New bike shopping at the minute, trying to get as much testing done as possible, haven't found anywhere that has a demo patrol yet though. Anyone ridden one of the new transitions? What are your thoughts?
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Transition sbg anyone ridden them yet?
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Posted 1 week ago #
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mines on order. smuggler with fox 36 @150mm. yum yum. not much help though sorry
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Waiting for my Scout to be delivered...hopefully be here early next week...again not much help. Sorry
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Where are you based?
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Got a new Sentinel here, came from a Carbon Patrol.
Really liking the sentinel, its my first 29er the sbg bikes definitely ride different you sit very central in the sentinel, one thing you really notice is the front wheel doesn't lift at all when climbing steep hills and that front wheel traction is really good when cornering to.
Few negatives that I've found as well with the new frames, The cable routing isn't great especially if you use a chain guide, rear clearance despite being boost isn't very good either im only running a 2.3 maxxis dhr2, I imagine with a 2.5wt it wont leave much room for mud.
Also the frame is pretty heavy but im thinking this is probably a good thing, given some of the issues with the 1st gen giddy ups but to be fair its built up to a very sensible 30lb bike.
HTH
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Yeah there is a thread here in Sweden about the chain guide routing problen
https://happyride.se/forum/read.php/1/3033040/page=11
Pages 10 and 11
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Running a one up with taco on mine, it fits just had to pop some spacers between the iscg tabs and the chainguide.
I imagine not all chainguides will fit though, probably also worth noting I don't think you will be able to fit more than a 34T ring not that many people do..
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Thats pretty shortsighted of transition.
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it's not great is it...
they are discussing about whether he is suing a boost chainset and he basically isn't sure, so that may help, but it wont move the chainguide
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Where are you based?
Based near bristol so anywhere southwest. A shop in stroud were a transition dealer but they have stopped stocking them. Heading up to Sheffield in a few weeks to test an airdrop so might try and find one that way to test.
I have heard mixed things about sbg, maybe it will just take some getting used to?Jealous of all of you waiting on new bikes!
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what mixed things have you heard?
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Nothing bad, just heard some people rate it and some are sort of saying it didn't do a lot for them. That's every bike though I guess.
All I have been able to do so far is look at numbers and it looks perfect on paper!
A mega fun slightly better peddling kona process is what I want!Posted 1 week ago # -
depends on the bike you come from. the geo of the bikes are quite aggressive so you might find those coming from aggressive geo don't notice much.
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Panic over, demo fleet has just been brought out at dean valley cycles over the fod. Reckon I should get a test next weekend
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So tested a patrol today, followed the charts and went medium (at 5'8") it was amazing after tweeting a few bits around. Only thing is it felt kind of small. What's everyone's view on the sizing? There is a large demo patrol at the shop so thinking of taking that out for a test. It 25mm longer in reach so a lot of difference.
I tested the nx spec with the monarch. I think the shock let it down a lot as it felt pretty harsh in the small hits. Guessing the fox shock would be nicerPosted 59 minutes ago # -
The seat tube angles are really steep and although the reach is quite long it’s not THAT long - so sitting down they’ll feel quite short (as the saddle doesn’t head rearwards as much when up compared to bikes with conventional slacker seat tube angles).
I don’t think it would be unreasonable for someone your height to fit on a large if you have shorter legs and longer torso - and the very short seat tubes mean you should be able to fit a long dropper.
I’ve realised I prefer quite a short ETT and moderate reach for my height, just suits my long-limbed proportions and personal riding style better. Currently running my saddle all the way forward on a bike with a 590mm ETT, 50mm stem, 810mm bars and I’m just under 5’11.
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