Originally Posted by cool1_boy1

Great, thanks for all the details guys. Really appreciate it.

I'm going to sleep on it but I'm really leaning towards the Giant. It just felt better for me and similar to you, I don't have any quantitative reasoning behind it either.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to enjoy either bike but worst case scenario is I can buy the Giant and sell it next year if I really hate it. You think I can get $900 next year (worth $1400 today) assuming the Giant's in good condition and all if I decide to sell it?