Giant Contend AR
Endurance road · 6 sizes
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- Bike
- Giant Contend AR · Endurance road · 6 sizes
- Geometry
- giant-bicycles.com, fetched 29 Aug 2026, re-checked, no differences
- Cockpit
- Generic stem and bar, assumed
- Solved with
- cover 15 mm (assumed), max spacers 40 mm (assumed), stem clamp centre 20 mm (assumed), so every verdict carries ±10 mm at the bar
- Sheet
- 6 September 2026 · 210 bikes, 43 makes, 1,262 sizes in the catalogue
Geometry, every size, from the maker's table
The tinted row is the size drawn beside it. Press a size to draw it.| Size | Stack (mm) | Reach (mm) | Head angle (deg) | Seat angle (deg) | Head tube (mm) | Chainstay (mm) | Wheelbase (mm) | Standover (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 539 | 371 | 71.5 | 75 | 115 | 422 | 994 | 727 |
| S | 559 | 375 | 71.8 | 74 | 135 | 422 | 1003 | 759 |
| M | 574 | 380 | 72 | 73.5 | 150 | 422 | 1011 | 783 |
| ML | 595 | 383 | 72.5 | 73 | 170 | 422 | 1015 | 810 |
| L | 614 | 392 | 72.5 | 73 | 190 | 422 | 1031 | 829 |
| XL | 638 | 400 | 72.5 | 73 | 215 | 422 | 1046 | 856 |
The table runs on to the right: 6 more columns after Reach. Scroll it sideways to read them.
The ML drawn to scale from the table, with no build on it. Stack and reach run from the bottom bracket to the top of the head tube; every size is solved from those two. One square is 100 mm.
The maker's cockpit
No stock cockpit I can name, so every size is solved on a generic stem and bar unless you choose one on the sheet.Generic stem and barAssumedNo bar is listed for this frame.
Stock stem and bar per sizeXS 80 x 400, S 90 x 400, M 100 x 420, ML 100 x 420, L 110 x 440, XL 110 x 440 (stem length x bar width, mm)
In the maker's words
Kept whole, as I read it off giant-bicycles.com.Contend AR 1 (2024): Giant Contact XR D-Fuse bar and Giant Sport stem (widths 400/400/420/420/440/440 mm, stem lengths 80/90/100/100/110/110 mm per size, rows N and O).
Cockpit and seatpost, in the maker's words · 34 words
Contend AR 1 (2024): Giant Contact XR D-Fuse bar and Giant Sport stem (widths 400/400/420/420/440/440 mm, stem lengths 80/90/100/100/110/110 mm per size, rows N and O). Stem angle, spacers and top-cover height not published.
OFFICIAL SOURCE: Giant UK page for the Contend AR 1 (2024) (the URL /gb/contend-ar-1-2025 redirects to the 2024 listing, the latest in the UK), Giant's aluminium all-rounder endurance road bike, six sizes XS-XL, 700c. Source: html table (official Giant UK product page, "Sizing Guide and Geometry" section, HTML table with mm and inch spans; the mm values were taken; fetched 2026-08-29
How I read the maker's table
Model year 2024 (page title). Angles are printed to one decimal.
Source: html table (official Giant UK product page, "Sizing Guide and Geometry" section, HTML table with mm and inch spans; the mm values were taken; fetched 2026-08-29, HTTP 200)