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Giant CRS Alliance, any reason NOT to buy?

  • 15-06-2009 9:28am
    #1
    quenching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭


    Have to decide in the next 2 weeks what to replace my current commuter bike with and tried a Giant CRS 0 at the weekend and found it better than a Lapierre RCR 500, much more comfortable for me.

    As I'm keen to use up my full €1000 allowance on the BTW scheme I though I might get the next model up, Giant CRS Alliance, comes with a half carbon/aluminium frame and upgraded components. I'm PRESUMING the geometry is the same as I can't find any geometry specs for the CRS 0, only the CRS Alliance. The shop didn't have an Alliance in stock to try.

    Thought I had settled on a Specialized Sirrus Expert (based on nothing but reviews/opinions) but the road surface through Ranelagh/Rathmines has me concerned about wheel damage and comfort, so the CRS was suggested as slightly more comfortable and a bit thougher in the wheel dept!

    I have yet to find a shop with a large Sirrus in stock for me to try!!

    Anyone tell me why I shouldn't get a CRS Alliance for a 12 mile round trip in and out of Dublin City Centre with a steep hill at the end.


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  • #2
    quenching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭quenching


    Or indeed if anyone has any experience of Alliance technology frames from Giant in general, the bike shop staff seemed a bit dubious but admitted they had no actual concrete reason to be so.


  • #3
    horizon26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭horizon26


    Go for it,i bought a crs 3 about a year ago.Great bike fun very comfortable not the fastest first bike i bought in 18 years.The alliance is a much better bike upgrade wise you will love it.I also bought a road bike but for commuting the giant is a really nice bike.:)


  • #4
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Sorry for the bump. Did you get this in the end?


  • #5
    quenching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭quenching


    I did indeed and couldn't be happier, got the crankset upgraded to Shimano 105 and Ultegra bottom bracket, all because one of the cranks was missing - someone in the shop "borrowed" it for another bike and it never reappeared, a replacement was going to take weeks to arrive. No cost to me of course, thanks to the guys in The Bike Hut in Cabinteely, they were very obliging.


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