Cycling News — TCR Advanced Pro Disc

29 JUNE 2021 BikeRadar posted an update to its long-term review of the TCR Advanced Pro Disc road bike, claiming “the latest TCR might be the perfect all-round road bike at a great price.” So far editors have given the lightweight composite machine a near-perfect 4-star rating. In a comprehensive series of reviews that also includes a video feature, BikeRadar technical writer Simon Bromley explained that he’s testing the TCR Advanced Pro Disc over the course of a year. In this latest update, he wrote about his experience riding it in a local mixed-terrain ride with larger 32mm tires for rough gravel and...

21 APRIL 2021 Cycling Weekly posted a review of the new TCR Advanced Pro Disc, giving the composite road bike a perfect 10/10 rating and declaring it the winner in a road bike group test. Editors put the TCR Advanced Pro Disc to the test in a group review with three other road bikes in its category: a Specialized Tarmac SL7 Expert, BMC Teammachine SLR Two and Scott Addict RC 15. Redesigned this year with a more aerodynamic profile and a higher stiffness-to-weight ratio, the TCR Advanced Pro Disc 0 model was an instant hit. “The Giant had me at first pedal stroke,” wrote...

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...