"5"^^ . "0"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . . "My wife and I have been cycling off and on for a bit over a year now. We took the plunge and bought new comfort bikes last fall and then temporarily upgraded to used fitness bikes this past spring.\n\nWe have been preparing to buy endurance road bikes and narrowed our selection down to 3 manufacturers. We ended up selecting another one but that is not a knock against this shop. There are plenty of reasons to buy from Giant and especially this shop:\n\nWomen cyclists: Look into Liv cycling. Liv works hard for women cycling. These are not pink it and shrink it bikes. They even have ambassadors across the country that try to help the female cycling community. Look for Cindy if you need help with fitting. But the entire staff knows their crap.\n\nDisc breaks: Giant is moving all bikes towards disc breaks. If you want discs, chances are any bike you can buy from Giant 2015 and onward will have them.\n\nPart swapping: If you want to change out parts on your bike, the shop will work with you. They offered to trade in the lower spoke count wheels for something higher since my weight is still too high for race wheels. They offered to swap saddles for my wife. They even looked into the price to upgrade an Ultegra bike to Ultegra Di2.\n\nRemember my bit about Cindy? She organizes weekly rides over at Meetup. You can ride with her and probably get more questions answered.\n\nThe overall feeling of the store: Huge selection. Clearance models if you need to look for a deal. Friendly staff that is not pushy and wants to work with you. And Giant as a manufacturer offers some of the best bang for your buck. My decision to get a different bike has nothing to do with the shop and is all about small decisions based on the bike I eventually bought. In the end, location may have been a tiebreaker for me. Had I lived in Scottsdale, I probably would've ended up buying a Giant Defy Advanced Pro 1. And I'd highly suggest that to someone looking at an endurance bike with a full Shimano Ultegra groupset and disc breaks.\n\nFor men we can get Defy which is the endurance bike. It is good for long duration in the saddle and rougher roads. Propel which is an \"aero\" bike. And TCR which is lightweight. Defy goes from 1-5 it is an aluminum frame and the number mostly has to do with the gear shifting and breaking, lower is better. Advanced 1-3 are carbon fiber. Advanced Pro is basically Advanced 1 with a couple of upgrades. Advanced SLR is pro level and probably has electronic shifting. They have a good selection most models in various sizes. And those are road bikes in a shop that does a lot of work in mountain cycling. I have no idea how great their selection for mountain bikes is since that's not my area of interest."^^ . "2015-05-29T00:00:00"^^ .