2015 Giant carbon delays

Bikerbhoy

Anyone looking for a 2015 Defy Advanced 2 M/L ?

disco1

I got the defy advanced 2.
The mechanical discs are good but I will upgrade to hydraulic in due course. This will mean having to buy levers and calipers . Will be an expensive upgrade.

In the mean time the mechanical ones are more than satisfactory.

eoz

Lbs rang me today to say that s, ml and l frames are arriving week 15. Still no guarantee that I will have one. He said he will know more tomorrow.

Aquos76

eoz wrote: »

Lbs rang me today to say that s, ml and l frames are arriving week 15. Still no guarantee that I will have one. He said he will know more tomorrow.

That coincides with the date of wk 15 that I got from my lbs for my L TCR last week, also, I've also gotten dates from Giant UK that wk 15 is when they are due to hit Ireland and the UK

Fireblade77

eoz wrote: »

Lbs rang me today to say that s, ml and l frames are arriving week 15. Still no guarantee that I will have one. He said he will know more tomorrow.

That's good news, I would be happy enough with that, I think the Giant rep. must be visiting all the shops to ease their fears,

c50

working in a bike shop not selling giant this was predicted by all our suppliers (and anyway seasoned workers) at the start of the year.

Theyre playing with your mind, as cube have done many a time in the past.

Without getting into a rant about giant's entry level carbon bike frame's quality downhill slippery slope, its fair to say the prices are seriously good.

Anyway, getting to the point abruptly, the only reason these arent available is to create demand, people now have this idea of giant bikes being very cheap, something that didnt exist 6 months ago, so now they dont produce them because their work at creating a 'value for money' bike brand has been established. its kind of hard to word it but i suppose its a case of 'Why would they bother producing anymore?' some people just wont see past giant, will wait till 2016 and boom ,giant will have stuck 10/15% onto their rrp's.

Have sold 100's of cubes in another shop and watched their brand grow, this was their basic principle

Fireblade77

Did you just come from conspiracy theories forum.

nok2008

Was in with lbs and have some tough decisions. Either wait till week 15 and get TCR but no guarantee on that date. Or get a propel or defy for roughly same price but not ultegra. Any advice appreciated.

eoz

nok2008 wrote: »

Was in with lbs and have some tough decisions. Either wait till week 15 and get TCR but no guarantee on that date. Or get a propel or defy for roughly same price but not ultegra. Any advice appreciated.

Will your lbs not give u a discount due to the fact that they cant guarantee you a tcr?

Aquos76

Which propel are you thinking about, I enquired about the propel advanced 1 in L but was told that that's sold out totally in my size I didn't even consider the propel advanced 2 as it was a 105 mix on it.

c50

Fireblade77 wrote: »

Did you just come from conspiracy theories forum.

hah. no. I should have known better, cant teach braindeads, ive been working in the industry long enough, not going to say anymore, believe what you want, its a granted fact by the bike industry the world over. if you cant understand that its obviously just because you havent a clue when it comes to the industry...

dantheman89

I can see that a shop in Cork has the TCR adv 1 in in a medium. It's on done deal if any of you are interested!

Fireblade77

eoz wrote: »

One tcr advanced for sale size m on done deal if it suits anyone. So this has to mean some stock is arriving.

ya eoz noticed it.

nok2008

Aquos76 wrote: »

Which propel are you thinking about, I enquired about the propel advanced 1 in L but was told that that's sold out totally in my size I didn't even consider the propel advanced 2 as it was a 105 mix on it.

Was thinking propel 2. Will have to double check the site though. As was on about 10 bikes yesterday. Propel 1 just out of finance range

nok2008

eoz wrote: »

Will your lbs not give u a discount due to the fact that they cant guarantee you a tcr?

Got a 10% discount already. He was offering better bikes with bigger cut but just too much. A bit out of lbs control with giant Fecking about. also kind of place that I will be looked after down the road

eoz

Cancelled mine. No guarantee that it will even arrive by week 21. Its a pity and bad business. Ordered it in week 45

Tipperarymike

Am actually in the same boat myself with this, ordered mine in week 42. Was due in the first few weeks of this year. I paid for it back then too so am fairly hacked off over it. I assume getting a refund wont be an issue but that still leaves me with the issue of finding an equivalent bike or brand that I walk out of a shop with.

Anyone have any suggestions?

fat bloke

Anyone actually seen a tcr advanced 2 in the "flesh"? I saw the advanced 3 in a shop and wasn't impressed, maybe it's just the white and the lower spec groupset.

New defy's look ace though, and I've not been a fan heretofore.

Andy Magic

fat bloke wrote: »

Anyone actually seen a tcr advanced 2 in the "flesh"? I saw the advanced 3 in a shop and wasn't impressed, maybe it's just the white and the lower spec groupset.

Yeah mine is sitting out in the Giant store waiting for me to pick it up (I've attached a pic of it after I put it together in the store a couple of weeks ago).

I learned the hard way last year when trying to get the 2014 TCR Advanced 2 model through a different store, I tried to order it in February 2014 and I was told I was too late, I would need to have ordered it around October. So as soon as Giant announced there new 2015 bikes I ordered it immediately off Giant. I didn't want to risk ordering with another store and missing out again.

