As the world of bike design is influenced more and more by computational fluid dynamics, wind tunnel testing and, well, data, while being bound by the UCI's rulebook, it feels as though the available gains are getting smaller and smaller. Aero bikes appear to be converging on a single final form, and lightweight bikes, hamstrung by the UCI's 6.8kg minimum weight limit, are for the most part simply getting marginally better aero credentials courtesy of faster wheels, minimally refined tube shapes and integrated cockpits.
With that in mind, today is the day that Giant, the biggest bike brand in the world with a claimed factory capacity of a million bikes per year, launches the 10th generation of its flagship lightweight race bike, the TCR.
