Will work depending on how much you need to or don't need to put in the bag

It's definitely a nice, compact, and ergonomic bag. The material seems durable, though I'll have to update my review once I use the bag for many miles. Depending on what your bag carrying needs are, this bag will work for you, or won't. If all you need to carry is maybe a patch kit, gels, phone and keys... it'll work for you. If you wanted to use the bag more as a long distance carrying pack.. it won't. This is the case because of how much it narrows towards the seat post attachment. I've test fitted the bag and with 1 road bike tube, my Env2 cellphone and car keys + mini-swiss army knife.. the bag is absolutely jam packed.

Posted 09.03.11

RE: So far So Amazing! [update to initial review on 6.9.11]

Update to my initial review after about 2 and a half months and roughly 300 miles give or take a few miles. Sadly downgraded from a 5 star to a 4 star [would rate 3.5 stars if I could] So far the bike seems to be holding up okay. No problems with any of the SRAM components; no mis-shifts, no over or undershooting when changing, etc. I did, however, have problems in the first few days of ownership because the left shifter for the front derailleur felt rather stuck, but for some reason, loosened up and began operating normally after a few days. [At first, the left shifter had so much resistance that it felt like the shift lever would snap right off, but when I called in, was told that it was normal, though what it feels like NOW, feels normal to me... not what how it was in the beginning] PROS: -Bike still looks good -I get compliments -SRAM components work great CONS: [Issues that have caused much worrying prior to having pinpointed them as a result of several hours of riding and listening carefully] -After the first month, I began hearing immense "clicking" around the headset area, and was worried something might have broken within, but found out later [myself from thorough checking] that it was due to the spacers and from me having flipped the stem to the low riding position. I'm assuming it's poor quality of spacers and/or maybe even poor stem build quality because in the "LOW" position, the stem isn't flush with or without the spacers in, and leaves about a 1mm or so gap from the headset cap, which was causing the "clicking" when I had my hands with any amount of weight/pressure on the bar. I have since flipped the stem back to the higher position, but even in the raised position, there's still a gap, though not as much as the flip side, and causes clicking occasionally when I'm riding unseated with more weight on the bars. - After the above "clicking" problem due to the stem and spacers was, for the most part, remedied, I started hearing another louder "clicking" noise, and this time I really thought that something was wrong with the headset and had a friend ride my bike, while I followed behind riding his bike. While following, I noticed that the rather loud "clicking" was coming from the back of the bike [which I hadn't noticed before], and saw that it went away when I asked my friend to ride unseated, and came back when he sat back down. I thought it was because the seatpost nut wasn't tight enough but even after tightening slightly more to assure it was secure, the clicking hasn't gone away completely, though still.. not as bad as before. I assume it may be because it wasn't greased enough from the Genius Build, or there may be far too big a difference in size between the seatpost and the dimensions of the frame within causing the seatpost to move around far too much from the weight of my body [165lbs]. Hopefully, the clicking isn't caused by a crack in the frame or anything severe, and hopefully the clicking will go away once I get some lube for the seatpost and re-install the seatpost, because at this point.. the clicking can still be heard even from the front of the bike from it reverberating through the frame. This is my first new bike experience so I'm unsure how long you're supposed to be able to go before having to get a bike inspected and tuned up, but I'll definitely need to take the bike in to my LBS just to make sure nothing else is wrong or loose, even though I had purchased the Genius Build for the bike.

Posted 08.25.11

So far So Amazing!

I was eye-balling this bike for a good week or two after randomly stumbling onto Giantnerd.com. I was iffy about ordering but with the urgency of needing/wanting a bike for an upcoming ride, I went ahead and pulled the trigger. I called in, and placed my order on Monday 6/6/11, and mentioned to the rep (who I can't remember) told me that he couldn't guarantee that I would get the bike before the ride the coming Sat (6/11/11) because of backed up orders from the Memorial Day/Week sale. To my wonderful surprise, the guys here at Giantnerd, took my order, and completed the Genius Build and shipped it out THE night of the day I ordered it. I actually JUST received the bike roughly 2 hours ago through FedEx, box fully intact. [That comes out to only 3.5 days I had to wait from ordering to receipt; mind you I live in Southern Cali] I quickly took the bike out along with all the added papers, certification, tools, etc. and assembled a majority of the bike and gave the whole bike a look over. And I do have to say, so far.. I haven't found any blemishes or anything that might be off. I won't know until I actually get to ride the bike to know for sure, but my first impressions of the bike AND of Giantnerd are A+++!! I'll make an update to my review once I'm back, hopefully myself and the bike fully in tact, from my 100ish mile ride to San Diego this coming weekend, and will give a better review on the overall feel, ride-ability, etc of the bike. Thanks Giantnerd for getting my bike to me before the longest single day ride I hopefully will be able to complete this weekend!!

