Finally finished my AM / XC Giant Trance Build.
Trying to get into some longer rides but still wanted to keep fast DH and Jumpin and this is what I have come up with
MODS:
STEM: Switched out the long stem for a 50mm. The 2012 Giants have a 1-1/4 stem width which posed a problem. Giant Aus dont stock anything shorter than a 70mm of the Reign and couldnt find a supplier in the US that would sell me one. I toke a spare RaceFace Diablous stem and had a local engineer machine it out from 1-1/8 to 1-1/4 offset to optimise strength. A little heavy but better for leaving the ground.
DRIVETRAIN: dropped the granny ring and made it a 1 x 10. Can switch betweend a 32 and 34 front depending on conditions. Switched from Long to Medium rear deraileur. Spaced the front ring with DMR single speed spacers to optimse chain line.
CHAIN DEVICES: Press fit bottom brachet made a chain device interesting. I bought a bash guard from the US which a guy makes in his shed Im sure which fits to the granny bolts on the inside of the chain ring, Great bit of kit. You can buy a top chainguide that attaches where your front derailuer goes for like $100 + from MRP. Stuff that, I bought a SRS-LG1 converter kit for like $3.99 and modified an old saint 2 speed deraileur and it works a treat. Looks like a bought one. Press fit defeated.
SEATPOST: Switched out the default Giant contact seatpost for the Reverb, just cant beat the hydro especially in the wet.
TYRES: After 3 rides and 3 flats I dropped the XC tyres and now running 2.35 single ply HighRoller tubeless. Allows me to monstertruck the DH while protecting the rims a little more.
CABLE ROUTING: I love my Giants but cant get my head around their cable routing. I have taken both the rear brake and rear gearing cable and run them under the bottom brachet and through the chainstays. Drilled out the bottom tube cable runs and run fully sheathed gear cable. Much cleaner, away from the shock and pimpin hehe.
PEDAL: Running wellgo sealed bearing pedals. SPD one side and Spikes the other. Gives options when jumping and riding logs and northshore style stuff
Trying to get into some longer rides but still wanted to keep fast DH and Jumpin and this is what I have come up with
MODS:
STEM: Switched out the long stem for a 50mm. The 2012 Giants have a 1-1/4 stem width which posed a problem. Giant Aus dont stock anything shorter than a 70mm of the Reign and couldnt find a supplier in the US that would sell me one. I toke a spare RaceFace Diablous stem and had a local engineer machine it out from 1-1/8 to 1-1/4 offset to optimise strength. A little heavy but better for leaving the ground.
DRIVETRAIN: dropped the granny ring and made it a 1 x 10. Can switch betweend a 32 and 34 front depending on conditions. Switched from Long to Medium rear deraileur. Spaced the front ring with DMR single speed spacers to optimse chain line.
CHAIN DEVICES: Press fit bottom brachet made a chain device interesting. I bought a bash guard from the US which a guy makes in his shed Im sure which fits to the granny bolts on the inside of the chain ring, Great bit of kit. You can buy a top chainguide that attaches where your front derailuer goes for like $100 + from MRP. Stuff that, I bought a SRS-LG1 converter kit for like $3.99 and modified an old saint 2 speed deraileur and it works a treat. Looks like a bought one. Press fit defeated.
SEATPOST: Switched out the default Giant contact seatpost for the Reverb, just cant beat the hydro especially in the wet.
TYRES: After 3 rides and 3 flats I dropped the XC tyres and now running 2.35 single ply HighRoller tubeless. Allows me to monstertruck the DH while protecting the rims a little more.
CABLE ROUTING: I love my Giants but cant get my head around their cable routing. I have taken both the rear brake and rear gearing cable and run them under the bottom brachet and through the chainstays. Drilled out the bottom tube cable runs and run fully sheathed gear cable. Much cleaner, away from the shock and pimpin hehe.
PEDAL: Running wellgo sealed bearing pedals. SPD one side and Spikes the other. Gives options when jumping and riding logs and northshore style stuff
