Giant Propel Advanced SL review: Showing its age a little but can still mix it with the best

It’s slightly mad to call a bike that’s only two and a half years old ‘old’, but such is the pace of change at the top end of the sport that the Giant Propel is in the ‘elder statesman’ category within the peloton, along with the Cervélo S5 and the Scott Foil, with multiple seasons use under its imaginary belt. 

The Giant Propel is an aero bike, but perhaps only defined as such because of the existence of its lightweight sibling the Giant TCR. I have often pondered while racking up the kilometres on the Propel whether we’d consider it in the same sort of bracket as other all-rounders if it weren’t for a dedicated lightweight bike in the brand’s range.