The Defy Advanced SL 1 has a Shimano Ultegra 12-speed groupset with a Giant Power Pro power meter, 50/34t chainrings and an 11-34t cassette. The Giant SLR 1 36 Carbon Disc WheelSystem includes ...

We had hoped to ride the much more reasonably priced Defy SL 1, which at $4,950 costs less than half the price of the SL 0. Sadly, Giant only had the top spec available for us to try in Arizona.

For instance, the Advanced 0 cruises in with an SRAM Rival eTap AXS and is selling for $4,100 (€3,900 at current exchange rates), while the Advanced 1 uses a Shimano Ultegra and GRX drivetrain ...

Frame: Defy Advanced SL, Size M/L Fork: Advanced SL-grade composite with full composite OverDrive 2 steerer Stem: Giant Contact SL, 120mm Handlebar: Giant Contact SL, 42cm ...

Pricing for the Giant Defy Advanced E+ Elite and the Liv Avail E+ range starts at $6,500 / £5,999 for the AR models and tops out at $11,000 / £9,999 for the Elite AR bikes. Livcycling.com ...

Giant tends to be far from the first brand that comes to mind when serious cyclists are looking to spend upwards of $5,000 on a road bike, but from where I’m sitting atop their most extreme example, ...

Pricing for the Giant Defy Advanced E+ Elite and the Liv Avail E+ range starts at $6,500 / £5,999 for the AR models and tops out at $11,000 / £9,999 for the Elite AR bikes.

Giant sheds its time-tested compact bike frame for something fancier -- its new Propel Advanced SL 0, a wind-slicing, go-fast road machine.