Used Giant: Rincon, Twist or Jubilee? 2026 model guide

Summary. Almost three quarters of the Giant searches that bring people to BikeFair are for a name that is not on Giant's own Dutch site any more: Rincon, Twist, Jubilee, Expedition, Chicago, Tourer, Revive. Giant still sells city and touring bikes there, electric and not, but under different names. So the badge on the frame will not tell you what you are looking at. Three things will: where the motor sits, how big the battery is, and what the frame is built for. This guide shows you how to read all three.

Why can't you look up an old Giant?

Giant is not a Dutch brand. It was founded in Taiwan in 1972 by King Liu, and for its first years it built bicycles for other brands rather than its own. Giant-branded bikes only arrived in 1981, first in Taiwan and then through Giant's own sales companies elsewhere, reaching the United States in 1987.

That long history is exactly why an old Giant is hard to research. Giant has used a long list of model names over the years, and the Dutch site keeps only the current ones. Look up Rincon, Jubilee, Expedition or Twist on giant-bicycles.com/nl today and you get nothing at all.

The fix is to stop treating the name as the answer and treat it as a label. Then check three facts on the actual bike. That is the whole method, and the rest of this guide is those three facts.

What does Giant sell in the Netherlands today?

Worth knowing, because it tells you which names are new and which are old.

Two things follow from that table.

First, Giant has not become an electric-only brand. It still sells city and touring bikes without a motor, from € 549. If someone tells you a non-electric Giant must be ancient, that is not true.

Second, if the bike in front of you says AnyTour, NewTour, Entour, DailyTour, Expression or GrandTour, it is from the current or a recent range and Giant's own site will describe it. Every other name means you are in the used market on your own, which is where this guide starts being useful.

The name is not the spec

Giant's old names are hard to trace, and that matters when you are paying money. Giant's Dutch site only describes the current range, so for most older names there is no official page to check.

We are not going to guess. Here is what can honestly be said about the names people search for most:

• Rincon is the Giant name that brings the most searchers to BikeFair. Searchers themselves treat it as a mountain bike: more than a third of the searches that mention Rincon also contain the words mountain bike. Giant's Dutch site has no Rincon page, so that is the strongest statement available.
• Twist is Giant's older electric line. It gets its own section below, because it carries the question we see searched most without a clear answer.
• Jubilee turns up in Dutch searches mostly as herenfiets and damesfiets, so as a straightforward city bike in men's and women's frames.
• Tourer appears in our own listings as a city bike, either with a 7-speed Shimano Nexus hub or with 3x7 gears on a derailleur.
• Revive is a semi-recumbent, with the pedals in front of you and a backrest, not an upright city bike. If you order one without knowing that, you will be surprised.
• Prime and Elegance E+ are electric, and the ones listed with us in September 2026 had batteries of 317 Wh and 400 Wh, which is small by current standards.
• Expedition, Chicago, Aspiro, ATX, Terrago, Boulder, Coldrock, Trooper, Stonebreaker, Brisbane, Melbourne, Argento, FCR all draw real search demand and none of them has a page on Giant's Dutch site. We could not document what they are from a primary source, so we are not going to tell you. Read the bike instead, using the next three sections.

Where is the motor?

On any used e-bike this is the first thing to establish, and on an old Giant you often cannot get it from the name.

Look at the wheels and the cranks. A motor in the front wheel makes the front hub visibly fat, with a cable running to it. A motor at the cranks sits in the middle of the frame, between the pedals. A motor in the rear wheel makes the rear hub fat instead.

For the Twist Go Double this is documented: two Dutch test reports from an independent test site, for the 2010 model and the 2013 Go Double Power, both describe the motor in the front wheel. A front-wheel motor pulls rather than pushes, which feels different when you set off and on loose surfaces. Ride the bike from standstill before you agree a price. It takes two minutes and tells you more than any spec sheet.

Does a Giant Twist "Double" have two batteries?

This is the Giant question we see searched most without a clear answer, and the answer is probably not the one you expect.

The word Double in the name is not documented as two batteries. Two Dutch test reports from an independent test site describe a single removable battery:

We checked two model years, not the whole Twist range, so do not read this as "no Twist ever had two batteries". Read it as: do not infer the number of batteries from the word Double. Count the battery bays on the bike in front of you, or ask the seller for a photo of the rack and the frame with the battery removed.

