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We have a winner for the 2012 Giant TCR Composite worth £1499!

We've chosen our winner… is it you?...

My word a lot of you wanted to win this prize… not surprising really cos the new Giant TCR Composite 2 is indeed a thing of beauty when you see it in the flesh/carbon as we did last week in Germany. Now we're back and after a few reviving cuppas we've worked up the strength to fire up the random-number-o-meter and get the fickle finger to do it's proddy/pointy thing, and the winner is…

Blackhound

The lucky dog has been informed and as soon as we know what size and where to send it the nice people at Giant will be getting it to him, he won't even have to wait until 2012. It doesn't really get any better than that.

Enjoy the bike Blackhound and if you didn't win don't worry there will be another blisteringly good Schwag Grab coming this way soon.

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Giant pretty much invented the compact road bike and the TCR Composiste continues to set the benchmark for what compact design road bikes can deliver in terms of weight, ride, and handling. We were really impressed with the TCR Advanced 2 we tested earlier this year and the 2012 TCR Composite looks like a winner too. Here are some of the key features our lucky winner will get on their new bike:

  • Lightweight TCR Composite frame made from T600 carbon
  • Advanced-Grade Composite fork with alloy steerer
  • Overdrive head tube tapering from 1 1/8 at the top to 1 1/4 at the bottom and for even more front end stiffness and steering accuracy boosted even further by having the top and down tubes wrap around it
  • PowerCore bottom bracket – oversized and stiff and designed to get all your pedalling effort to the back wheel as quickly as possible
  • Shimano Ultegra shifters and rear mech matched up to a 105 front mech and with uprated for 2012 Shimano brakes and chainset
  • Wheels are Giant's new PR-2 offerings sporting Giant PR-3 tyres

The 2012 Giant TCR Composite is available in five sizes: S (48.5), M (50), ML (53.5), L (55), and XL (58.5) so there should be something there for everyone.

To win one all you've got to do is comment in below, we'll be drawing the winner When we get back from Eurobike (that's how far we've had to go to see one in the flesh) on 5 September. Usual Schwag Grab rules apply.

road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.

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brooking | 13 years ago
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Great bike! The old OCR might just have to make way for the new kid on the block.... fingers crossed... and toes...
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Hoester | 13 years ago
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Dibs!

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andyt1964 | 13 years ago
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yes please

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marobertson | 13 years ago
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Yes please

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ALIHISGREAT | 13 years ago
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i'm in... it would make a very nice first road bike!

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jamescycling | 13 years ago
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Lovely!

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seanick | 13 years ago
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Really cool bike!! count me in please  16

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christi | 13 years ago
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I want this one bad!  1

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BillyD | 13 years ago
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and then......................................mwahahahahahahahaha

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DaveP | 13 years ago
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A road bike with gears???  13 OK, I'll take it.

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mike077 | 13 years ago
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That will get me around a lot quicker

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richred_uk | 13 years ago
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luuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrvellllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy

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millo | 13 years ago
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Nice!  1

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benji p | 13 years ago
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I'll take it!  1

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jamie cox | 13 years ago
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Oh please please please! Make my year

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charity chick | 13 years ago
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 101 and  13 me if I win to stop me  105 and  38 about ur brilliant prize, if i'm lucky enough to win I will be  8 with my new bike and it will make me :)!!  6 's and  11 's

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paqui | 13 years ago
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I should win!  1

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ourdave | 13 years ago
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Oh, go on then!

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isaian | 13 years ago
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 3 Love my SCR, would love to replace with this BEAUTYYYY!

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Rawrrrr | 13 years ago
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Ohh and me please!

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carmen | 13 years ago
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I can only dream!  1

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carlos-the-jackal | 13 years ago
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Show me the carbon

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nobled | 13 years ago
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I'd love one!!

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george g | 13 years ago
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I'm holding my breath!  1

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spiderweb34 | 13 years ago
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Yes please!

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ale | 13 years ago
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Mamam mia! Tutti li mundi!  1 A Giant! No less! My first road bike!

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rogie40 | 13 years ago
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I want that one! That one, that one that one!
I don't like it!

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mario | 13 years ago
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I'd make a proud papa!  1

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Stylishmandrill | 13 years ago
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Superb schwag. I'm in.

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Liquorice | 13 years ago
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Ding-a-ling, please count me in for this GIANT giveaway

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