Hi Everyone,


I've been looking at getting a nice bike for riding around town on the streets and paved bike paths that we have as well as to take with me camping and ride on dirt trails/around the campground.


The dealer in town is a Trek/Giant dealer and came to really like the Trek DS line and Giant Roam line. The Giant is cheaper and has better components and rode well to me except for the fact that I think I need to cut an inch off of the end of each handlebar. I like the value aspect and the bike seemed comfortable. The roam 2 is $570 and the roam 1 is $820. Roam 1 is full Deore and roam 2 has altus shifters and acera front and rear derailleurs. Also the roam 2 has shimano M315 hydraulic disc brakes and the roam 1 has shimano M365.


Riding both back to back the Roam 1 shifter better and the brakes were noticeably stronger. Is it worth the almost 50% bump in price to grab the Roam 1? I can afford either bike.