Originally Posted by
ColonelSanders
I'll never understand why Australia gets all the Roam models and the USA does not.
Could this be due to an agreement between Giant & Trek (who I believe have Giant make most of their range)?
I think it's more likely just market factors. Specialized seem to have done or be doing the same thing -- dropping their highest trims of the Crosstrail and selling only more basic models. I reckon many in the US see hybrids as "cruiser" or "comfort" bikes and are more likely to spend $1,000 on a mountain bike than on a hybrid bike like a Roam or Crosstrail.
That is, of course, only a guess.