Easy to pedal and very fast gears switch well components very good except terrible seat recommended if your willing To change seat other than That good .

The seat hurts .... Really. I ride about 50 to 70 Ks on the weekends and can't fault it the Boulder giant 1 bike. Road a Scott on a demo at the "tour down under" a very nice bike went a lot faster than the Boulder but I like the flexibility of the Boulder in bike tracks.
No malice here just a opinion.

It is wonderful bike. Tried first time but satisfied to the core. Even uphill is not so hard work. Ride is smooth n confortable. I was concered n skeptical in spending bugs for it. But it is worth trust me.fairly strong frame gears are smooth . Easy to meanovure. Quite impressive

I purchased one of these Giant bikes but regret it now. I have since bought other bikes for family members and for a similar price, they have much better components with almost identical frames. All in all, Giants are overpriced for what they offer.

I agree this is a top bike i have the 2015 model.dont you find the seat a bit hard? even the next day the back of my thighs were still aching. the seat is the only thing i would change

After an extensive research I finally ended up buying Giant Boulder 1. This bike features a cable disc brakes on both front and rear wheels with all Shimano components. This bike is very light and well built and I would definitely recommend Abc Bikes Fairfield, They had the complete bike assembled and delivered to me free of cost. ( Even though they did not have the colour I asked for in their store). Since the purchase about a month ago I have clocked more than 160kms on this and use it to ride to work every day. I can hardly fault it. It feels at ease when riding on the asphalt or the terrible footpaths/driveways of fairfield. I would definitely recommend Giant Boulder 1
light, strong, quality components and fun to ride
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