2020 GIANT FASTROAD E+ EX PRO
R I D E R E V I E W
P80
with Sidi shoes, 100% eyewear and Fox
Racing apparel. For all these reasons,
many motorcycle dealerships have added
bicycles to their showroom floors in re-
cent years.
Giant is one of the world's leading
bicycle brands and has developed a
complete line of electric-assist bicycles.
I have been an avid road- and mountain-
bike rider since I was a teenager, mostly
riding to stay fit for motorcycle racing and
riding. I first became intrigued by e-bikes
about five years ago, as they became
refined enough to offer good range and
reasonable weight. I was not interested in
one for me but hoped that maybe
an e-bikes would allow my wife to
enjoy riding with me. During an
Edelweiss Motorcycle tour in the
Alps in 2018, we rented some e-bikes and
did a 30-mile ride. She loved it and was
immediately hooked. After doing some
research, I bought her a Giant Stance
E+ mountain bike, and we ride together
several times a week.
Giant has been ramping up their in-
volvement with the motorcycle world and
include Travis Pastrana, Eric Bostrom and
Eddie Lawson among others on their list of
ambassadors. They asked us if we would
be interested in doing a review on Giant
e-bikes and we thought the time was right
to include a review in Cycle News.
(Left) The Giant SyncDrive Pro
motor, developed in partnership
with Yamaha, provides pedal
assistance up to 28mph and 360%
of your own input. (Right) The Giant
E commuter allowed me to cut 18
minutes off an 18-mile commute
to the Cycle News office with fully
loaded panniers. You can make
your rides as hard or easy as you
want by using the five power levels.
(Left) The Giant RideControl
EVO display shows you
everything you could need for
a ride, including power level
selected, speed, remaining
battery life, estimated remaining
range, cadence, distance,
odometer average speed,
max speed and trip time.
