Now that I'm up and running with the Reign, I have a daunting task in front of me. This bike likes to go fast and straight! From the second ride on, my brain started adjusting and the bike's handling started to feel natural. The bike arrived with the flip chips in the low position and on the first descent my steering, braking and weight shifts were all off. As was initially the case with the Norco Fluid, I'm still struggling a bit with distributing my weight over the long wheelbase on steep or technical climbs. I can already say that the Reign pedals quite well. The low backsweep bar feels a little awkward and I experienced some hand and wrist discomfort so a swap for a bar with more backsweep is imminent. It's not perfect yet but that floaty feeling is already there.Ĭockpit setup is turning out to be a little more difficult. For now I settled on 30% sag in the rear and 25% up front with middle-of-the-road compression and rebound settings. It's longer and slacker than any bike I've ridden for an extended period.Īs I write this, I have two weeks on the Reign and my first impressions are largely positive.īeing familiar with Maestro bikes and Fox dampers it didn't take long to find a good base suspension setup. I decided to request an XL which has similar reach and stack numbers as the XL Norco Fluid I tested last year but a slacker head tube angle and longer chainstays (and wheelbase). Curiously from a brand named Giant, there is no XXL size.Īt 187 cm (6' 2"), Giant's size recommendation puts me right in between L and XL. With more and more brands offering size-specific chainstay lengths, I feel like Giant falls short here. The Reign comes in sizes S-XL, with the same chainstay length across all sizes. The mullet setup combined with the high position is very close in numbers to the 29er setup in the low position. The Reign can be run as a full 29er or as a 29/27.5 mullet in all three flip chip positions, for a total of 6 different configurations. Reach and stack numbers are in line with the competition. Flip chips in the seatstay pivots let you switch between three settings with a 63.5, 63.9 or 64.2-degree head tube angle and corresponding 78.3, 78.7 or 79-degree seat tube angle. 160mm of rear travel is paired with a 170mm fork up front. Glancing over the numbers, the new Reign appears to be smack in the middle of present day enduro geometry with very little left to be desired. As if to prove a point, Luke Meier-Smith raced the new Reign to a win in the first Enduro World Cup in Tasmania last March. The new 2023 Reign, announced last December, returns to the enduro realm with contemporary race-ready geometry, rear travel bumped back up to 160 mm, a flip chip unlocking 3 geometry variations, and the option to run a 29/27.5 mullet setup. A rather large gap in reach between the M and L sizes left riders of average height scratching their heads.īeing the world's largest bicycle manufacturer may provide some leeway in having to keep up with the Joneses in the mountain bike industry but Giant eventually got moving. It was an excellent all-round trail bike but not quite the ruthless enduro weapon it could have been. In 2020 the Reign made the jump to 29" wheels and with 146 mm of rear travel and a not-so-slack-anymore 65° head tube angle. As geometry at the rowdy end of the trail bike spectrum kept getting pushed to extremes and finally embraced 29" wheels, subsequent iterations of the Reign leaned toward conservative and left the hard-hitting crowd a little unsatisfied. It was and still is a popular bike on the Shore. In the right conditions it will break down in 6 weeks.Back in 2014, as the enduro hype was running full steam, Giant introduced a brand new Reign that was fully on trend with 27.5" wheels and what was then considered long and slack geometry. Because newsprint is not acid-free, it will yellow with age if left in the sun for an extended period.ĮND OF LIFE: Compost packaging and used wrapping paper. USE: The best way to store your Wrappily is in a folder or a box out of direct sunlight. MATERIALS: Premium recycled newsprint, soy-based inkġ00% Recyclable, Compostable, Biodegradable + Plastic Free. One sheet is enough to wrap two shirt boxes. INCLUDES: Three (3) reversible gift wrap sheets with complementary gift tag stickers. Printed at neighbourhood newspaper presses.This theme features a bold tropical pattern of plumeria blossoms mixed with shadowy palm fonds to make gift wrapping fun.
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