Originally Posted by Machoman121

That hole at the bottom bracket / bottom tube junction is such a no - no in my books - i've seen it in the Norco Search and also in the Merida Silex. All these are on aluminium bikes - must have come from the same factory......only a NOOB would be Ok with something like that - it does nothing for the bike - it lets in debris/mud/water and makes it less strong around the area where the most power/torque goes through.

Originally Posted by Metieval

seeing Giant do that on this aluminum model makes me doubt their carbon Advanced Revolt and where they cut corners on the Advanced model.
So I just ordered a RLT 9 RDO