Thor805

Hey. A couple years ago i bought a 2005 giant tcr advanced road frame and transfered the parts from my 2008 giant ocr 1 w to make it complete. I added some parts, like a double crankset, and a a set of american classic 420's, because i was planning on racing it. I have, for the past two seasons, but now i have gotten way more into mtb and cross racing. I am a woman, and I have had troubles with fitting on the tcr, because it is a little too small for me and it has unisex geometry. The ocr is more comfortable for my build, and because I wont be racing often anymore, aerodynamics, stiffness and weight arent nearly as important to me as they once were. I was pondering the idea of selling my complete tcr advanced, sans american classics (replace w/ a set of training wheels), and building the ocr back up with sram force, and the am. classics. I would still race this bike occasionally, not more than 5 times per season, and use it mostly for training for mtb racing. I would invest $1000 to build it back up again (the ocr), and hope to sell my tcr advanced for $1500 if i'm very lucky. so hopefully i would gain about $200-500 bucks, which i could put towards a cross bike. Is this a wise idea?

CrimsonKarter21

The oracle says: "It's cool, I guess..."

merlinextraligh

I doubt you'll get $1500 for a 2005 TCR Advanced with 105 components, and cheap wheels. For one thing, that frame is now 2 generations old.

Assuming your OCR and TCR are the same frame sizes, you may very well be able to make the TCR fit you just as well by changing the stem, moving spacers, flipping the stem etc, given that the biggest geometry difference is the length of the head tube. If that's correct, you're likely ahead of the game selling the OCR frame, and keeping the nicer bike.

Obvioulsy you want to ride what fits you. I'm just thinking the math of your project isn't going to quite add up.