Originally Posted by
rangerdavid
the Tiagra v. Ultegra point is accurage, but I like the Trek frame better. Fact is, they are really close. Like was said above, ride 'em both. Giant and Trek dealers are a dime a dozen, so you can find 'em everywhere. Pick one and ride the crap out of it!!
I've ridden neither, but the Trek 3.1 got absolutely thrashed by a CAAD10 in a recent magazine test.
That plus the *monumental* difference between Tiagra and Ultegra would cause me to heavily favor the Giant going into my test rides.