and stem. The Tarmac has it, Trek has it, Canyon and so on, so perhaps a missed opportunity. Now there are benefits to a two-piece system.

change the stem length andle bar width much more easily than a one piece. So yeah interesting one. I'm not sure where it's move. I don't mind a two-piece bar stem but should they fited a one piece. And because talking about Arrow, it's worth mentioning the new Propel launched last year, which is in the same top end trim 6.9 kilos, so not much heavier but for a lot more Arrow. Now They Ride very differently, their bike is much sharper and more agile, it's a much more lively character than the Propel, which more purposeful than playful. And it's this bike light enough to justify buying it over the Propel. I love the way it bik rides, it's more exciting for me than a Propel and definitely clim better. You know, once you get away from the city and all the manufacturing plants out here in the Hills, they're R love mean look around me sort of subtropical jungle Vibes nice quiet roads, so unfamiliar sound of birds chirping.

trees, but yeah riding is spectacular. Really, really interesting place. Really enjoying it, but let me tell you, the humidity, the heat is just something else. It is real, it's a killer, but having a lot of fun. Yeah, Taiwan has been an eye-opening place, really fascinating place, uh, the center of bicycle manufacturing as we all know, but really nice to see what the riding around here is like. Quite the bike, huh? Quite a bike indeed. You know what, the TCR makes riding too easy. It's too light, it's too stiff, it's too fast. I mean, where's the challenge, where's the test? But hey, what a lot of fun to ride. I do like a TCR, maybe unbiased, but I think they make great bikes. I love the engineering, the value for money, their no-nonsense approach to selling bikes, right? That concludes today's first ride. We got another ride planned tomorrow, but the embargo is pretty tight, so I try and do what I can. But right now, I need a very, very cold shower and a cold, cold drink. Sweat is pouring off me.

but what a fun ride. The bike is fantastic. It's not a revolution, very much an evolution, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it sort of man. But they have improved it in so many different areas. The handling, still classic TCR, fantastic. Geometry, stack, reach, trail, all those numbers just worked so well. It's still very much a race bike, quite pointy, quite fast steering, but it's not a bike that if you don't race, you can't enjoy. You can't untap the potential the bike clearly offers. I can't wait to get my hands on a bike back home for testing, maybe in a more modest trim, pro model, Ultegra, something like that. Yeah, been a fun day, so hopefully this video has given you an overview of what the new bike is all about. It's definitely first impressions, nothing in depth. I'll wait till I get my hands on a bike back home in the UK to really put it through its paces on roads I'm more familiar with and conditions that aren't quite so hot and humid.

I'm not complaining, just not used to it, that's all. Got any questions about the bike, feel free to put a comment down below. Um, and subscribe to the channel by hitting that button down there if you want to see more content on a bike. Coming very soon, lots to talk about with the bike. I think it's a pretty exciting launch this year. Anyway, that's all for now. Thank you so much for watching. I'll see you again very soon.

New Giant TCR Advanced SL Quick Review: It looks the same but is it better?

David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes

올 뉴 자이언트 TCR 어드밴스 SL: 분석 결과

10세대 TCR 어드밴스 SL은 탄소 섬유 제조의 혁신 덕분에 이전 세대보다 더 가볍고 단단하며 공기역학적으로 더 뛰어납니다.

최상급 SL 프레임의 무게는 690g, 자전거 전체 무게는 6.

4kg으로 다른 주요 자전거 모델과 경쟁할 수 있습니다.

새로운 모델은 새로운 튜브 프로파일, 전체 내부 라우팅, 디스크 브레이크 전용으로 설계되었으며 최상위 모델은 무게 준수와 공기역학적 이점을 위해 D자형 시트포스트가 특징입니다.

자이언트의 새로운 자전거 혁신

자이언트는 프레임, 포크, 휠, 타이어, 핸들바에 집중하여 전반적인 개선을 위해 새로운 자전거에 시스템 최적화 접근 방식을 채택했습니다.

선형 항력 개선, 회전 항력 절감, 새로운 타이어의 구름 저항 효율성의 조합으로 12와트의 항력을 절감할 수 있습니다.

일반 클래스 라이더를 위해 설계된 새로운 Max 40 휠 세트는 1,249g의 무게로 공기 성능, 가벼운 무게, 횡풍에 대한 안정성을 제공합니다.

새로운 KN 제너레이션 TCR 자전거는 강성과 경량 설계에 중점을 두고 상당한 변화와 개선을 이루었습니다.

특히 휠, 프레임, 포크, 핸들바의 강성은 자전거의 라이딩 성능에 눈에 띄는 영향을 미칩니다.

업그레이드에도 불구하고 클래식 TCR의 핸들링과 품질은 그대로 유지되어 레이스 바이크로서 훌륭한 선택이 될 것입니다.

자이언트 TCR 어드밴스 프로 2022 자전거 리뷰

새로운 자전거는 무게와 강성에 중점을 둔 경량 디자인과 미세한 화살표 개선이 인상적입니다.

GC 라이더를 위해 설계된 이 자전거는 부드러운 노면에서의 편안함과 순응성을 우선시합니다.

자이언트 카덱스 타이어는 내리막에서 안정적인 느낌과 인상적인 접지력을 제공하지만 구름 저항에 대한 성능은 아직 테스트되지 않았습니다.

대만 TCR 자전거에 대한 엇갈린 평가

TCR 자전거는 가벼움, 강성, 속도 등 몇 가지 인상적인 특징이 있어 스릴 넘치는 라이딩을 즐길 수 있지만, 너무 쉽고 도전이 부족하다고 생각하는 분들도 있습니다.

일체형 디자인 대신 투피스 핸들바와 스템을 사용하기로 한 결정은 성능 향상을 위한 기회를 놓칠 수 있는 이상한 선택으로 여겨지기도 합니다.

엇갈린 평가에도 불구하고 TCR은 엔지니어링, 가격 대비 가치, 자전거 판매에 대한 말도 안 되는 접근 방식으로 여전히 찬사를 받고 있습니다.

TCR 자전거는 클래식한 레이싱 기능을 유지하면서 특히 핸들링과 지오메트리 등 다양한 부분에서 개선되었습니다.

새로운 모델은 레이싱 및 비레이싱 사이클리스트 모두에게 큰 잠재력을 제공하며, 보다 겸손한 트림도 제공됩니다.

이 개요는 첫인상이며, 향후 영국에서 보다 심층적인 리뷰가 예정되어 있습니다.