2017 Trance 2
How far we have come, your garden variety Trance 2 is pretty well kitted out of the box.
First few rides, bars and stem changed from 730mm & 70mm (stupid combination anyway) to 780 & 50mm, tyre change, a must.
Rear end the stand out performer on the bike, pedals up hill like a champion, Fox Evol shock fantastic, front end with Fox 34's FIT Grip dampner works ok, but this stage I don't rate it next to my 2014 FIT4 loaded 34's, but it may need to bed in? The 150mm fork on the Trance is just about right (for the riding I have in my local area).
Brakes and tyres rubbish (flatted on the first run and now gone to my trusty Maxxis combos) wheels seem ok (23mm internal width), but time will tell, SLX 1x11 works as expected no problems here, move along people.
Why go the Trance 2, price & availability, no problems running alloy here and got change to buy the bits I feel I need to be as fast as Adam Craig.
Comparing to a 2014 Trance Advanced SX, pedals better, bombs nearly as good, handles very close if not just in front, so overall worth the change to keep up with the Jones.