Giant doesn't think too much-they have quite a track record at overcharging companies to produce their designs and then selling that design under their brand for less money. They've been sued many times for this, plus there was their somewhat ignominious (sp?) start that was aided by arranging with Schwinn designers to not update their more popular models while working on new designs to produce when they defected to Giant. "No Hands" sheds some light on the latter...