Are you the kind of rider who likes to hunker down and smash through rock gardens with a lack of finesse? Maybe you’re the kind of rider who wants a bike that can handle a Downhill uplift day just as well as it does a day on the trails? If you’re looking for a beast of a bike, but want something with more all-round practicality than a full-on DH rig, Transition's 2019 Patrol is the one for you. With 170mm of travel up front and 160mm at the rear, this Speed Balanced Geometry equipped Enduro machine tames the toughest of trails with ease.
Transition have long held a reputation for producing bikes with spot-on geometry, amazing specs and brilliantly performing GiddyUp suspension, so why mess with perfection? The staff at Transition are riders who always obsess about ways to improve their ability to shred and have fun on a bike, and that’s just what the next-generation GiddyUp 2.0 is all about.
Their new range of bikes uses a different frame design and tubing, with new rear shocks and kinematics, tweaked travel configurations and a whole new way of thinking about bike geometry. The new series of bikes are both totally different from what came before, and yet still pure Transition pedigree.
Modern trail bikes are a world away from the bikes of the “680mm bars and 120mm stem” era, having gotten progressively longer, slacker and more stable at speed. There’s a limit to how far you can take any of these “advances” in geometry before you start to experience negative effects like poor handling or loss of grip at the front though, so it’s almost black magic that anyone managed to create a series of bikes that perform even better than Transition’s previous highly acclaimed range.
The team at Transition Bikes are understandably proud of their new Speed Balanced Geometry (SBG). This incredible new design alters the shape and size of the bike, moving the rider to a more balanced position that increases stability at high speeds and on steep descents, agility at low speeds, and improves traction and control.
The key to achieving this was combining a slacker headtube angle with a reduced offset fork, an advancement that required working with RockShox and Fox to develop a new range of low-offset suspension forks. All-new geometry sees frames increasing in length, with shorter stock stems supplied to reduce the increase in reach and allow riders to use bikes that are more capable on both the climbs and descents than ever before.
Want to try a Transition SBG-equipped bike? We have demo bikes available - please give us a call or email to arrange what'll probably be the most fun mountain bike ride you've ever had!
Features:
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170mm front travel, 160mm rear
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New GiddyUp 2.0 Kinematics
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Increased Travel from previous Patrol
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Speed Balanced Geometry (SBG)
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Boost Dropout Spacing
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Metric Shock Sizing
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Universal Transition Replaceable Derailleur Hanger
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Integrated Rubber Downtube & Chainstay Protection
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Updated Internal Cable Routing
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Increased Seatpost Insertion
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Water Bottle Storage
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Tyre clearance for up to 27.5" x 2.8"
Specification:
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Frame: Patrol Alloy 160mm Rear/170mm Front
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Rear Shock: Fox DPX2 Performance Elite
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Fork: Fox 36 Grip 2 Performance Elite 170mm
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Headset: FSA No.57E
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Stem: RaceFace Aeffect R (40mm)
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Handlebar: RaceFace Chester 35, XS (760 x 10mm), SM (780 x 20mm), MD/LG/XL (780 x 35mm)
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Grips: ODI Elite Flow
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Saddle: ANVL Forge Cromo
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Seatpost: RockShox Reverb Stealth 1x Remote, XS (100mm), SM (125mm), MD (150mm), LG/XL (170mm)
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Brakes: SRAM Code RSC
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Rotors: SRAM Centerline (180mm)
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Shifter: SRAM GX Eagle 12-Speed
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Derailleur: SRAM GX Eagle 12-Speed
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Cassette: SRAM XG 1275 (10-50t) 12-Speed
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Chain: SRAM GX Eagle 12-Speed
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Crank: SRAM Descendent 7K DUB (170mm x 32t)
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Wheelset: Stans Flow S1 Team
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Front Tyre: Maxxis Minion DHF 3C WT (27.5x2.5)
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Rear Tyre: Maxxis Minion DHRII 3C WT (27.5x2.4)