I'm a newbie thinking about a used Giant Cypress. One used one I'm interested in has a rigid fork, but an adjustable handlebar stem. From my brief forays into the web and local bike shop so far, that particular combination doesn't seem to normally exist on the Cypress, at least for the current few years. I've had no inkling from the seller that the bike was customized in any way, so I'm wondering if there was any particular year that the Cypress had this combination as standard or typical?
Again, it is:
seatpost: spring
fork: rigid
handlebar stem: adjustable angle
color: blue (a royal or bright navy blue, solid color except for decals)
frame: men's/unisex

If this combo is from a particular year, it might make researching it a bit easier. Thanks for any help you can give.

Giant Cypress, they have been around forever. I bought an older used one following my knee surgery, didn't have the
strength to ride my road bike. Mine is a solid silver grey with seatpost spring, rigid fork and men's frame. Bought it used in
Michigan, it has a sticker on it from a bike shop in Portland Oregon. Anyway I took it home, cleaned the rust off of the handlebar,
got the wheels shiny, eventually replaced the tires and have used it for 2 years as a guest bike. It is definitely older than the
most that I see on the streets. The thing is bullet proof. I have seen a couple of them with the adjustable angle handlebar stems.
What year were they ??? no idea. One of the guys that I ride with has a brand spanking new 2015 Cypress, recolor the decal, change and dull the
paint job and dirty it up and it would be a dead ringer for Old Silver. These bikes seem to stick around for a lonnnnnnnnnngggg time.

2006

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I have an old silver Cypress. Bought it used in Michigan, original sticker on it is from a bike shop in Portland Oregon.
It does not have the adjustable angle stem. I have seen several of them with the adjustable stem. Giant has a archive
available Bike Archive | Giant Bicycles | United States. One of the guys that I ride with has
a brand spanking new 2015 Cypress that aside from the shiny paint job and restyled decal, looks just like any of the
rusty, dirty, greasy ones that have been around for the past 15 years or more. Durable to the extreme.