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Qui si parla Campagnolo-www.vecchios.com said:

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1237/29254/

It's actually a brilliant frame (from a marketing POV). You take
existing CF fork technology, modify a little for a rear wishbone, splice
it to 2 plain CF tubes which you then sleeve into a typical welded Al
frame. Slap on entry level wheels and components and charge a premium
for the "technology". What's not to like?

Quoted message said:

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1237/29254/

I especially like this line-

"Outstanding Lateral Stiffness. Thanks to aluminum's unyielding stiffness,
Alliance models feature equal bottom bracket deflection as traditional
aluminum frames, at a fraction of the weight."

Aluminum's "unyielding stiffness?" What superlative would they have to use
to describe just about any other material that would actually be even
stiffer? It's not that it's aluminum that makes it stiff, it's the structure
that aluminum allows you to build (larger diameters without a severe weight
penalty). If it were steel, just think how "stiff" that tube would be!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Quoted message said:

Qui si parla Campagnolo-www.vecchios.com said:

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1237/29254/

Peter Cole said:

It's actually a brilliant frame (from a marketing POV). You take
existing CF fork technology, modify a little for a rear wishbone, splice
it to 2 plain CF tubes which you then sleeve into a typical welded Al
frame. Slap on entry level wheels and components and charge a premium
for the "technology". What's not to like?

"seamless integration of these two materials" Means glue, yes?
Sure, 'State of the art'. Whatever
"Rigid yet flexible' Yawn, so 2006.
Anything new here?
--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/road/1237/29254/

I especially like this line-

"Outstanding Lateral Stiffness. Thanks to aluminum's unyielding stiffness,
Alliance models feature equal bottom bracket deflection as traditional
aluminum frames, at a fraction of the weight."

Aluminum's "unyielding stiffness?" What superlative would they have to use
to describe just about any other material that would actually be even
stiffer? It's not that it's aluminum that makes it stiff, it's the structure
that aluminum allows you to build (larger diameters without a severe weight
penalty). If it were steel, just think how "stiff" that tube would be!

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycleswww.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Yep, if it were 'yielding' stiffness, that would be just before it
broke.