Posted 06.09.11

Joined Road Bikes

Joined 06.07.11

Paul Kim

Oggling the new Tommaso Velocita I JUST got in the mail!

Posted 06.09.11

Will work depending on how much you need to or don't need to put in the bag

It's definitely a nice, compact, and ergonomic bag. The material seems durable, though I'll have to update my review once I use the bag for many miles. Depending on what your bag carrying needs are, this bag will work for you, or won't. If all you need to carry is maybe a patch kit, gels, phone and keys... it'll work for you. If you wanted to use the bag more as a long distance carrying pack.. it won't. This is the case because of how much it narrows towards the seat post attachment. I've test fitted the bag and with 1 road bike tube, my Env2 cellphone and car keys + mini-swiss army knife.. the bag is absolutely jam packed.

Posted 09.03.11

RE: So far So Amazing! [update to initial review on 6.9.11]

Update to my initial review after about 2 and a half months and roughly 300 miles give or take a few miles. Sadly downgraded from a 5 star to a 4 star [would rate 3.5 stars if I could] So far the bike seems to be holding up okay. No problems with any of the SRAM components; no mis-shifts, no over or undershooting when changing, etc. I did, however, have problems in the first few days of ownership because the left shifter for the front derailleur felt rather stuck, but for some reason, loosened up and began operating normally after a few days. [At first, the left shifter had so much resistance that it felt like the shift lever would snap right off, but when I called in, was told that it was normal, though what it feels like NOW, feels normal to me... not what how it was in the beginning] PROS: -Bike still looks good -I get compliments -SRAM components work great CONS: [Issues that have caused much worrying prior to having pinpointed them as a result of several hours of riding and listening carefully] -After the first month, I began hearing immense "clicking" around the headset area, and was worried something might have broken within, but found out later [myself from thorough checking] that it was due to the spacers and from me having flipped the stem to the low riding position. I'm assuming it's poor quality of spacers and/or maybe even poor stem build quality because in the "LOW" position, the stem isn't flush with or without the spacers in, and leaves about a 1mm or so gap from the headset cap, which was causing the "clicking" when I had my hands with any amount of weight/pressure on the bar. I have since flipped the stem back to the higher position, but even in the raised position, there's still a gap, though not as much as the flip side, and causes clicking occasionally when I'm riding unseated with more weight on the bars. - After the above "clicking" problem due to the stem and spacers was, for the most part, remedied, I started hearing another louder "clicking" noise, and this time I really thought that something was wrong with the headset and had a friend ride my bike, while I followed behind riding his bike. While following, I noticed that the rather loud "clicking" was coming from the back of the bike [which I hadn't noticed before], and saw that it went away when I asked my friend to ride unseated, and came back when he sat back down. I thought it was because the seatpost nut wasn't tight enough but even after tightening slightly more to assure it was secure, the clicking hasn't gone away completely, though still.. not as bad as before. I assume it may be because it wasn't greased enough from the Genius Build, or there may be far too big a difference in size between the seatpost and the dimensions of the frame within causing the seatpost to move around far too much from the weight of my body [165lbs]. Hopefully, the clicking isn't caused by a crack in the frame or anything severe, and hopefully the clicking will go away once I get some lube for the seatpost and re-install the seatpost, because at this point.. the clicking can still be heard even from the front of the bike from it reverberating through the frame. This is my first new bike experience so I'm unsure how long you're supposed to be able to go before having to get a bike inspected and tuned up, but I'll definitely need to take the bike in to my LBS just to make sure nothing else is wrong or loose, even though I had purchased the Genius Build for the bike.

Posted 08.25.11

Paul Kim

Oggling the new Tommaso Velocita I JUST got in the mail!

Posted 06.09.11

Joined Road Bikes

Joined 06.07.11