[Closed] Trance, with a few mods to show what can be done.

The state of your pond....

Also, front wheel valve/logo.

Delete your account.

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What do you want to change about it?

Dropper post looks like the most obvious thing you should get.

depending on what you want to do offset bushes are one of the cheapest ways to change your bike.

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I'd change that saddle, if I rode that for an hour I'd need a skin graft on my ass!

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No dropper, no QR.

Interesting......

No Cougar, no Drac.

#fakenews

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Are you showing us mods you've done or asking about what mods you can do? I is confused.

Stealth ad? I'm confused...

God that was quick...you changed the saddle already 😀

PS. Clean your golf

Ok I should've put the text at the beginning but was having a nightmare with image hosting websites.

Trance is in SX mode meaning 160mm fork, rear shock has also been swapped out from the standard 200x51 to a longer stroke 200x57 giving around 156mm rear travel....standard is 140mm.
Running 1x on a Sunrace 11-42.....XT brakes all round.....full X-fusion suspension all round.
Carbon bars.
Sub 100gm carbon saddle.
Dropper post is upstairs and works fine but weighs a ton.
More weight to drop with a carbon seat post on the way.
Tyres are DHR 2.3 rear and High Roller 2.4 front, both Exo casing.
Superstar Tactic and Tesla build, nice compromise between fashionably wide (and heavy) and still happily seat 2.5 tyres perfectly when needs must.
Luggage scales had it at 26lbs in current guise...if I ditched the Nanos and fitted the plastic Nukeproof ones from my other bike I could probably save a few more pounds.

More than happy with that, I was expecting 32lb....the bike rode like a dream at Antur in the week.

Sub 100gm carbon saddle.
Dropper post is upstairs and works fine but weighs a ton.
More weight to drop with a carbon seat post on the way.

im out

I mainly ride this bike on uplift days and Enduro racing, I don't see the point in a dropper as I'm out of the saddle on the pedals the whole time.....trail riding on the other hand is a different matter and I fit the dropper then....or just take the HT.

I'd be washing my car daily living in rural west Wales!....it'll get it's sitting clean next month.

So is it for sale?

Did you struggle to get your dropper post upstairs?

Certainly not for sale, love it.

May play with some offset headset cups but that's about it, as always I'm the limiting factor.

Noice.

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I mainly ride this bike on uplift days and Enduro racing, I don't see the point in a dropper as I'm out of the saddle on the pedals the whole time.....trail riding on the other hand is a different matter and I fit the dropper then....or just take the HT.

I mainly ride this bike on uplift days and Enduro racing, I don't see the point in a dropper as I'm out of the saddle on the pedals the whole time.....

Best let all those EWS boys know where they are going wrong. 🙂

26lbs? I imagine on a real set of scales it will be a bit of a letdown..

That's my favorite kind of Enduro/DH, if I'm having to pedal too much then I've entered the wrong event.

To be fair the EWS competitors ride 20min+ stages...i don't.

Next mod would be new scales. I would be amazed if that weight anywhere near 26lbs

The scales are accurate, I was expecting around 30lb but it's got carbon bars, a 1x drivetrain, reasonably light wheels, carbon saddle and full air X-Fusion suspension all round which is often lighter than the equivalent RS or Fox....probably the most important thing is how Giant make their alloy bikes nearly as l light as other's carbon offerings.
Will happily post a pic weighing the bike later.....we can do it with the luggage scales and we can do it with me on standard bathroom scales without the bike and then holding the bike and subtract the difference.....i do love science!

Also worth bearing in mind is it's a trail bike I've effectively made slacker and more burly...if this was a Reign I was claiming 26lbs for then yes I'd expect to be laughed off the forum!

The thread was a handy helper for Trance owners who maybe think they need something 'more' (Reign) when in fact you can fit long forks, slacken out the HA and change the rear travel to almost 160mm with a few subtle cheap mods....hey presto you've just built the long travel trail bike you wanted, it still pedals well and descends like a demon to boot. Win/win.

More than happy with that, I was expecting 32lb

At least your expectations are broadly believable. My carbon 5010, with xx1 and carbon everything, weighs 26lbs. Admittedly my saddle weighs double yours though. My rigid sequoia gravel bike weighs 27lbs. My carbon nomad, xx1 and carbon everything again is 28lbs.

Must be those heavy saddles I use.

Luggage scales had it at 26lbs in current guise...if I ditched the Nanos and fitted the plastic Nukeproof ones from my other bike I could probably save a few more pounds.

I think you mean grams maybe? 🙂

Nice bike. Light build for Stiniog!

There's some obtuse gits on here....

STW seems to go through narky phases when nobody can say or ask or share anything. Its like the blummin kids...

Nice bike, OP, by the way!

I thought this thread was going to be all about Trance House music and wiminz in skimpy bikinis..

Tres dissatisfaction

Indeed, I wonder what the comments would've been like if it was a Santa Cruz, Bansheee, Transition etc....bike snobs everywhere!

Seriously though, next time you happen across a Giant pick it up, the (lack of) weight of their alloy bikes is almost unsettling....not their fault if the more boutique brands can't get a carbon bike below 30lbs!

Like I said, pics of weighing bike later....got to get the car serviced this morning.

I have a TCX, it's quite the best CXer out there.

And it's light.

I'm still trying to work out if aphex_2k lives in a shipping container.

.not their fault if the more boutique brands can't get a carbon bike below 30lbs!

Nah that's a west ozzie fence there, the snakes in the tree mean he won't be going near the bike for a bit though

I'm just puzzled how it weighs less than my anthem...
I've even put more air in the shocks to make it lighter! 🙂

Indeed, I wonder what the comments would've been like if it was a Santa Cruz, Bansheee, Transition etc....bike snobs everywhere!

Seriously though, next time you happen across a Giant pick it up, the (lack of) weight of their alloy bikes is almost unsettling....not their fault if the more boutique brands can't get a carbon bike below 30lbs!

Similar, when its 'questionable' I should imagine.

Hell, my Fuel is only 26.5lbs & virtually everything is lighter on that.

My dropper post must weigh about 3kg apparently 🙂

I like how you've modded it but the weight can't be right - my alloy hardtail weighs 27lbs and has a similar build bar carbon bars, ultralight saddle and lack of dropper post - but it also doesn't have a rear shock and a load of pivots!

Lovely bike, hard to beat giant trance. I had an older 26" with 140s and still miss it.

But, that's never a 26lb build, if you've broke 30 I'd be surprised

Nanos and fitted the plastic Nukeproof ones from my other bike I could probably save a few more pounds.

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Nudging under 28lb like that, bit off the wheels and swapping to shimano, but dropper added, 1x11 SRAM so lighter still not much and a fair weight for the bike

I need a borrow of your scales. Got to be the cheapest way to ditch weight there is.

Those wheels and tyres are going to be properly chunky, the drivetrain has nothing light either. Unless Giant have been filling their frame tubes with helium that's over 30lb.

Don't get me wrong I'm happily pedalling round 32lbs and I reckon that with a dropper and a decent saddle that would be a lovely bike.