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  1. So I've noticed there isn't a thread for all those who love to ride their trannys hard and fast here in SA and was to post about their experiences. It's a small and discerning group of people I'd guess (kind like the Banshee lot but with more class). So I thought I'd bring it out of the shed and into the spotlight... I love my Tranny, it's just who I am. Oh, just keep it clean and remember. No Fanny on the Tranny as that's just plain wrong. Fanny packs that is... or Hip packs as they are now known as.
  2. The importers of Transition bikes Dirt Merchant Bicycle Co. and Cape Town based cSixx components, recently built a custom version of the all-mountain bike that took top honours for Pinkbike.com's Mountain Bike of the Year in 2016; the Transition carbon Patrol. Click here to view the article
  3. Introducing the third long-term test bike to arrive at Bike Hub HQ, the Transition Smuggler. Admittedly, the Smuggler is a bike that I've had my eye on for a while. I'm a huge fan of short travel bikes designed for ripping single track. Slap on a set of 29er wheels and I'm in trail bike heaven. Having reviewed Transition's all-mountain bike the Patrol, I know that the Giddy Up suspension is super capable, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it translates to this shorter travel bike. Click here to view the article
  4. HIGH5 Sports Nutrition along with Cycle Lab Lynnwood presents Mission To A Faster Transition with HIGH5-fuelled IRONMAN champ Matt Trautman. • Tricks, Tips & To do’s from the pros to help you shave minutes off your time • HIGH5 IRONMAN on-course nutrition will be explained, your Q&A’s answered • Professional training, transition and nutrition advice from Matt • Tips on how to pack like a pro • Preparing for IRONMAN: What you need to know and Matt’s tips on powering through the race • WIN an IRONMAN 70.3 Buffalo City entry on the day NB: Matt will be taking participants through an actual transition area that will be set up on the day, so be sure to bring all your gear.
  5. The Scout has been one of our more overlooked bikes in our line. People are now just starting to catch on to how fun and capable this little bike is and now it's available in carbon. Touting all the great features and geometry of the aluminium Scout with a large reduction in weight and no compromise in strength. Click here to view the article
  6. When it was confirmed that I was heading to Italy for Nine Knights, I immediately realised that I needed a suitable bike for the terrain. Knowing that the team at A-Line have hands on experience with Alpine riding, I enquired to see what they had available for review. I was pretty chuffed when they came back and said that they’d build a Transition Patrol for the trip. Click here to view the article
  7. The Patrol Carbon is the highly anticipated premium option to our well regarded aluminium Patrol. All the great features of the aluminium Patrol with a large reduction in weight and no compromise in strength. The carbon front triangle, seatstays and chainstays provide a crisp and responsive ride with excellent trail feel. Click here to view the article
  8. The Best Bike in Africa will be held at the 2015 Standard Bank Africa Cycle Fair on 23 - 25 October at St Stithians College, Johannesburg. The competition invites fair visitors to vote for their favourite bike at the Best Bike in Africa stand. All the entrants that vote for the bike that wins the Best Bike in Africa will go into a draw to win the bike. Leading up to the fair, we'll be be revealing the bikes entered in the Best Bike in Africa. Friday's bike is the Transition Patrol. Click here to view the article
  9. First Look Friday is an introduction to the products that we are currently testing for review. This week we're featuring the Transition Patrol, an elliptical chain ring from Wolf Tooth and Specialized's 2FO Clip shoes. Click here to view the article
  10. So this noob decided to get something different, and after agonising over three possibilities, I settled on the new 2015 Transition Patrol. I was planning on reviewing this little beast, but work's getting in the way of any meaningful riding time, and honestly, the time I do have riding, I'd rather spend enjoying playing chicken with myself in an attempt to match the life-threatening capabilities of this machine. But here are some grainy snaps of the build at this stage. A few things I might change, like trimming the steerer length, getting different pedals, and deciding on whether to color-code the saddle to the rest of the decor From the riding I've done thus far, there's one stand-out impression that's been present from the very first ride: the bike feels like you want to throw down flat into a corner, flat as in horizontal! You want to lean that sucker over as if the side knobs stretched around the sidewalls all the way up to the rims. All just in the head of course, but its hugely confidence inspiring. I'm of course butchering the moment, but the bike feels so nimble, so maneuverable, that you want to drift into every single corner, bermed or not. Coming from a 26" trail bike with a 69 degree HA, I had expected the Patrol with 650b wheels,65 degree HA and 98mm longer wheelbase, to be somewhat vague and a bit lethargic when it comes to steering. I was very pleasantly surprised: it's so easily maneuverable even in a sequence of fast, tight turns. Drifting comes pretty easily, but it doesn't feel uncontrolled and a lot of confidence is gained from that feeling of being nicely centered within the bike. The bike is fitted with Mavic Crossmax XL WTS 650b wheelsets. I ditched the Mavic rubber and shod the hoops with a personally more familiar combination of Schwalbe rubber instead: Magic Mary up front and Rock Razor at the back. As is typical with the bigger wheels, trail chatter is smoothed out, and acceleration is pretty snappy. The suspension is a modified form of the Horst-link which Transition calls Giddy-Up. One of the motivations for getting a new frame was to get away from a particular problem I've been experiencing with the Giant. The best way to describe is a suspension lock-up: with the gearing in either of the last two sprockets, and over rough terrain, the suspension would feel jammed up: completely solid. Braking is harsh and pedalling feels incredibly hard. It's not something I had expected from the Maestro suspension, but it was getting annoying. So the solution would be a suspension system that remains fully active under braking and pedalling. The Patrol's Giddy-up setup does this just perfectly. I don't have a suspension curve for the Patrol, but it feels pretty linear, and coupled with the RS Monarch Debonair, its pure groundhugging bottomlessness. There is a tradeoff however, and that's when it comes to climbing. The Maestro suspension is really good in this regard, with no discernible difference between leaving the shock locked out or fully open, except under hard cranking. The Giddy-up suspension allows for a very supple ride, but there is discernible pedal-bob even with the Monarch set to firm. I often berate Rockshox for rather light compression damping, and maybe the Monarch could do with more compression damping. But I think the Patrol requires more of a platform via the shock to firm up the climbing capability. It's not horrible, just not as firm as the climbing offered by the Maestro suspension. The bigger wheels helps offset the slightly increased climbing effort, and this benefit is nicely evident during more technical climbing. Still loads to learn about the bike, but so far, its been a pretty natural transition, couldnt' resist! Huge thanks to Phia vd Meulen of A-line MTB & Outdoor for the thoroughly professional service provided while sourcing the frameset for me, and to Devon Katzen at Action Cycling for putting a rushjob on building the bike.
  11. I've been toying with the idea of a long travel, steel hardtail mountain bike for quite some time. Somehow I've always ended up heading in a different direction but not this time. Click here to view the article
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