Had a medium Trance with LOADS of seat post showing – caused me to have back pain 🙁 No amount of fiddling with seat position/angle could help so i conceded that it was too small (I am 6ft 1 and it was a medium with max seat post extension 🙁 )
So sold that frame, bought another Trance 3 from Pauls Cycles – stripped it and flogged the parts, it arrived today and has been built up with my parts 🙂

So from this:

To This:

I know that the last piece of cable outer is different but i want to ride in the morning!!

Full spec is:
Trance X3 Frame with RP2
Talas RLC 140/120/100
Stans 355 rims on Hope pro2s (Spesh The captain and Eskar Sworks 2 bliss tyres run tubeless)
Hope ceramic BB and SLX chainset
Candy Cs
Ea70 90mm stem
FSA K-Force Carbon risers
Joplin and Fi Zik Gobi XM (kium rails)
Avid Elixir R Brakes
XT mechs and SLX shifters

I'd get that new one house trained asap.

lol – oil spillage from a few weeks back when doing a fork oil change 🙂

Looks like you made the right decision to me, looks loads better and more in proportion.

Feels like my bike now rather than stolen from one of snow whites mates!

Bet it does, I am 5'10" and the medium felt waaaayyy to small for me….can't help thinking Giant messed up the sizing on the Trance range there should be M\L in there.

Can't wait to ride 🙂

boo to wind and rain – tomorrow is its debut!

Giants are usually on the large side.

Giants are usually on the large side.

That was sarcasm wasn't it?

Saying giants are small would be sarcastic.

"sorted" – let us know when you've ridden it a few months.

cynical – more like cock end

Glad to hear you're happy – I'm about a inch and a half shorter than you and have ridden medium Trance and Trance X s for the last 4 years – Which are just big enough. Large is certainly your size…..

Nonetheless it's a great bike.

cynical – more like cock end

bit harsh.

Just bring realistic. Have you ridden it yet?

tbc – was only joking 🙂

i love al the long limbed irishman 🙂 he is yumeya

heh, thats fine then

*penny drops!*

*winks* back inspector cleuseu stylee

I don't know anyone who's a big enough tool to ride a bike like that.

Unless…… ❓

lol

You liking the Joplin Rob?

aye now its suited and booted with a gaiter. without it was horrible!

Looks like there's a gate in both pics to me.

quite observant stu – also trees if you look!

Joking apart there does look to be quite a big difference in frame sizes between the two.
Looks more like the difference between a small and a large.

aye – the graphics i assume are in the same place but it you look at the distance between the "T" and the head tube and also the "5" on the seat tube

27 miles and no back ache suggest i was right. Suspension seems to work better when pedaling also 🙂