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MaverickBoy - that TranceX4 does look like great value!
This isn't getting any easier....
MaverickBoy - that TranceX4 does look like great value!
I reckon you could sell off the wheels, some of the own brand finishing kit, the Hayes brakes, and the cheapo cranks and any Deore stuff on here or on ebay for about £250 in total...
Then with your spare £1250, well... World's your oyster!
I'd suggest full XT (including brakes), maybe some Hope Hoops wheels, Thomson stem and post, Easton Carbon bars... The lot... You'd have an awesome frame and fork (it's got a Reba on it at £1000 for the bike!!!), and an awesome custom build kit on it, for waaaaaaay less than £2k I reckon... Or just buy last year's Trance X1 for £2025 from Pauls Cycles, which has Fox F120's, Crossmax wheels, Avid Elixir Brakes, XT/XTR drivetrain, Raceface Deus finishing kit...
And FWIW, I reckon the Giant Maestro suspension system pretty much has no equal out there at this end of the scale... Everybody who raves about their Orange 5's (not denying they're good bikes) you'll see reaching for their lockout lever on the shock every time it comes to pedal uphill or on the flat... You'll never bother using the lockout on a Maestro bike, cos they pedal that well without using it!
Everybody who raves about their Orange 5's (not denying they're good bikes) you'll see reaching for their lockout lever on the shock every time it comes to pedal uphill or on the flat... You'll never bother using the lockout on a Maestro bike, cos they pedal that well without using it!
I think you'll find most Five owners can't believe they don't need to use the propedal. I'd have happily saved a few quid and had a basic Float R rather than the RP23 if it had been on offer...
I literally only use mine if I want to climb something purely flat and smooth and feel the need to stand up. I've ridden a Maestro (Anthem X1) and I'd reach for the propedal if climbing pure flat and smooth and wanting to stand...
i would agree with the X4 and a bit of a fiddle with bits 🙂
those wheels are good, but a little bit heavy (not much though) and the freehub cant be replaced cheaply when it goes (took 3 years for mine to go)
ive got a front hub off one of those wheelsets and its still buttery smooth.... 5 years later. (actually buttery smooth, not made up)
i would also put new 140mm revs on a trance x myself
maybe change the Crankset for something nice and HT2.
also an inline thomson seatpost. (OE seatposts are fugly, as are laid back seatposts)
so to sum up.
wheels (hope hoops)
new revelations
XT crankset
Thomson Post.
top bike!
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How about a nice Cove Hustler - on offer @ Merlin, currently £2,024 built up with Reva 2010 forks & new Deore groupo.
Everybody who raves about their Orange 5's (not denying they're good bikes) you'll see reaching for their lockout lever on the shock every time it comes to pedal uphill or on the flat...
Not everyone ➡
Not everyone
OK sorry, just my observation so far from the dozens of Orange 5 riders I've ridden with...
The Orange 5 does look an extremely capable (if overpriced in my view) bike and everyone that owns them raves about them.
I just think that there's better performing suspension designs out there (of which the Giant Maestro is one), and there's MUCH better value bikes on the market too... Don't get me wrong, if I got given a 5 to ride I'd be chuffed to bits, but I wouldn't buy one with my own money...
akira - Member
I've just picked up a Felt Redemption for good money with a good spec, more travel than you want but the Compulsion can be found for a good price with good kit on it.
Really nice ride so far.
Wow another owner! First i've seen/read in the two years i've had mine 😆
In terms of the OP's list I have only even seen the Giant Trance X1. First thing I can say is bloody hell it's light! For a trail bike it is a beautiful bit of kit! I would advise looking at one.
Having said that, the X4 idea posted above sounds good!
I just think that there's better performing suspension designs out there
Define better performing? Pedalling efficiency, climbing efficiency, traction, isolating you from the bumps more, small bumps, square edge hits, generally getting you to the bottom faster?
Pedalling efficiency, climbing efficiency, traction, isolating you from the bumps more, small bumps, square edge hits, generally getting you to the bottom faster?
yup, maestro has all that covered 😉
yup, maestro has all that covered
Of course 🙂
I just think that there's better performing suspension designs out there (of which the Giant Maestro is one), and there's MUCH better value bikes on the market too... Don't get me wrong, if I got given a 5 to ride I'd be chuffed to bits, but I wouldn't buy one with my own money...
I doubt at the moment if I will be buying another full sus bike.
I am having so much fun on my Pig.
Riding at the weekend with a friend who has a silly light & expensive Santa Cruz and he could barely keep up.
More to do with the rider than the bling 😆
I'd be seriously looking at a Chumba for that money.
I switched from a speccy stumpy 07 to a trance x 2 and it gets better with every ride. All I have done to it is change the usual pedals, saddle, and fitted some ergon gx1 grips. Got it in sept 09 and already put 400+ miles on it. Oh, one other thing I have done to it is lob 3/4 inch off each end of the bars. Now I barely "think" about making a turn and it's happened!
Never looked at a giant before this and since have bought the wife a giant talon.
hang on, this thread's 2 months old...