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Haakon

has an accommodating arse
You are a lot more 'steezy' than I though... I suspect my "Dad-bod and lame" riding style appreciates their less girder-like feel compared to some other alloy offerings.
Must be why I like them too! I sometimes sorta regret buying the carbon trance over the alloy one. I do enjoy the almost XC chuckabiltiy of the lightness, but the alloy version i rode before buying it did somehow feel a little more planted, and in a way the few hundred grams of frame mass wouldn't explain. But ultimately the carbon bling factor won :)
 

pink poodle

気が狂っている男
You are a lot more 'steezy' than I though... I suspect my "Dad-bod and lame" riding style appreciates their less girder-like feel compared to some other alloy offerings.

I have always found maestro to pedal like a legless seal on acid. It bobs like a busy truck stop hooker, is sooooooo sluggish, and hooks up on the chunder. Which is not traits I would expect from a virtual pivot design. I've tried a few of the other virtual platforms and everything else left it for dead.


It feels like they have somehow nailed all the negative characteristics of other suspension platforms while skirting each of their patent protections.
 

Haakon

has an accommodating arse
I have always found maestro to pedal like a legless seal on acid. It bobs like a busy truck stop hooker, is sooooooo sluggish, and hooks up on the chunder. Which is not traits I would expect from a virtual pivot design. I've tried a few of the other virtual platforms and everything else left it for dead.


It feels like they have somehow nailed all the negative characteristics of other suspension platforms while skirting each of their patent protections.
Maybe its because I only have the technological masterpiece of the Orange SP to compare it to :)
 

komdotkom

Likes Bikes and Dirt
I have always found maestro to pedal like a legless seal on acid. It bobs like a busy truck stop hooker, is sooooooo sluggish, and hooks up on the chunder. Which is not traits I would expect from a virtual pivot design. I've tried a few of the other virtual platforms and everything else left it for dead.


It feels like they have somehow nailed all the negative characteristics of other suspension platforms while skirting each of their patent protections.
And I thought I was a Giant hater. I kneel at the feet of the master!
 

SummitFever

Eats Squid
Must be why I like them too! I sometimes sorta regret buying the carbon trance over the alloy one. I do enjoy the almost XC chuckabiltiy of the lightness, but the alloy version i rode before buying it did somehow feel a little more planted, and in a way the few hundred grams of frame mass wouldn't explain. But ultimately the carbon bling factor won :)
I have two 2020 Trance 29ers, one in alu and one in carbon. I can't tell the difference in ride between the frames. The carbon's a lighter build but its funny how little difference there is when you get out and ride them.

Fully agree though that the carbon one looks like crap. Got a bit of that Mondraker dog taking a shit vibe to it.
 

DougalStrachan

Likes Dirt
Although the alloy version still looks nice. And made in a raw alloy - not bad at all.
First it annoyed me because they often don't change the brake routing run it to the other side of the frame, then I noticed the Photoshop effort on the brake routing where the front hose disappears so maybe they do bother to reroute, but don't take a photo of the actual bike but just pay someone to Photoshop (well I guess they were photo shopping anyway). Nothing to actually add, just an old man shouting at clouds......
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Rorschach

Didnt pay $250 for this custom title
New Stanton Sedona, made with Steve at Hardtail Party.
I think this looks a hoot - designed around a 120mm fork and big tyres, and taking inspiration from BMX and old school trials bikes, would be fun round a pump track too I reckon





 

komdotkom

Likes Bikes and Dirt
Are there any interesting new bikes in the 130-140mm segment? I haven't seen many changes in the last few years, seat tubes and head angles seem to have stabilised and most new bikes seem to just be evolutions of the 2021 designs.
I'm not talking about main stream brands, I'm looking for something interesting.
 

kten

understands stuff moorey doesn't
Are there any interesting new bikes in the 130-140mm segment? I haven't seen many changes in the last few years, seat tubes and head angles seem to have stabilised and most new bikes seem to just be evolutions of the 2021 designs.
I'm not talking about main stream brands, I'm looking for something interesting.
Actofive P Train can be run at 140mm I believe. It is very interesting and not main stream.
 

komdotkom

Likes Bikes and Dirt
I was pretty keen on an I Train but will only run 135mm in Mullet - I want 29. I think a P Train is too enduro for me, I'm old for that and need to go to work on Monday
 
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