Giant US Geometry vs World - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

02-02-2005, 07:53 AM

I'm looking to buy a Giant OCR1 road bike. I'm curious as to why the
specs on the US bikes reference a compact geometry vs the world sites
as having a semi-sloping top tub. Is Giant moving away from the
Compact Geometry and they have yet to release these bikes to the US?

02-02-2005, 08:16 AM

Jef wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a Giant OCR1 road bike. I'm curious as to why the
> specs on the US bikes reference a compact geometry vs the world sites
> as having a semi-sloping top tub. Is Giant moving away from the
> Compact Geometry and they have yet to release these bikes to the US?

I think that the U.S. site is showing the 2004 models, while the world
site is showing the 2005 models. They are probably trying to dump the
rest of last years production.

I heard that at Interbike that most manufacturers are moving away from
the compact frame design, because it hasn't been popular, costing them a
lot more in lost sales than they saved in production costs. However if
the manufacturer has a lot of stock of the compact frames, they have to
get rid of them prior to moving back to a more standard geometry.

02-02-2005, 08:16 AM

Jef wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a Giant OCR1 road bike. I'm curious as to why the
> specs on the US bikes reference a compact geometry vs the world sites
> as having a semi-sloping top tub. Is Giant moving away from the
> Compact Geometry and they have yet to release these bikes to the US?

I think that the U.S. site is showing the 2004 models, while the world
site is showing the 2005 models. They are probably trying to dump the
rest of last years production.

I heard that at Interbike that most manufacturers are moving away from
the compact frame design, because it hasn't been popular, costing them a
lot more in lost sales than they saved in production costs. However if
the manufacturer has a lot of stock of the compact frames, they have to
get rid of them prior to moving back to a more standard geometry.

02-02-2005, 11:40 AM

Jef wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a Giant OCR1 road bike. I'm curious as to why the
> specs on the US bikes reference a compact geometry vs the world sites
> as having a semi-sloping top tub. Is Giant moving away from the
> Compact Geometry and they have yet to release these bikes to the US?
>

Sounds like the same thing to me, is there really any difference? The
Australian site calls the '05 models "compact", the Japanese site does
the same, the Polish site is... in Polish.

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02-02-2005, 11:40 AM

Jef wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a Giant OCR1 road bike. I'm curious as to why the
> specs on the US bikes reference a compact geometry vs the world sites
> as having a semi-sloping top tub. Is Giant moving away from the
> Compact Geometry and they have yet to release these bikes to the US?
>

Sounds like the same thing to me, is there really any difference? The
Australian site calls the '05 models "compact", the Japanese site does
the same, the Polish site is... in Polish.

--
My bike blog:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

02-02-2005, 02:39 PM

Diablo Scott wrote:
> Jef wrote:
> > I'm looking to buy a Giant OCR1 road bike. I'm curious as to why
the
> > specs on the US bikes reference a compact geometry vs the world
sites
> > as having a semi-sloping top tub. Is Giant moving away from the
> > Compact Geometry and they have yet to release these bikes to the
US?
> >
>
> Sounds like the same thing to me, is there really any difference?
The
> Australian site calls the '05 models "compact", the Japanese site
does
> the same, the Polish site is... in Polish.
>
> --
> My bike blog:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

The geometry via the pictures on the website look totally different
between the bikes for America vs World. There was no Geometry data for
the non America Sites so I could not compare. Just curiosity as I've
always like the Giant Bikes for the "value" (I had an old Kronos) but
am not crazy about the compact design

02-02-2005, 02:39 PM

Diablo Scott wrote:
> Jef wrote:
> > I'm looking to buy a Giant OCR1 road bike. I'm curious as to why
the
> > specs on the US bikes reference a compact geometry vs the world
sites
> > as having a semi-sloping top tub. Is Giant moving away from the
> > Compact Geometry and they have yet to release these bikes to the
US?
> >
>
> Sounds like the same thing to me, is there really any difference?
The
> Australian site calls the '05 models "compact", the Japanese site
does
> the same, the Polish site is... in Polish.
>
> --
> My bike blog:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

The geometry via the pictures on the website look totally different
between the bikes for America vs World. There was no Geometry data for
the non America Sites so I could not compare. Just curiosity as I've
always like the Giant Bikes for the "value" (I had an old Kronos) but
am not crazy about the compact design