Two things, modern mountain bikes and parts are a beaut/design that enables them to interface and strip down very very easily.
If you gave me an older mountain bike it’d be more work. Yes removing an old BB isn’t hard with the tools but hollowtech is childs play isn’t it?
Indexing gears- also soooo easy. If you run a full outer on the rear you can often get away with not bothering resetting at all if the outer is the right length for a new bike. Building/stripping is easy. My 4hour ride tomorrow in the beautiful sunny peaks will be fun Binners 😀
For all those that think ‘OMG/bike swapping’. I own one bike. I wont put anything in the two sheds that I own. Nothing. So I’m happy for one bike to live in the house.
On the Trance- I’ve not ridden one but I can see exactly what you mean. To the word. I look at them and think ‘hmmmm/looks like a high end Merida etc’ but then you hear rider feedback that both older/newer are supposed to be pretty darn-good.