REIGN ADVANCED 0

The Giant Reign is one of the world’s best selling enduro bikes, and it’s been around in one version or the other for almost 13 years by now. Whilst the basic design concepts behind the bike have not really changed over the years, of course everything else has. Materials, geo, suspension, standards, components…mountain biking never stands still! So in the name of keeping up, we headed over to Italy last week to discover the 6th generation of the Reign. Lower, longer, and slacker seems almost like a foregone conclusion here, but if you want to know everything else there is to know about what Giant has come up with, all you have to do is keep reading.

• 27.5 wheel geometry
• Composite mainframe
• New Advanced Forged Composite Technology upper rocker arm
• Maestro suspension technology
• MegaDrive downtube connects the massive headtube and bottom bracket area for added frame stiffness
• OverDrive steerer tube for front-end steering stiffness
• PowerCore bottom bracket for pedaling efficiency
• New trunnion mount shock with lower leverage ratio
• Internal cable routing
• Integrated downtube and chainstay protection
• Boost 15x110 [F], 12X148 [R] hub spacing
• ISCG05 tabs