I've been lurking for a while and thought it was about time I showed you my ongoing project. I haven't got weights for everything unfortunately, but the parts that I've weighed have been noted.



Frame: Giant TCR Advanced (Medium - 1035g with mech hanger)
Fork: Giant TCR Advanced (were 325g uncut)
Bars: Giant Contact SLR 42cm (200g)
Stem: Bontrager Race XXX Lite 100mm with ti bolts
Headset: FSA 1 1/4" to 1 1/8" Integrated
Fork Expander: Extralite Ultrastar 2 (7g)
Topcap: Giant with ti bolt

Wheels: Soul C5.0 with Soul veloplugs (Front: 592g, Rear: 757g)
Tyres: Veloflex Master 22mm (195g each)
Tubes: Bontrager Race X Lite (69g each)
Skewers: Planet-X Ti Stick Quick Release with Carbon Levers (44g pair)

Saddle: Selle Italia C64 (107g)
Seatpost: Giant Vector - Trimmed, ti M6 bolt, KCNC yoke, Thomson cradle and cut the existing top cradle to clamp only the front of the rails
Seatpost clamp: Giant with ti bolts (19g)

Cranks: Sram Red 50/34 170mm (636g with chainrings)
Bottom Bracket: Sram BB86 Pressfit (92g)
Pedals: Bebop Stainless (191g)
Chain: KMC X10-SL
Cassette: Sram Red 11-23t (153g)

Shifters:Sram Red
Front mech: Sram Red Black braze-on (69g)
Rear mech: Sram Red (145g)
Brakes: Planet-X Ultralight CNC with Soul carbon pads

Cables: Gore Ride-On
Bartape: Deda - sanded the logos off the bar ends
Bottlecage: Either a Giant (25g), MT Zoom (12g) or a combination of the two
Extras - Glued a tiny magnet (<1g) to the spokes to replace the obese standard magnet, Jagwire cable adjuster for front mech

The weight is 6.22kg (13.71lbs) right now but there are a few small changes in the future so it should drop a bit.

Changes are:
- Trim the excess steerer tube, I need to make sure it's not too low before I get the hacksaw out.
- Find a lower stack conical spacer for my headset, I removed the excessively large one that came with the bike so I could get the bars lower.
- Swap the tubes out for Bontrager Race XXX Lite with 60mm valves.
- Wait for my parts from Smud Carbon to arrive (saddle, topcap, seatpost cradle and cages).

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Giant TCR Advanced

Wow impressive! Super clean and great weight for not even the SL frame!

Debadged stem and it would be spot on!

Never been a fan of glossy black, but this one really works for me, great work

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"Stay cool and try to survive" A. Klier to the other members of the Garmin classics squad the night before P-R.

Like it! Well done! Maybe you can shorten your shifter cables when your sure the stem is in the correct position?

very very very very nice

having 2 x tcr s & wife has one i appreciate a nice tcr ..

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tcr's rule !

stefanpearce@rocketmail.com

Thanks everyone, I'm really happy with it. Once you get the weight weenie bug it's hard to know when to stop, every time I reach my target I want to go lighter.


That'll definately be on my list of changes. I need to trim the last section of cable for the rear mech a bit as well.

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Giant TCR Advanced

very nice bike ! good work

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I am not a fan of Giant bikes, but I find this one very nice and classy! Well done!

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TREK Madone 5.9 SL

COLNAGO C50 nl12

very nice. instantly grabbed my attention with side profile pic. Well proportioned too.

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Helium SL Ver 2.0
Aerobike

Nice to see a Giant that isn't in a "standard from the shop" build up...


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"It never gets easier, you just go faster..." - Greg Lemond

"I enjoy climbing...I enjoy seeing people disappear behind me." - Robert Millar

+1

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My 6696gr Cipollini Bond
My 8618gr Colnago Master X-light

I agree that the ugly bontrager logos let the stem down.
Is the best method for removing logos wet sanding? I've seen a few threads that explain how best to do this, I'll have to have a search.

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Giant TCR Advanced

Nice one mate.

One thing i would suggest is running the gear cable housing from the shifter around the back of the handlebar as this achieves an easier curve of the cable, giving better shifting performance

Jordan

Very slick a Zipp stem would look great!

Nice build you have.

Could i ask how you find the wheels (ride, quality, even customer service, anything else)? I'm considering buying a pair of Soul wheels. Thanks.