Transition Patrol 2017

I’ve owned my Transition Patrol for about two and a half
years now and I’ve put it through all kinds of different types of riding in
that time. From the roughest, steepest and scariest mountain bike trails I dare
to ride to long cross-country leg burners, it’s been highly impressive so far.

It pedals well when you’re climbing; so well in fact that
it really did surprise me on the first few rides. This bike was a step up in
travel compared to my last bike, the Patrol has 160mm travel at the front and
155mm at the rear. My previous bike was 140mm front and back, but the Transition
Patrol climbs much better thanks to some clever geometry malarkey that I don’t
really understand. The new 2020 bikes, with their advanced SBG (Speed
Balanced Geometry) sizing, are said to climb even better though!

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