Giant Contend SL
Endurance road · 6 sizes
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- Bike
- Giant Contend SL · Endurance road · 6 sizes
- Versions
- 2027 · 2025 · 2018, this table
- Geometry
- giant-bicycles.com, fetched 21 Oct 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
- 22 October 2026 · 686 bikes, 74 makes, 3,984 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 | 523 | 365 | 71 | 74.5 | 125 | 410 | 973 | 687 |
| S | 546 | 373 | 72 | 74 | 145 | 410 | 979 | 717 |
| M | 567 | 377 | 72.5 | 73.5 | 165 | 410 | 985 | 745 |
| M/L | 586 | 381 | 72.5 | 73 | 190 | 410 | 997 | 779 |
| L | 605 | 390 | 72.5 | 73 | 210 | 410 | 1012 | 797 |
| XL | 624 | 398 | 72.5 | 72.5 | 230 | 410 | 1027 | 822 |
The table runs on to the right: 6 more columns after Reach. Scroll it sideways to read them.
The M/L 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, M/L 100 x 420, L 110 x 440, XL 110 x 440 (stem length x bar width, mm)
Frame facts
not read off the maker's page yet: giant-bicycles.com- Tyre clearance
- not recorded yet
- Bottom bracket
- not recorded yet
- Axles and brakes
- not recorded yet
- UDH
- not recorded yet
- Seatpost
- not recorded yet
- Frame weight
- not recorded yet
In the maker's words
Kept whole, as I read it off giant-bicycles.com.Contend SL 1 (2018), Giant UK spec: Handlebar "Giant Connect"; Stem "Giant Sport" (no widths, lengths or angle on the spec lines; the geometry table's Handlebar Width row prints 400/400/420/420/440/440 and Stem Length 80/90/100/100/110/110).
Cockpit and seatpost, in the maker's words · 43 words
Contend SL 1 (2018), Giant UK spec: Handlebar "Giant Connect"; Stem "Giant Sport" (no widths, lengths or angle on the spec lines; the geometry table's Handlebar Width row prints 400/400/420/420/440/440 and Stem Length 80/90/100/100/110/110). Seatpost "Giant D-Fuse Composite". Fork "Hybrid Composite, OverDrive Steerer".
OFFICIAL SOURCE: Giant UK archive page for the Contend SL 1 (2018), title "Contend SL 1 (2018) | All-Rounder bike | Giant Bicycles UK", frame "ALUXX SL-Grade Aluminum". Source: html table (official Giant UK archive bike page, section "Sizing Guide and Geometry", the HTML <table class="geometry"> with mm and inch spans; fetched 2026-10-21
How I read the maker's table
Six sizes XS, S, M, M/L, L, XL in the table; the spec Sizes line reads "S, M, ML, L, XL". The Contend SL before the one in giant-contend-sl-2025.json. Its stack, reach, angles, top tube, head tube, seat tube, rake, trail and BB drop are the Defy Advanced 2018's (giant-defy-2018.json), with a 410 mm chainstay (420 on the Defy), wheelbases 10 to 11 mm shorter, lower standovers and shorter stock stems on M/L and XL. Stock tyre "Giant P-SL1, 700x25, Folding". Angles printed to one decimal (74.0 is recorded as 74).
Source: html table (official Giant UK archive bike page, section "Sizing Guide and Geometry", the HTML <table class="geometry"> with mm and inch spans; fetched 2026-10-21, HTTP 200)