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Giant defy 5

Wils110 · 2013-02-02 16:36:19

Getting into cycling for fitness and getting a bike through bike to work scheme was looking at the giant defy 5 any you guys familiar with it

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Wils110

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Getting into cycling for fitness and getting a bike through bike to work scheme was looking at the giant defy 5 any you guys familiar with it

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#2 02-02-2013 5:07pm

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Giant is a decent brand of bike but given the defy 5 is the base model, the components are not that spectacular, maybe consider a second hand bike with a better spec?? either way, best of luck with it. Hope you enjoy it.

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#3 02-02-2013 9:19pm

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With the bike to work scheme you can get a better bike than the Defy 5 I went for the Defy 3 after good advice here on boards

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#4 02-02-2013 9:31pm

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What was the price of that

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#5 04-02-2013 9:08am

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got it for 799

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#6 04-02-2013 10:34am

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Defy discussion thread here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056865132&page=2

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#7 04-02-2013 9:23pm

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Just to give a bit of feedback... got on mine for the first time today aftwr cycling a Giant Revel for a good while.... my god the difference!! I didnt even know how to use the gears for about 15 mins haha

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