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Cannot wait to his the trails on this beauty. Early Christmas from my wife!

When you use your bike as a proposal tool there's no way you're gonna be allowed to sell it! Trance advanced pike and Enve 70/30.

Missed the Xterra at Grabouw this year and some of those pics confirm I'll be back next year. The rock garden alone is work the trip from kzn.

You and me both.... 90 day waiting list was the last info I had. And we're about halfway through that.

Agreed - kakkest tyres I/ve ever had. There's so many plugs in there I wonder if the tyre is a rastafarian! Look like dreadlocks. The Enve/kings are due soon and will be coated with something way better. Open to suggestions!

Trance Advanced 27.5 Fox Float X XX1 with gripshift Giant Dropper Rockshox Pike 160mm Enve Bar and Step Enve M 70-30 on order with King Mango Hubs 11.45kg of fun!

It's like saying you can't buy a Ferrari cause it's faster than the speed limit. The guy who can afford thus won't be racing UCI events. Let the R&D guys gave their moment.

Hope not using her bra

Trance SX Advanced 27.5 Pike 160 XX1 Enve M 70 thirty Build in progress.....

I think more people should include their actual names, contact etc on their profiles and make themselves a bit more traceable. Being anonymous does not give anyone a warm fuzzy feeling! Providing feedback on sellers and buyers should be done when you transact to give them/you a degree of credibility. Obviously newbies may be eyeballed a bit till they've got some street cred.

Generally most 29er bikes would be 39-26 and some even 38-26 and on ladies bikes 36-22. There are few 29ers that are fitted with 42-28 as standard spec. There is more effort required to get the bigger wheels in motion. When I switched from 26er to 29er I mistakenly bought 42-28. It proved a challenge to get te same acceleration. I also found that my knees started to hurt. I dropped to 39-26 was was immediately happier. I have since also had a trail 29er with 38-26 and this has been fine. Unless your trails are generally very flat I would skip the 42-28 and go with 39-26 or lower.

Used in alu and carbon wheels for ages with no issues at all.

If I could only own one bike it would be a trance. Have had the 26 in alu and carbon have a 29er at the moment. Have an anthem adv in 650b. The trance is light enough to climb with a seriously shreds downhill. I have beefed the front end with a pike and 1-2m drop offs are within the bikes abilities. You could also go with a revelation RCT which is lighter than the pike. The travel is so plush compared to any other bikes I've had yet remains efficient. Careful of the proprietary shocks on some specialized bikes which are not serviceable at all shops. Make sure of maintenance costs, service intervals etc.

Have been on XX1 for about 2 months. Not a single missed shift and chain has stuck on front ring like glue with no issues at all. Biggest surprise to me is how quiet the setup runs. Absolutely silent. Just love it. Agree on the issue with choosing front rings. You may need a few ratio options. Look at 32 and 34 to start for most types of riding. Only downside I've had is if a piece of "thatch grass" gets into the front ring it sits there as tight as the chain. But its a product of the design.

Guess I must backorder then.... BTW how long did your set last?