I was actually looking at getting a road bike last fall. I was looking at the 2014 Giant Defy until the LBS salesman said he had a Giant Escape RX carbon unstairs still in the box. I did some research on this bike and decided to go for it as it was a carbon bike at a reasonable price. Im glad I stayed in the hybrid market. Not sure if I would ever go to a road bike as long as they keep making hybrids like the RX.