leunkstar

A friend of me showed up at my house with a Giant Peloton 7000.

I started laughing at his frankenbike because at that moment it looked really weird:
End 90's Purple Giant frame (in nice condition and rather modern looking) but the parts were:
- 6spd SRAM GripShift (on dropbars!)
- a very low level SIS Shimano derailleur (TY series, from 1983!)
- Sakae crankset with welded chain rings
- Dia Compe 80s looking brakes
- Nice rigida aero rims, but with 6 speed sprocket

My first thought: Someone took a frame and put his spare parts on it.

But... I did some Google and it turned out to be original! The 1999 model was gold yellow with 7spd RSX group but this one had this setup. That is not how i know Giant. Can't find a lot of info but does anyone know this year/model? And why would they put gripshift on a racer?

I try to find some pictures


btw i thought it was Giant Peleton 7000, but it's spelled peloton

John_V 

Got this from a Giant archive page and the photo does show STI shifters on it. However, there was another link from Australia, that showed the same bike with a flat bar and grip shifters. I guess they had different variations of the bike in different countries.

Specifications: (from the Giant Archive Page)

size 49, 53, 56, 59, 62 cms
frame Chromoly double butted TIG welded main frame with internal cable
routing. 0.9/0.6/0.9 mm wall thickness for low weight/high strength
fork High-tensile front fork
derailleur Derailleurs 14-speed Shimano RSX front and rear derailleurs with
easy-reach Shimano new RSX STI Dual Control shifters.
colour Candy gold yellow
crankset CPI 42 x 52/Shimano MF-HG-37 14-28
additional Lightweight aluminium Formula hubs, Dual pivot brakes and aluminium
handlebar, Aluminium cage pedals (with toe clips), Rigida Alex double
wall rims, Selle Italia XO saddle

Edit: Sorry, I just read the full article on the Australian blog site and the blogger added the straight bar and shifters. My bad for not reading the entire article before posting.

leunkstar

thx! found those links too, but no original versions. Perhaps only the Dutch market? We have the Giant EMEA HQ here after all

Michal12345

Hey! Can someone post these links again? Those links that got posted are not working anymore???? :/

i have this bike too, and im wondering if this was the actual specification, or if someone just placed some random parts on it

can someone help me out?