US national short track champion Adam Craig is training and racing in 2010 on the full-carbon Giant Anthem X Advanced SL he played a pivotal role in developing.
Most of the build kit comes from Shimano including an XTR group – hopped up with lightweight Yumeya bits – and wheels and cockpit components from PRO. The only major deviation for the former two-time national cross-country champion is a lightweight single 38-tooth chainring setup with an MRP 1.X guide to keep his chain in place. Adding a wide-range 11-34T cassette still leaves Craig with a broad enough spread to get him through his races near the front of the competition.
Giant say new design elements borrowed from the road-going TCR Advanced SL, such as the tapered front end, huge rectangular-section down tube and extra-wide bottom bracket shell with press-fit cups, narrow the stiffness gap, too.
The production model is the fourth prototype that Craig tested and earlier versions were actually even lighter, with the lightest being under 2kg. Craig and Giant ultimately decided that it was important to gain more chassis rigidity but the new frame still weighs only 2.1kg (4.63lb) with shock and hardware, making it 200g (0.44lb) lighter than last year's aluminium Anthem X and minimising the weight penalty relative to Giant's XtC hardtail.
Complete bike specifications
- Frame: 2010 Giant Anthem X Advanced SL, size medium
- Rear shock: Fox Float RP23 w/ high-volume air can
- Fork: Fox Float 32 F120 FIT RLC QR15
- Headset: Chris King InSet
- Stem: PRO XCR
- Handlebar: PRO XCR Riser, 660mm
- Tape/grips: ODI Ruffian (wired on)
- Front brake: Shimano XTR BR-M975 w/ Yumeya upgrade kit and 160mm rotor
- Rear brake: Shimano XTR BR-M975 w/ Yumeya upgrade kit and 140mm rotor
- Brake levers: Shimano XTR BL-M975 w/ Yumeya upgrade kit
- Front derailleur: MRP 1.X chainguide
- Rear derailleur: Shimano XTR Shadow RD-M972-SGS w/ Yumeya upgrade kit
- Shift levers: Shimano XTR SL-M970 w/ Yumeya upgrade kit
- Cassette: Shimano XTR CS-M970, 11-34T
- Chain: Shimano Dura-Ace CN-7701
- Crankset: Shimano XTR FC-M970 w/ Yumeya upgrade kit, 175mm, 38-tooth MRP chainring
- Bottom bracket: Shimano XTR
- Pedals: Shimano XTR PD-M970
- Wheelset: Shimano XTR WH-M975
- Front tyre: Michelin Wild Race'r, 26x2.00", converted to tubeless with Stan's The Solution sealant
- Rear tyre: Michelin Wild Race'r, 26x2.00", converted to tubeless with Stan's The Solution sealant
- Saddle: Fizik Tundra
- Seatpost: PRO XCR
- Bottle cages: King titanium
Adam Craig
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