Giant US 2015 Trail & XC
- Thread starter stinkytodamax
- Start date
skinnybeans
Likes Dirt
Only two models of 29er anthem again, which seem exactly the same spec as last year. Lucky I bought JDs pivot so don't need to worry about it!
Seems like they very well may be phasing out 29ers after all. Surprised the trance is gone seeing as it was several years newer design than the anthem..
Seems like they very well may be phasing out 29ers after all. Surprised the trance is gone seeing as it was several years newer design than the anthem..
Meh. The Reign is where it's at anyway
Art Vanderlay
Hourly daily
Yeah, anthems look the same apart from kashima fork & shock on top model.
Looks like I will go elsewhere for new 29 hardtail
Ahh yes i forgot OD and OD2 are different. If they're finally going back to normal OD that's good (although I won't be able to pick up a cheap OD2 pike RC dual position air from a 2015 bike !)
Art Vanderlay
Hourly daily
Do any of the 2015 use OD2? looks like they've shelved it.
akashra
Eats Squid
Stoked to see the Anthem Advanced 1 isn't black on black this year, so ready to put down cash for one as soon as possible. Though I love the colour scheme on the SXs too, but not a fan of the spec or price on the SX Advanced.
When are manufacturers going to realise we want the choice of frame colour and groupset. ie, take one from column A, one from column B. This whole "if you want XT you have to have it in puke brown" thing is just irritating.
Really? I reckon it looks fantastic. But I want XT.
When are manufacturers going to realise we want the choice of frame colour and groupset. ie, take one from column A, one from column B. This whole "if you want XT you have to have it in puke brown" thing is just irritating.
Last edited:
wavike
Likes Dirt
Most distributors can't even bring in the full/decent range of a make, so getting a choice of colour / build on the mass produced forget it. ie Norco sight 7.2 $4k plus low end build carbon or $6k+ 7.1 with the popular, but not for everyone X01. Didn't bring in the 7.15. Although the 15 models might see some change.
Even Specialized don't bring in some models - give the customer what they want - fuck that, the pesky bastards can buy what we want to sell them.
Last edited:
beno
Cycle Solutions
If that painted one a decent colour they would have sold better in the first place, and wouldn't b so gun shy to import more. Hopefully there is still an sx advanced in the pipeline though they sold out pretty quick
mojomodo
Likes Bikes
After riding the Trance SX for a season, If you do lots of steep uphill climbing it is hard to keep the front end down sometimes. But you can't really expect these class of bikes to be excellent climbers, it's not why you buy them!
haydenw
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Where didd you see the reign 2?
edit
http://forums.mtbr.com/giant/2015-giant-reign-glory-announced-922176.html
this has more info
Last edited:
XYGTHO
Likes Dirt
Thats the one, think I seen it elsewhere also. Has some big ass 800mm bars also from memory. Maybe a trance or trance sx would be better suited for all round riding.
nah, havent shelved it.
goto the technologies tab of each bike, they say OD2.
eg, http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/xtc.advanced.sl.27.5.0/18758/76192/#technologies
pistonbroke
Eats Squid
No. You're reading it wrong. That's a generic od2/od page. Read the whole page and you'll see od is also on it.
Then read the specs for all the 2015 bikes. They all say OD not od2.
I'm curious that od2 claims 30% torsional stiffness increase over od. So have they gone backwards 30% or is their marketing just bs?