MEASUREMENTS OF THE TCR ADVANCED

[KB]

On my old TCR large - had a top tube of 58.5 cm c/c - seat tube of 55.5 c/top, and a head tube of approx 18.5 cm.

Has anyone got the dimensions of the TCR Advanced?

[JK]

How about the Giant website?

[spytech]

i think they kept the geometry the same.

[KB]

JK, you state the obvious, I looked at the Giant website first. It gives dimensions for the TCR, but doesn't mention the Advanced, and I'm sure I read somewhere that the top tube length had been shortened.

[JK]

OK, my apologies... there are a lot of people that do not mind having others do the obvious searching!

Have you allready mailed Giant?

[KB]

My LBS has good contacts with GIant and he's trying to find out the measurements and whther they have changed. There's also quite a few trade shows coming up and he will make further investigations.

[divve]

According to the test in Tour Magazin your size equivalent Advanced:

TopT = 590
SeatT = 588
Chainstay = 406
Center to front = 611
Wheelbase = 100
BB drop = 70
Fork rake = 44
Trail = 53

Seat tube angle = 72.5 deg.
Head tube angle = 73.5 deg.

Note: When using identical saddle to BB positioning the angles result in a slightly shorter effective top tube length of the Advanced compared to the standard TCR composite. A rough estimate would be about 5mm less than the TCR composite.

[KB]

Divve - I think that's the size of the X large. The large is definitely smaller than that. But thanks for the info anyway.

[divve]

Nope. It's size Large or as they call it in Germany M/L. For comparison the geometry diagram is printed right next to the size L with 585 top tube TCR Composite. I think the confusion is due to the seat tube measurement. It looks like they've measured the seat tube length as if it were a traditional non-sloping frame size, i.e, effective length intersecting with a horizontal line from the head tube.