Originally Posted by
Hiro11
Giant makes frames for the bigger brands too. Trek, Scott and Colnago for example. Specialized doesn't make any of their own frames, as far as I know.
One of the reasons I bought a Giant is because of their excellent reputation for carbon construction, bottom brackets, dropouts, internal cabling etc. Giants are known to be no-nonsense bikes with excellent engineering.
thats why I have considered them. Also my LBs is a giant carrier. My wife has a Liv that has been excellent. They have an odd image of being the affordable brand of bike here in the US. But, that may be a marketing thing.