Giant TCR Composite 2 or Cube Agree GTC Pro

[Mobi8]

I realise this is a really boarding subject now, but I would really appreciate any help or advise of any one who has had experience with either/both of these bikes as I am having a crisis on which to buy.

PS. It is the 2013 model of both bikes.

Cheers

 

[Mobi8]

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb....tcr.composite.2.black.red.white/11825/56728/

This is the Giant

 

[Mobi8]

http://www.cube.eu/en/bikes/road-race/agree/agree-gtc-pro-white-red/

This is the Cube

 

[vickster]

Cube looks better

 

[DooDah]

I recently went through the same process, between a Giant TCR Composite 1 and a Cube Agree Race. I did sit on the TCR, but the geometry was too racey for me and the cube has a better spec. The cube has a more relaxed geometry, and as @vickster says, it is way better looking. I went for the cube, but due to a very good deal I went for the Cube Agree GTC SLT.

 

[Cyclist33]

Ah boll0x - the aesthetics from those links are purely from side profile, which are airbrushed, and in any case rarely match the real-life colours, plus you don't get much real appreciation for how the bike looks from all angles.

And after 80 miles it's the ride that matters, not the photo.

I would have the Giant if it fitted me, and even if it didn't I would get it specced so it did.

 

[vickster]

But doodah did actually look at both bikes in the plastic

 

[DooDah]

Ah boll0x - the aesthetics from those links are purely from side profile, which are airbrushed, and in any case rarely match the real-life colours, plus you don't get much real appreciation for how the bike looks from all angles.

And after 80 miles it's the ride that matters, not the photo.

I would have the Giant if it fitted me, and even if it didn't I would get it specced so it did.

Well you are not going to ride it if you don't like the look of it, and I think most Giant bikes look s**t

 

[vickster]

I do agree that there are more attractive bikes than Giants, BUT beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Look at all those awful black bikes that people buy

 

[DooDah]

I do agree that there are more attractive bikes than Giants, BUT beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Look at all those awful black bikes that people buy

Yes, like the Boardman I own

 

[vickster]

You have my sympathies