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We have a winner for the 2012 Giant TCR Composite worth £1499!

We've chosen our winner… is it you?...

My word a lot of you wanted to win this prize… not surprising really cos the new Giant TCR Composite 2 is indeed a thing of beauty when you see it in the flesh/carbon as we did last week in Germany. Now we're back and after a few reviving cuppas we've worked up the strength to fire up the random-number-o-meter and get the fickle finger to do it's proddy/pointy thing, and the winner is…

Blackhound

The lucky dog has been informed and as soon as we know what size and where to send it the nice people at Giant will be getting it to him, he won't even have to wait until 2012. It doesn't really get any better than that.

Enjoy the bike Blackhound and if you didn't win don't worry there will be another blisteringly good Schwag Grab coming this way soon.

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Giant pretty much invented the compact road bike and the TCR Composiste continues to set the benchmark for what compact design road bikes can deliver in terms of weight, ride, and handling. We were really impressed with the TCR Advanced 2 we tested earlier this year and the 2012 TCR Composite looks like a winner too. Here are some of the key features our lucky winner will get on their new bike:

  • Lightweight TCR Composite frame made from T600 carbon
  • Advanced-Grade Composite fork with alloy steerer
  • Overdrive head tube tapering from 1 1/8 at the top to 1 1/4 at the bottom and for even more front end stiffness and steering accuracy boosted even further by having the top and down tubes wrap around it
  • PowerCore bottom bracket – oversized and stiff and designed to get all your pedalling effort to the back wheel as quickly as possible
  • Shimano Ultegra shifters and rear mech matched up to a 105 front mech and with uprated for 2012 Shimano brakes and chainset
  • Wheels are Giant's new PR-2 offerings sporting Giant PR-3 tyres

The 2012 Giant TCR Composite is available in five sizes: S (48.5), M (50), ML (53.5), L (55), and XL (58.5) so there should be something there for everyone.

To win one all you've got to do is comment in below, we'll be drawing the winner When we get back from Eurobike (that's how far we've had to go to see one in the flesh) on 5 September. Usual Schwag Grab rules apply.

road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.

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Footpather | 12 years ago
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How very, very gorgeous! Doing a charity bike ride next year to Germany and back and that would definitely make the ride so much more pleasant. I would be the envy of the 'sports' group rather than the butt of their jokes.

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Danny_C | 12 years ago
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Me please

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KingSaxlingham | 12 years ago
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Lovely bit of kit. Wouldn't say no  1

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comm88 | 12 years ago
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Got to be in it to win it and I want it so I can ride like the  19

It would make me so  4

And a lot of others  14

But someone's got to be the dude who wins  16

And if it's not me, ah well ...  20

Best of luck too the eventual winner  1

Good on yer!!  21

Ride it with pride  36

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danman | 12 years ago
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I have a good feeling about this.

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rouedio | 12 years ago
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Blimey!

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braveheart | 12 years ago
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This would be great. Need to replace my existing Giant.

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SimonA | 12 years ago
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Lovely job. Yes please

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nipmeister | 12 years ago
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Giant road bikes are awesome - i want one please!

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moonman157 | 12 years ago
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Really nice - yes please

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CharlieD | 12 years ago
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Looks wheelie great!

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boolay | 12 years ago
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Would be a nice upgrade from my Defy 3.5!

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lanceza | 12 years ago
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It's not about the bike.... or is it?!  24

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jcrespin | 12 years ago
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Ooooooh! Yes please.... nearly bought a TCR Advanced 2 in aug but couldn't find any locally, even at Giant Store in Bristol!

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Gaz | 12 years ago
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In.

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jockywilson | 12 years ago
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To me

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JonMack | 12 years ago
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I am totally in!

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initcode | 12 years ago
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Live to cycle, cycle to live!!

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ribena | 12 years ago
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i like bikes

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TedC | 12 years ago
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Oooh, yes please.

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haggisinlondon | 12 years ago
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Please pick me new baby has put the brakes on any chance of a new bike.

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Gee Lee | 12 years ago
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Awesome bike!!  16  4

Hope I win  3

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jezzer | 12 years ago
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This time please let it be me

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geedub | 12 years ago
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Just what I need - fingers crossed!

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Oh heck... | 12 years ago
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Oh go on then, I'll give it a go...  4

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BikerBob | 12 years ago
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Oh yes  4 !

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Lost faith in t... | 12 years ago
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suppose so  10

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hancole | 12 years ago
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that would be awesome, so I can get back out there after being hit by a van!! pretty please  1

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MarcT | 12 years ago
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Sounds great!

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keith roberts | 12 years ago
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gimme gimme gimme please!

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