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Old 11-30-13 | 07:54 PM
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zx9rmal
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Bikes: '92 Merlin Extralight, '19 Giant TCR Advanced Pro 0 Disc

Originally Posted by R1lee
See if you can find both, you will notice a big difference. My store still has them, next time I'm there I will take pic.

<2013
decals are under the clear cut. So can't remove
charcoal, greyish color.
spoke holes are drilled round, like the spokes.
carbon is stiff when pressed.
set comes in at 1600g.

2014
decals can be removed.
Black in color
carbon fairing feels flimsy and plasticky.
spoke holes are squarish and come down the side of the faring, similar to bontrager aura.
set comes in 1800+g due to the soft carbon.

they still use the dtswiss 240 hubs. This was the announcement at the giant canada yearly event, so the giant rep in your area should confirm this.

see if you can see it.
scroll down to the advanced propel models. See the spoke holes into the wheel they are squarish. They also are angled.

but if you see the sl3 model, that spoke hole is directly in the middle and drilled to the size of the spoke.
http://sports.qbei.co.jp/blog/bicycle/15706
Giant claims 1690g for the wheels. Maybe I'll swap the wheels for the ones on my Merlin. Reynolds Assault tubulars, 1265g.
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