I’ve been looking around for a new bike. I mostly road ride and favour comfort over speed.
The Giant Revolt had caught my eye. I know it’s a gravel bike but the position seems pretty relaxed and I’ve seen many people say it’s perfectly fine on the road as well. I’d want one of the 2x models with a front derailleur.
The problem I’ve run into is colours - I like brightly coloured bikes. Think deep reds, oranges, lime greens, yellows. I definitely don’t want a black or a white bike. And unfortunately Giant’s colours seem to be very muted.
I was in a Giant store yesterday, can’t see a colour scheme I like either. They didn’t have the sapphire blue or terracotta, but they all were a lot more muted in real life. The sangria looks good online but not so in store.
What’s so great about 105? I haven’t used either as I’ve had campy for the last ten years. I’m thinking that tiagra is good enough?
Was the store dark? When I see giant bikes in sun light they really standout and become iridescent. My own gun metal black is one of the dullest but outdoors that changes but the other some of the other Giant’s is see on the road really stand out
Beautiful even on the photo but I think in real life it would look even better
I have Tiagra on one of my bikes and it’s fine. Wouldn’t say it’s noticeably different to ride than 105 except for one less click. The disc brakes on my Tiagra always felt better than two sets of 105 discs I’ve had, despite numerous bleeds trying to improve the 105.
There are sparkly ones like the orange one I linked, not sure which ones have that but yes I’d expect the dragonfly/iridescent ones arable in full sunlight.
I own that bike, I don’t know anything about DI2 (upgraded mine to SRAM) but in amungst the bits that come with the bike is a DI2 battery wedge for the DFUSE seatpost (with instructions)
The colours definitely look better in person!