There’s been much attention on our forums about the 2015 Giant Trance. We were lucky enough to get some time on the Trance 2 at the Africa Cycle Fair. Watch our mini-review of Giant’s R25,999 trail eater.
First ride: 2015 Giant Trance 2
· By BikeHubCoreAdmin · 19 commentsRecent posts
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Oct 25, 2014, 8:49 AM
Oct 25, 2014, 10:36 AM
Nice one, Iwan!
Oct 25, 2014, 11:34 AM
Iwan! Where's your new lid, hey?
Oct 25, 2014, 4:28 PM
Oct 25, 2014, 4:59 PM
Sounds like you need Avids instead of Shimano
Oct 26, 2014, 8:39 AM
I smaak that bottle cage hey.
Oct 30, 2014, 9:26 AM
Awesome bike, but have to sell mine
Oct 30, 2014, 9:40 AM
Would you say a trance is too trail for multistage events such as Sani2C?
Would love a more capable bike, but also don't want to be swearing at it all the way up a long climb.
The trance sounds like the perfect budget bomber.
Oct 30, 2014, 10:16 AM
Why?Awesome bike, but have to sell mine
Oct 30, 2014, 10:35 AM
Would you say a trance is too trail for multistage events such as Sani2C?
Would love a more capable bike, but also don't want to be swearing at it all the way up a long climb.
The trance sounds like the perfect budget bomber.
No. In fact I'd say it's the perfect bike for SA. A true all rounder.
Oct 30, 2014, 2:59 PM
Oct 30, 2014, 3:06 PM
wait a minute. hold your horses, is the Crow now in employ of the Hub as a writer/reviewer?
Oct 30, 2014, 3:08 PM
Fox Evolution suspension - put it in the bin!!!
Oct 30, 2014, 3:09 PM
wait a minute. hold your horses, is the Crow now in employ of the Hub as a writer/reviewer?
Have been a contributer / reviewer for a while.
Oct 30, 2014, 3:11 PM
Fox Evolution suspension - put it in the bin!!!
The 2015 I rode at the fair was a noticable improvement over 2014 I rode for a couple of months.
Oct 30, 2014, 3:13 PM
The 2015 I rode at the fair was a noticable improvement over 2014 I rode for a couple of months.
Bru - Joburg.... flat!
Call me in 6 months and tell me what has failed
Dec 19, 2014, 1:22 PM
Bru - Joburg.... flat!
Call me in 6 months and tell me what has failed
Any indication yet on 2015 models? Are troubles a thing of the past?
Dec 19, 2014, 1:32 PM
All good so far. Altho can't comment on the stock fork.
Dec 29, 2014, 12:28 PM
Ridden 2014 Trance 2 since July. I found the size a bit on the big side so bought one size down. Deore brakes were useless, changed to XT. Changed wheelset to Mavic to lighten up and dumped puncture happy Racing Ralphs..
Seat post is a good weight but the handlebars and short stem are heavy(60mm SL stem feels heavier then the 90mm non-SL item).
Bike handles far better then my previous 29'r Anthem. Experimented with increasing stem from 60mm to 90mm but this slowed handling too much and made manualing harder. Stiction on the Float CTD Evolution fork appears greater than on the Anthem, needing lubing after washing (stronger seals used maybe?).
Changed the 38 outer chainring to a 36, with much improved gearing.
GREAT BIKE!
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Have one that I'm pretty much half way through changing the build of.
Am most impressed.