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Welcome to First Look Friday. This week saw the launch of a new Giant TCR<\/a>, which retains a familiar silhouette but is said to be the lightest, stiffest and fastest version of the classic race bike yet.<\/p> Giant cut 60 pieces from the frame\u2019s layup, saving 75g over the previous version. It also hid the cables internally and tweaked the tube shapes. This makes the new TCR more aerodynamically efficient, by 4.19 watts at 40kph (I know).<\/p> How does it ride? Warren Rossiter headed to Taipei, Taiwan, to find out<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p> One thing that didn\u2019t cut a familiar silhouette this week was the massive time-trial helmet<\/a> used by Visma-Lease a Bike at Tirreno Adriatico, which resembles the nose of a train.\u00a0<\/p> Inevitably, the helmet went viral and led to a slew of memes. But reminding us all there are adults in the room, the UCI quickly issued a statement saying it would investigate ballooning TT helmets because they raise \u201csignificant issues<\/a>\u201d. Unfortunately, those issues do not pertain to whether the helmets would go clickety-clack or choo-choo.<\/p> This week saw the release of four new ebikes. Specialized unveiled a long-tail e-cargo bike<\/a>, Canyon electrified the Grizl gravel bike<\/a>, we learnt of a new Orbea Diem<\/a>, and Fezzari (now Ari) brought out the Nebo Peak eMTB<\/a>.<\/p> If all this news isn\u2019t enough to satiate your cycling appetite, Jack Evans explored the importance of carbohydrates for cycling<\/a>. <\/p> Finally, I concluded my Ridley Noah long-term review<\/a> and we compiled our pick of the best mountain bikes in 2024<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>