My old trance

Antm81

Just thought I'd show off my 2009 Giant Trance that I'm yet to ride as I'm still out of the country.

The Trance


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image by antm81, on Flickr

Excuse the standard of the photos (sent to me over a poor Internet connection by the other half)

James Q

Either you can ride up side down or the bikes Australian lol

Antm81

What do you mean?

Antm81

Made a few changes this week, with my cube getting sold, I've transferred my elixir 7's over and also my mavic crossrides.

How it looks now


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The spec now

Shock: Fox RP2
Fork: Rockshox Tora SL
Brakes: Avid Elixir 7's
Rear Mech: shimano XT
Front Mech: Shimano Deore
Cranks: Shimano XT
Wheels: Mavic Crossride
Tyres: Maxxis Advantage

Matt-L

Nice bike mate

Antm81

Thanks, got a set of 120mm rebas to go on and a new charge spoon (didn't get on with the giant saddle on there now) when I get back to the uk at the end of the month, also look at some superstar nano techs and superstar grips at the same time.

Antm81

Updated today,

Fitted a set of 120mm dual air Rebas, Hope seat clamp, lizard skins grips, hope head doctor and a charge spoon saddle.

As she is now


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rockmonkeysc

Nice bike. I had one of these a few years ago. I wish I had kept it, best xc bike I have owned.

Antm81

Well thought best to update this thread as there's been a few more changes now, in fact there's very little that I haven't changed.


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Forks: 120mm Rebas
Shock: Fox RP2
Wheelset: Mavic Crossride
Brakes: Elixir 7s
Crankset: XT
Front Mech: Top swing XT
Rear Mech: XT
Shifters: 3x9 XT
Headset: Cane creek zero stack
Stem: Race Face ride 70mm
Bars: Crank Bros Iodine 1 700mm
Grips: Lizard Skin lock on
Seat post : Giant contact switch dropper
Saddle: Charge Spoon

Pretty happy with it now, considering a change of brakes as although I can keep the elixirs quiet, they seem to suffer with a fair amount of fluid expansion meaning plenty of maintenance as they lock on after a period of not being used, so I may go for a shimano set in the future.

declan1

Oh my goodness - please don't tell me you actually sit on that saddle? :shock:

Antm81

No, I've not set the angle right after stripping the post

declan1

Antm81 wrote:

No, I've not set the angle right after stripping the post

That's nice to hear!

Antm81

It looks a lot worse than it is too though

Antm81

Considering swapping the rebas for a set of revelations and setting them to either 130 or 140mm

97th choice

Hardly worth it for 130mm, I would if you are going out to 140mm though.

Antm81

Wasn't sure which to go to, first job is to find a decent set of forks then add remove spacers as needed. The rebas are good but it bugs me that I've got more travel at the rear currently

97th choice

The reba is a great fork, you'd need to swap for a decent revelation or similar to make it worth your while, no point getting a longer travel fork that doesn't perform as well as your current one.

PashleyRider

I went for some old 140mm pikes to replace my dual air Reba's. The performance is worse but the way the bike handles makes up for it, I'm having FAR more fun now

Antm81

I'm hoping a set of dual air revs should have similar performance to the rebas but increase the fun

Antm81

Ended up ordering a new set of 2013 solo air revs but upon opening the box it seems I got a 2014 set.


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Also picked up a set of flows rims on switch evo hubs as the cross rides were qr. They are a little heavier than the cross rides (200g front and 100g rear) but this may be down to the tyres that were on them, a minion 2.35 dhf super tacky on the front and 2.2 rubber queen on the rear compared to the 2.1 ADvantages on the cross rides.

Got it all together and this is how she looks


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The revs are currently set to 150mm but plan to drop this to 140mm with a new spring assembly in the future. The bottom bracket may be a little high till it get this sorted.

Just need some new rotor bolts for the front as I rounded one fitting the rotors to the cross rides, so I can fit the front rotor on to the flows.

Antm81

Finally changed the spring shaft in the revs now, pretty easy job and now the foam rings have a little more oil in them too, just need to wait till I've got my car back at the weekend as my shock pump is in the boot.

brucie45

Love how the bike has changed over time, looks spot on now! Good work

Antm81

Thanks, got a few changes I want to make later in the year such as switching from 3x9 to 1x10 but they can wait for now.

brucie45

I did the 1x10 conversion and I've been doing some changes too and I've never really kept my thread upto date, wish I had of done now to see how my bike has evolved. You won't regret the 1x10 conversion though

Antm81

Got the decent camera out today to take a few better pics now I'm finished for now. I'm no photographer so I accept the photos aren't brilliant.


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Untitled photo by antm81, on Flickr


Untitled photo by antm81, on Flickr

buddy_club

What's going on with the chain at the back there mate?

Antm81

It's in the middle of moving down the cassette, I think a smaller version of myself might of been playing with the shifters.

buddy_club

Antm81 wrote:

It's in the middle of moving down the cassette, I think a smaller version of myself might of been playing with the shifters.

I know that problem, my little brother is always pushing and squeezing levers and buttons :oops:

Antm81

Have a new bike on the way so looks like this one will be going in a few weeks.

CitizenLee

Oooooh, what did you go for?

Antm81

Nothing special, got the latest trance coming so, would of just changed the frame but I fancied going 650b plus I liked the trance anyway, so a full build was an easier option