Either way, those capacities are what the bike had when new. A battery that is ten or fifteen years old does not hold that any more. Our guide on how far a battery really takes you explains what to expect.

What should you ask about the battery?

Three questions, in this order, before you talk about price:

• How old is the battery, and has it ever been replaced?
• Does the original charger come with the bike?
• Has the bike been serviced by a dealer, and is there any proof?

If the listing shows the battery capacity as a question mark, that is not the seller hiding something. On older Giants the capacity is often not printed anywhere the owner can find it. Ask for a photo of the label on the battery itself.

Our e-bike buying guide covers the rest of what to check on any used electric bike.

What size is it?

Old Giants are often listed with no frame size at all, and the size that is given may be a letter rather than a measurement in centimetres. On BikeFair most listings carry a rider height range instead, and that is the number you actually need. If you are between two sizes on a city bike, the smaller frame with the saddle up is usually the safer choice, because you can put a foot down at a light.

Our frame size guide has the full method, including what to measure.

Can you still get an old Giant serviced?

Yes, and this is a real advantage over some brands that have disappeared. Giant runs a named dealer network in the Netherlands, with Giant Stores in Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Utrecht, Sittard-Geleen, Tegelen near Venlo, Apeldoorn and Nieuwegein. People search for those shops by name, which tells you the network is used.

For an old e-bike, call the shop before you buy rather than after. Ask whether they still service that generation and whether a replacement battery exists for it. A ten-minute phone call can save you the price of the bike.

Which Giant fits how you ride?

Used Giant mountain and road bikes are thin on the ground at any one moment, so for those it pays to search the whole category rather than filter on one brand.

What should you check before you pay?

Six checks, in the order that saves you the most money.

• Battery. Age, charger and service history, in that order. On a bike older than about eight years, price it as though a replacement battery may be coming.
• Motor position. Front hub, cranks or rear hub. Establish it from the bike, not from the model name.
• Display and assist levels. Switch everything on and try every level while riding, not on the stand.
• Hub gears. They should shift cleanly while you pedal gently. Test every gear in both directions.
• Rack and battery lock. If the battery sits in the rear rack, check that it locks in place and does not rattle.
• Frame number. Check it is present, legible and matches the papers. The Dutch police set out what to watch for on their bike theft page, in Dutch. Every bike listed on BikeFair is checked against stolen-bike registers before it goes live, which is the part you cannot do yourself from a photo.

Selling a Giant instead?

Buyers search Giant by model name, and the old names are searched far more than the new ones. So put the name on the frame into your title, exactly as it is written, even if it means nothing to you. Add three things and your listing answers the first questions before anyone asks them:

1. Where the motor is, if there is one.
2. The battery capacity from the label, and a photo of that label.
3. Your own height, or the frame size letter if you can find it.

Frequently asked questions

Is Giant a Dutch brand? No. Giant was founded in Taiwan in 1972 and its bikes have been sold under the Giant name since 1981. It has a dealer network in the Netherlands and sells a Dutch city and touring range, but it is not a Dutch brand in the way Gazelle or Batavus are.

Does Giant still make bikes without a motor? Yes. In September 2026 Giant's Dutch range included city bikes from € 549 and touring bikes from € 599 without any motor, alongside its electric ranges.

What is a Giant Twist? Twist is Giant's older electric line, sold in many versions. The Twist Go Double from 2010 and the Twist Go Double Power from 2013 both had a motor in the front wheel and one removable battery, of 468 Wh and 598 Wh respectively.

Does a Giant Twist Go Double have two batteries? Not according to the test reports we could find. Both the 2010 and 2013 versions are documented with a single battery. Count the battery bays on the bike itself rather than reading the name.

What is a Giant Rincon? Giant's Dutch site has no Rincon page, so we cannot give you a specification. It is the Giant name that brings the most searchers to BikeFair, and more than a third of them pair it with the words mountain bike. If you are looking at one, read the bike: wheel size, suspension and number of gears.

Why does the listing not say how big the battery is? On older Giants the capacity is often not printed where an owner can find it. Ask the seller for a photo of the label on the battery.

Can I still get a battery for an old Giant? That depends on the model and it is the question to settle before you buy, not after. Call a Giant dealer with the model name and the year.