Giant endurance bike 20218/3/2023 ![]() ![]() He has covered all the major innovations in cycling this century, and reported from launches, trade shows and industry events in Europe, Asia, Australia, North American and Africa. Over the years, Warren has written about thousands of bikes and tested more than 2,500 – from budget road bikes to five-figure superbikes. In his time as a cycling journalist, Warren has written for Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Urban Cyclist, Procycling, Cyclingnews, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike and T3. He’s also a regular presenter on the BikeRadar Podcast and on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel. Having been testing bikes for more than 20 years, Warren has an encyclopedic knowledge of road cycling and has been the mastermind behind our Road Bike of the Year test for more than a decade. Warren Rossiter is BikeRadar and Cycling Plus magazine’s senior technical editor for road and gravel. Great real-world gearing of a 50/34 chainset and wide 11-34 cassette with a low one-to-one 34/34 gear meant I went looking for the steepest sections on local climbs to see how the Defy (and I) held up. ![]() It gives the Defy an eagerness when climbing. When climbing, the Defy has plenty in its armoury.įirst up is the carbon wheelset: though the Defy isn’t the lightest bike out there, at 8.52kg in a size large, you still enjoy a rewarding flighty feel, with a wheel package that’s 1,500g the pair, plus tyres that run without inner tubes. I ventured onto a few gravel road sections when testing and the Defy excelled here as well as it did on tarmac roads. Over rough surfaces the D-Fuse post and bar work harmoniously with added smoothness afforded by the new 32c Gavia tyres. The ride position afforded by the 605mm stack and 390mm reach errs on the sporty side of sportive bikes. On the road, the Defy is gloriously composed with a wonderful ride quality. Giant’s chainstay-integrated speed-and-cadence sensor.
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