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Bookmark or Share- First road bike: Giant Contend 3 or Contend AR 4? : r/whichbike - RedditIf you’re on good roads and looking for a slightly more performance focused bike though, you might think about checking out the Cannondale Optimo line, or the Specialized Allez. Both have bikes in that $1k-1.3K range that will be slightly more racy than the Contend.
- Is Giant Contend AR4/3 technically a gravel bike? How to tell ... - RedditSo the Giant Contend AR has greater clearance than a pure road bike, but less than a typical gravel bike. Note that you can swap tyres - if you put slick road tyres on a "gravel" bike you have a bike that is basically an endurance road bike.
- Domane AL 5 Disc vs Giand Contend AR 1 : r/whichbike - RedditBoth the 2021 models. I know there's a few hundred dollar price difference. Looked at 99 Spokes and they seem pretty similar, just trying to get some opinions. The Domane has a long wait- April 11th 2022 while the Contend is ~ 150 miles away, but available. This will be my first road bike. Looking for speed, smooth shifting, and good handling.
- Thoughts on Giant Contend AR 1? : r/cycling - RedditYea, I was looking at all of those and Contend seems like the best option. You get 105 and its not as expensive as other bikes with that groupset. It looks like other options with 105 are higher priced and the contend is supposed to be a good beginner bike without spending a ton of money
- CAAD vs. Contend (Entry Level Bike Opinions) : r/cycling - RedditUnless I'm reading the numbers wrong, the Contend may actualy be racier than the Optimo in the same size if you set the bars at the same height (relative to BB) and reach, because Contend will have a shorter wheelbase and put the rider's center of gravity further foward over the front wheel due to the longer stem (to compensate for reach ...
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