The Liv female-specific brand obviously takes cues from Giant’s unisex models. The Avail Advanced Pro isn’t just a repainted, wide saddle Defy Advanced though, it’s a fully reshaped and reimagined bike that’s a great fit for a lot of riders – and rides.
Disc jockey
While there are plenty of disc brake options on men's/unisex bikes now, for some reason there are much fewer female targeted bikes controlling their speed with rotors rather than rims. That makes the Shimano Ultegra R685/785 disc brakes an obvious highlight of the Avail, particularly as they’re integrated into the far corner of the frame very neatly.
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Disc brakes are disappointingly rare among female-friendly road bikes, so are a welcome sight on the Avail
The six-bolt, alloy spider 140mm rotors are less visually obtrusive than the ‘official’ frilled Shimano Freeza rotors and typically lighter ladies should be fine with the reduced heat eating capacity too. Despite pre-test worries, even our smallest handed testers had no problem with the R658 STI shifters and their bigger, hydraulic hiding shape either.
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Properly thought-out geometry tweaks
All-round aspirations mean a few compromises
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