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Giant tcx slr 2

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  • April 1, 2018 at 4:59 pm #28315
    Snowman77

    Evening all I’m currently selling my mtb and been offered a tcx slr 2 in exchange, are these suitable for road riding i currently ride a giant contend 2 which I want to hand down to my son but I’m just unsure on the tcx’s suitability any input greatly received.

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  • April 2, 2018 at 7:41 pm #915957
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    mtbtomo

    It will probably be heavier
    It will probably be heavier than the Contend. I had a TCX SLR, it was fine on the road but didn’t handle quite as nicely as a dedicated road bike on the bends. Felt a bit perched on top of it, which is probably to be expected for a cross bike.

    April 2, 2018 at 7:11 pm #915955
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    zero_trooper

    I presume that your Contend

    I presume that your Contend has a compact chainset – 50/34  11×34?

    The TCX will have a cyclo-cross friendly chainset – 46/36 12×28?, which is probably the main issue you will want to consider.

    Believe that the SLR2 is a base model, but they seem to be well thought of.

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