From what I learned last year from the store I was trying to order off they had these issues before with being told certain weeks and them being delayed. They now no longer sell Giant bikes which is a shame.

I truly feel for anyone who's missing out or has a delay, it was a kick in the balls for me last year.

spyderski

Tipperarymike wrote: »

I paid for it back then too

Did you pay in full, or just a deposit?

Tipperarymike

Paid for it in full, main reason being that at that time I had the money saved up for it and decided to spend then. If I left it till now that cash might have been used on something else.

nok2008

Got the propel adv 2 in the end. Spec not as good as TCR but plenty options to improve!
Was not waiting 2 months for the tcr. Happy out. Only problem is that bought today and away for next few days so will have to wait for first spin.

Fireblade77

nok2008 wrote: »

Got the propel adv 2 in the end. Spec not as good as TCR but plenty options to improve!
Was not waiting 2 months for the tcr. Happy out. Only problem is that bought today and away for next few days so will have to wait for first spin.

Congrats Nok, nice bike, Enjoy

eoz

nok2008 wrote: »

Got the propel adv 2 in the end. Spec not as good as TCR but plenty options to improve!
Was not waiting 2 months for the tcr. Happy out. Only problem is that bought today and away for next few days so will have to wait for first spin.

Nice bike. Nicer colours than the Propel Advanced One. I've ordered a Trek Emonda sl6 instead. I'll have it next month.

Tibulus

Have a Propel Advanced 1 (Large), ordered in in October, collected it last weekend.

Haven't even brought it for a cycle yet as I was working Saturday, running on Sunday morning and back to Dublin on Sunday evening.

Anyone interested i making an offer?

My LBS will honor the warranty.

Bike is in Longford.

Aquos76

My LBS were in touch with me this morning about my TCR advanced 1 had an original delivery date of Wk 7, was then moved to Wk 15 but now showing up for delivery in Wk 13 which is next week, so fingers crossed.

Fireblade77

Ah great news, I hope my LBS gives me a call soon too.

Aquos76

Just got a call saying my TCR advanced 1 is in this week and will be ready to pick up after Wednesday, I'm having the standard compact chainset and rear cassette swapped out before I take collection of it. I hope it will have been worth the wait.

Fireblade77

I got a call today also, week 17 for my tcr.

Aquos76

Well my bike came in earlier this week, went into collect it today but unfortunately the chainset that I was replacing the compact with hadn't come in yet and the wheel set that I ordered separately from Rose bikes still hasn't come, bloody bank holiday weekends :-) Anyway, another couple of days won't hurt I guess.

Atleast I can to actually feel the bike in the flesh and actually have a lift of I, first impressions are very good

minterno

Aquos76 wrote: »

Well my bike came in earlier this week, went into collect it today but unfortunately the chainset that I was replacing the compact with hadn't come in yet and the wheel set that I ordered separately from Rose bikes still hasn't come, bloody bank holiday weekends :-) Anyway, another couple of days won't hurt I guess.

Atleast I can to actually feel the bike in the flesh and actually have a lift of I, first impressions are very good

that's a beauty,love the colour,im drooling

GAFF

Have a good inspection of bike on collection.
After collection I noticed an uneven gap between the forks and frame. It turns out there was a burr where the lower bearing sits.
It appears someone tried to straighten it in factory which damaged the paint.
Fork & frame are being replaced

nok2008

GAFF wrote: »

Have a good inspection of bike on collection.
After collection I noticed an uneven gap between the forks and frame. It turns out there was a burr where the lower bearing sits.
It appears someone tried to straighten it in factory which damaged the paint.
Fork & frame are being replaced

Could you put PIC up of problem so that other people could double check if its a common problem as some people, me especially will take bike without checking everything

Aquos76

I'll be picking up mine hopefully tomorrow, I'll give it a good inspection ok, but would indeed be helpful if I knew what to look out for. Thanks

GAFF

nok2008 wrote: »

Could you put PIC up of problem so that other people could double check if its a common problem as some people, me especially will take bike without checking everything

See images

nok2008

GAFF wrote: »

See images

Thanks. Would be really annoyed if only realised that after leaving shop.

Aquos76

Finally got around to picking up my TCR advanced 1 today, delighted with it now, just ordered the giant ant+ ridesense sensor for it, didn't realise that the TCR was ridesense compatible

Andalucia

cracking bike, had you it on the scales yet?

Aquos76

No, not yet, plan on doing so over the weekend thou.

rtmie

Lovely bike. Good luck with it.

Fireblade77

I was contacted by lbs today, my bike can not be got.

Aquos76

Fireblade77 wrote: »

I was contacted by lbs today, my bike can not be got.

What size are you after?

eoz

Fireblade77 wrote: »

I was contacted by lbs today, my bike can not be got.

Sorry to hear that Fireblade. Some joke

Fireblade77

I Had a size small ordered, ya I'm disgusted that this can happen.

Fireblade77

Long story short, I got the bike , Week 23, Happy ending.
I hope it worked out for everyone here that was waiting on a bike.

eoz

Fireblade77 wrote: »

Long story short, I got the bike , Week 23, Happy ending.
I hope it worked out for everyone here that was waiting on a bike.

Good to hear. Enjoy!!