Originally Posted by
roadandmountain
Giant is not marketing this bike as an off road bike or 'cross bike.
Yup, flat bar road bike. I personally think the components are perfect for the price point. Tiagra isn't appreciable different from 105. You'd have to go with better shifters (like the R780) to improve this bike. For the money, it really blows my mind--this bike easily would be $3k just a few years ago.