Giant Anthem Review: XC Showdown
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On paper, the giant Anthem might be the most traditional XC bike in our test. Its suspension characteristics are some of the best, the Fox Live Valve works wonderfully, and the bike is incredibly fun to ride. So stick around to see how the Anthem does it.
Read the full review here - • Giant Anthem Review: X...
The rest of the XC Showdown:
The Contenders - • XC Showdown: The Conte...
Cervelo ZFS-5 - • Cervelo ZFS-5 Review: ...
0:00 Intro
0:37 Giant Anthem Geometry and Details
1:51 Uphill
3:34 Downhill
4:44 Who is the Anthem for?
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Love your content man! One of my favorite MTB KZread channels! Keep up the great content
@bikersedge
11 ай бұрын
Hey thanks! Glad you like the videos.
I just stumbled upon your channel and I love the informative, concise format. Quick to the point, nice riding footage and sensible recommendations - great job!
@bikersedge
10 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
Great series. I look forward to the Blur review.
@bikersedge
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words! The blur is next up.
Love this! Deciding between Oiz, new Supercaliber coming from a 2021 Top Fuel. Want something stable, race-quick, allround...
Great video. Your reviews are the best on KZread. No BS just straight to the point. Thanks
@bikersedge
11 ай бұрын
Thanks! Glad you like them.
One minor comment - I've noticed that sometimes "aggressive" can mean steep angles & XC focused and sometimes the same word can mean more downhill oriented. You're definitely not the only bike media person who uses this word for these two opposite ends of the spectrum. Just wanted to call it out as a point of feedback in case helpful for future videos. Thanks for the great content
@bikersedge
11 ай бұрын
That is a good point. I can see how that’s confusing. In this instance it’s referring to a very low, front heavy, XC feel.
Would this be your opinion even without Fox live valve? (Remote lockout) The factory team also prefers to use it this way in competitions.
@bikersedge
10 ай бұрын
It's tough to say. I haven't ridden it without live valve. It was certainly part of the magic.
I also have an old man’s back from years of being hunched over a PC and on the bike. Which bike gives you the most comfort for riding out of your fleet of bikes ?
@bikersedge
10 ай бұрын
Cervelo or Blur. Both very upright and kind on old man backs.
I'm surprised we don't see more livevalve equipped xc rigs. Seems like a good solution vs having a million lock-out levers on the bars.
@bikersedge
11 ай бұрын
Agreed. I’d much rather have live valve that manual lockouts. I wonder if weight is a concern? That said this was the second lightest bike in the test.
Wished it came with alloy frame for starting xc racer
@bikersedge
11 күн бұрын
Yeah would be nice. I’d argue that someone getting into MTB would be better suited on a trail bike anyway.
Any key differences between this and the Trance 120mm version?
@bikersedge
10 ай бұрын
Lots. The trance is a trail bike with trail bike geo. It rides very different.
Where are these amazing trails??
@bikersedge
11 ай бұрын
Snowbird
Probably most bang for ur bucks
@bikersedge
10 ай бұрын
Probably not wrong.
Did this video get demonitized? Where are the views
@mhowell13
11 ай бұрын
It's only an hour old lol
@bikersedge
11 ай бұрын
@@mhowell13 this 👆