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First ride: 2015 Giant Trance 2

· By BikeHubCoreAdmin · 19 comments

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.

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Comments

Simon123

Oct 25, 2014, 8:49 AM

Have one that I'm pretty much half way through changing the build of.

 

Am most impressed.

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Oct 25, 2014, 10:36 AM

Nice one, Iwan!

Claudio

Oct 25, 2014, 11:34 AM

Iwan! Where's your new lid, hey?

Simon123

Oct 25, 2014, 4:28 PM

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NukeproofPeanut

Oct 25, 2014, 4:59 PM

Sounds like you need Avids instead of Shimano :D

Johny Bravo

Oct 26, 2014, 8:39 AM

I smaak that bottle cage hey.

bssales

Oct 30, 2014, 9:26 AM

Awesome bike, but have to sell mine :(

MarcBurger

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.

marko35s

Oct 30, 2014, 10:16 AM

Awesome bike, but have to sell mine :(

Why?
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

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.

Iwan Kemp

Oct 30, 2014, 2:59 PM

Just picked up this beaut in order to write a proper review on 2015 model.

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Slowbee

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?

MoreTrails

Oct 30, 2014, 3:08 PM

Fox Evolution suspension - put it in the bin!!!

Iwan Kemp

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.

Iwan Kemp

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.

MoreTrails

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

Iwan Kemp

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?

Wolf Lyle

Dec 19, 2014, 1:32 PM

All good so far. Altho can't comment on the stock fork.

Chris NewbyFraser

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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