2018 giant propel

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yosshaa
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by yosshaa

I'm selling my 2018 propel advanced disc. It's an amazing bike the past two months I have spun out my fastest average MPH, topping 20 more often than not. Unfortunately, I have a pinched never in my c7 and the position is just a little too aggressive for me. Bought in November, got about 750 miles. Damn shame.


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MagicShite
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by MagicShite

spartan wrote:
Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:37 am
i have a tcr advanced pro (green ) coming in in feb/march time frame. already ordered some upgrades :) dt swiss discs to replace the stock narrow width rims.

only concern i have is giant has not anounced pricing/availability on proprietary stem. ordered a medium will need to get a 110mm stem.

here is one review. the luv it.

https://www.roadbike.de/rennraeder/test ... 3280.9.htm
Can you run the same covers with a different length stem?

My TCR M size runs a 120mm so if i were to get a propel I'd have to change the stem length...

hogehoge
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Joined: Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:59 pm

by hogehoge

spartan wrote:
Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:37 am
i have a tcr advanced pro (green ) coming in in feb/march time frame. already ordered some upgrades :) dt swiss discs to replace the stock narrow width rims.

only concern i have is giant has not anounced pricing/availability on proprietary stem. ordered a medium will need to get a 110mm stem.

here is one review. the luv it.

https://www.roadbike.de/rennraeder/test ... 3280.9.htm
Prices are listed on the Japanese site
50,000 for the SLR version (200g)
20,000 for the SL version (300g)
https://www.giant.co.jp/giant18/acc_sel ... 02&status=
I have a 130mm on order - which a dealer can do.

greffel
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Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:27 pm

by greffel

hogehoge wrote:
Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:28 am
spartan wrote:
Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:37 am
i have a tcr advanced pro (green ) coming in in feb/march time frame. already ordered some upgrades :) dt swiss discs to replace the stock narrow width rims.

only concern i have is giant has not anounced pricing/availability on proprietary stem. ordered a medium will need to get a 110mm stem.

here is one review. the luv it.

https://www.roadbike.de/rennraeder/test ... 3280.9.htm
Prices are listed on the Japanese site
50,000 for the SLR version (200g)
20,000 for the SL version (300g)
https://www.giant.co.jp/giant18/acc_sel ... 02&status=
I have a 130mm on order - which a dealer can do.
So you have a 130mm steam on order ?
What framesize and how tall are you ?

I'm 190cm and thinking of a L (58cm) frame with a 130mm slammed stem....

madik
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by madik

Has anyone noticed use of New Propels in Pro races lately? Might be just me but all i see are TCR's with Sunweb team. Wondering whats the issue there? TCR too good? Propel weight too much? Riding on cobbles in Classics is too hursh with Propel? There is intenal hate on disc brakes in Sunweb team? The wattage gain with aero bike is actually not important for the riders? So many questions :)
Maybe i just overlooked the Propels in the TV :)
Functionality > Performance > Weight

spartan
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Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:52 am

by spartan

i thinke the propels are still rare. i predict more will show up for the grand tour season

here is journalist on one for the cobbles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMM8Ft4gYng&t=430s
Current Rides:

2023 Tarmac SL7 Di2 9270
ex 2019 S-works SL6
ex 2018 Trek Madone SLR Disc
ex 2016 Giant TCRAdvanced Sl
ex 2012 Trek Madone7

jlok
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by jlok

thx for the vid it's apparent that the Propel Disc has clearance for 31mm effective tire width!

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Rikulau V9 DB Custom < BMC TM02 < Litespeed T1sl Disc < Giant Propel Advanced SL Disc 1 < Propel Adv < TCR Adv SL Disc < KTM Revelator Sky < CAAD 12 Disc < Domane S Disc < Alize < CAAD 10

sharkman
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Location: the Netherlands

by sharkman

Conti 28 mm will fit and they measure near that (tried it with my own wheels). Can’t see why one would put such a wide tyre on an aero bike (did Roubaix on an old defy (half tcr) team bike on 28 conti’s and it will easily outperform the Propel disc on the cobbles).
Think that Giant has/had problems on the delivery of the propel disc since the. First batches weren’t delivered until a few weeks ago.
The Propel disc is overall a nice bike but a bit overpriced and the decalls over the black paint look a bit weird. (my 2017 propel with rim brakes feels just as fast and with the fouriers only brakes worse in the rain), in climbs I would pick my tcr over both.

spartan
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Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:52 am

by spartan

the pro's are very picky on the handlebar reach/drop/shape. the propel proprietary non-round/non-adjustable bars are f*** stupid. i predict a fix before the end of the year.
Current Rides:

2023 Tarmac SL7 Di2 9270
ex 2019 S-works SL6
ex 2018 Trek Madone SLR Disc
ex 2016 Giant TCRAdvanced Sl
ex 2012 Trek Madone7

spartan
Posts: 1747
Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:52 am

by spartan

Current Rides:

2023 Tarmac SL7 Di2 9270
ex 2019 S-works SL6
ex 2018 Trek Madone SLR Disc
ex 2016 Giant TCRAdvanced Sl
ex 2012 Trek Madone7

madik
Posts: 308
Joined: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:44 pm

by madik

With slammed stem it looks reasonably okish.. But with those ugly rubber spacers, thats something else. Would be certainly better if they could address the weird stem cover and still maintaine hidden cables which is one of the main selling point of the bike. Some other manufacturers did a better job to engineer it. Mainly BMC and Trek.

Cant wait for new Aeroad. Expecting great clean integreation and look.
Functionality > Performance > Weight

AW84
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Joined: Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:04 am

by AW84

If you're running mechanical and you want to drop the bars from up high to down low (or vice versa), would you not have to re-cable the bike to do so, since you're constricted to the space available inside the bars/stem? This whole integrated concept makes everything far more tedious and complex, and realistically, for what? Nevermind that exposed cable housing looks much nicer than that stem does.

jlok
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by jlok

that's why it shouldn't be running mechanical... eTap ftw

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Rikulau V9 DB Custom < BMC TM02 < Litespeed T1sl Disc < Giant Propel Advanced SL Disc 1 < Propel Adv < TCR Adv SL Disc < KTM Revelator Sky < CAAD 12 Disc < Domane S Disc < Alize < CAAD 10

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