I’ve got a 2012 Transition Covert and fancy drilling it for a stealth reverb, anyone done this?

Yep, on my Trek Rumblefish. Drilled the seat tube about 4cm above the junction with the downtube.

Used a right angled drill because of the awkwardness of the location, the hole is about 8mm diameter to fit a grommet I had in there to run the hose through the middle.

Works a treat

Video of installing a stealth here[/url] on RM.
Holes all ready in this one but might give you an idea on were to have them.

Good luck with the warranty. Even if it cracks at bottom bracket or headtube.

Considering another new Reverb Stealth has failed on me after 2 rides I wouldn’t bother! Pain in the tits to get at the pressure cap and a pain to bleed as you have to release all the hose ties/clamps

its second hand and the warranty is for the initial purchaser only, so doesnt really apply. They do a crash replacement scheme for any owner. You think they’d care about a hole in the seat tube for that?

You’ve compromised it’s structural integrity, it’s not different from hack sawing nearly through the chainstays then riding it, and it snapping on you to get a replacement frame under crash replacement.

I’d expect you to be told to jog on, as you’d no longer have a bike to ride off on.

but hopefully that will never happen and you’ll have many years enjoyment out of it.

You’ve compromised it’s structural integrity, it’s not different from hack sawing nearly through the chainstays then riding it, and it snapping on you to get a replacement frame under crash replacement.

I’d expect you to be told to jog on, as you’d no longer have a bike to ride off on.

but hopefully that will never happen and you’ll have many years enjoyment out of it.

It’s not the same though is it, stop being facetious.

*their

You’ve compromised it’s structural integrity, it’s not different from hack sawing nearly through the chainstays then riding it, and it snapping on you to get a replacement frame under crash replacement.

I’d expect you to be told to jog on, as you’d no longer have a bike to ride off on.

Unless it’s a Nicolai. My pal has a Nicolai without stealth routing. He contacted Nicolai and asked if it was ok to drill the frame for a reverb stealth. They said yes no problem and advised him exactly where to drill!

Can’t believe I used ‘there’ instead of ‘their’. I’m sorry everyone I have let you down.

I didn’t think there would be much point emailing transition, but maybe I was wrong.

HI Stuart,

It is very likely that drilling a hole for a Reverb will not cause any future issues, however if something did arise from doing this I can’t promise that it could be covered under warranty. But as always, we would do our best to help you out.

Cheers!

LARS STERNBERG | Transition Bikes | 360.820.8137 | http://www.transitionbikes.com

Sounds very promising 🙂

That’s a pretty fair response- if it cracks where you’ve drilled it, you should expect to be told to jog on but if it suffers an unrelated failure and they use it as an excuse to reject the claim, atomic pitchfork time