Cycling News — TCR

20 JANUARY 2021 The TCR Advanced Pro Disc has been chosen by Road.cc as its 2020/2021 Bike of the Year. The website published a feature story covering its top-10 bikes of the year, and in addition to earning the prestigious overall winner Giant also scored the No. 2 spot in the "Superbike" category with the pro-level TCR Advanced SL Disc series. Explaining their reasons for picking the TCR Advanced Pro 1 Disc model as the No. 1 bike of the year, from a long list of contenders, road.cc editors wrote: “Why? Because it offers a superbike performance at a way more accessible price....

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 CyclingTips selected the new TCR Advanced Pro Disc for its recent Road Bike Field Test, a roundup of four top new models for 2021 in the mid-price range. They tested the TCR Advanced Pro Disc 1 model in the Victoria High Country of Australia, calling it “a lot of bike for the money” and praising its “well-rounded attitude and ride quality, low weight, included power meter, wheelset quality and new Fleet saddle” CyclingTips Tech editor Dave Rome wrote: “The new 2021 TCR Advanced Pro Disc is an obsessively detail-driven evolution over the previous generation. All models in the new...

04 NOVEMBER 2020 Road.cc published a review of the new TCR Advanced Pro Disc, claiming that the road racing machine boasts “exceptional all-round performance” and is “well worth the money.” Editors gave it a nearly perfect 4.5-star ranking. Road.cc tester Mat Brett reported on some of the key features and technologies of the TCR Advanced Pro Disc, including its new tube shaping used to achieve a perfect balance of stiffness, aerodynamic efficiency, and a smooth ride quality. “You immediately notice the Advanced Pro Disc’s tube shapes,” Brett wrote. “The head tube, down tube and fork all feature truncated aerofoils that are designed, Giant says, to...

03 NOVEMBER 2020 Bicycling Magazine highlighted the new TCR Advanced SL Disc in a feature on its website titled “The Best Road Bikes You Can Buy Right Now.” Editors named the TCR Advanced SL 0 Disc, the flagship model of the new TCR range, the “Best New Race Bike.” “Giant’s premier race bike gets a full redesign for model year 2021,” wrote Bicycling editors. “The frame is 140 grams lighter, which helps keep the top-of-the-line model at just 14.5 pounds (size large)—impressive for a bike with a power meter, disc brakes and 42mm-deep tubeless-ready wheels.” Bobby Lea, Test Editor for Bicycling, wrote up a...

28 SEPTEMBER 2020 Cyclist magazine published a feature review of the new TCR Advanced SL Disc on its website, calling it “tough to beat” in the performance road bike category, and giving it a near-perfect ranking of 4.5 stars (out of 5). Describing the evolution and impact of Giant’s flagship road racing bike over the years, Cyclist Digital Editor Paul Stuart wrote: “The Giant TCR is a piece of cycling history. In 1997 it was the first to adopt the concept of the ‘compact’ frame. Now the majority of race bikes have compact frames, and the competition is, literally, stiffer than ever. Lining...