Giant Trance 2

duneblazer

duneblazer

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Bout time I started a thread here - thanks for looking!

Details: Giant trance 2 2014 - bought new in Oct 2013
It's a fun bike, first I've owned since a maad Malvernstar back when I was a little fella, goes up hills easy enough and down hills as fast as I'll let it!

Improved parts from stock:
XT brakes and XT shifter
X-fusion Sweep 160mm
Easton Haven 55mm stem
Giant dropper - Needs replacing with KS integra
Truvative JC Blackbox carbon bars
Works Components 1x10 conversion - 32t front and 40t rear
77 Designz chain guide
CRANKIN sticker :heh:


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Luco

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Nice Trance mate!
Forgot giant made these after all the reign love! ;)

Black always looks the goods!

Edit: just had a second look; the 77 chain guide looks great! However looks like you've stripped the fark out of your chainring bolts! ;)
 
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duneblazer

duneblazer

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Thanks mate, sure is plenty of love on the reigns for sure!
THe chain ring bolts are just old black ones from a 3x crankset because I needed the longer length. Not stripped, just chipped!
 
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Luco

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Ha fair enough, they do looked shagged compared to the rest of your bike...

rckon you've done some sensible mods. Although have you considered a longer travel dropper post? An extra 25-50mm in travel would really get that seat out of the way...

Like your tyre choice; I'm currently running the same on my bike, however I do find the minion a little too much on the front...
 
duneblazer

duneblazer

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They sure do, I'll get around to changing them soon. Think I need to space the chainring a little further inboard, the 2mm spacers aren't giving me the ideal chainline! So I may need new chainring bolts for that.
Ah yes the dropper, I do need a longer stroked one but this one is still working well enough to leave for now.
As far as the tyres, pretty happy for where I ride, though I feel the ardent lets go to easily when cornering hard, though I prefer a rear end drift compared to losing the front! I am liking the minion, changed from a 2.3 HR2. I feel that the minion has slightly less volume/a little skinnier but is also a bit lighter!
 
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