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- Lars
It depends on the majority of the type of riding you plan to do. It's easy to overbike yourself for those few bike park trips a year and choose something that's not as ideal for your everyday riding. We see this all the time. Where do you live, and what is the type of riding you do the most? Start there.
The Smuggler is also a great bike, but less ideal on gnarlier terrain than the Sentinel. So if you do a lot of riding on mellower terrain that might be the better option.
I will add, that I've used the Sentinel for my everyday bike on all types of rides for the better part of 4 years.
- Lars
Do you guys have any tentative plans for east coast demos, obviously dependent on the pandemic.
I had a 2016 patrol and went through 3 chainstays in one summer, got a warranty on the first two and then stopped getting responses, had to have the shop order me one which meant paying for it, bike was fun but I had to sell it due to being the least durable bike I’ve ever owned, I even changed out the main pivot bearings each time I changed the chainstay.
I will say the bottle rocket I had for a bit and the pbj I had for awhile both withstood the test of time a lot better than that patrol did.
- Lars
I own 2019 Scout GX. Rear-end often feels a bit dead, (the usual doesn't feel supple off the top, but also doesn't seem to have support for bunnyhops and pumping) I don't think I can handle the rebound any faster, and I run low sag to mitigate the latter issue.
Is this a common pattern with the bike/customers, and are there any ways to improve its performance?
EG popular shocks or shock parts or shock tunning within your tester's friends and employees on this bike?
Other than this nag, I'm in love with the bike and I'm very happy I've put my money into this one. It's beautiful, unique, and it has an incredibly rewarding ride when pushed hard and ridden right. Thanks!
Maybee way too cramped ISCG mounts and scarce rubber protection are only other niggles, but you seem to fix that with a new gen.
Holy cow, you all crushed it!! So many good questions and answers. Thanks Transition crew, thanks Vital members!
This Forum Hotseat is officially closed, but you can still post questions and maybe, if we're lucky, between PBR-Bottlerocket ride sessions, the crew can respond from time to time.
Nice work! We're all stoked.
I've got an old Bandit 29 that I love dearly and it just keeps on ticking. Even did a 100+ mile race on it a few years ago.
I just ordered a Patrol frame that should be here in NC next week. Stoked!
John in NC
I love my Smuggler, but it only wants to be ridden one speed, and that's Mach 5. Sometimes I just want to cruise and be lazy with line choice, and the Smuggler definitely doesn't like that. I and others I've spoken to who have the same gen model have noticed that the rear end tends to get hung up on stuff at times, both climbing and descending. Don't know if it's related to wheelbase or axle path through the travel, but just thought I'd relate that since we have your ear.
Don't take this as a bunch of complaints, I love your company, love your bikes, and love that you actually reach out to your customers like this and take our suggestions to heart. I do second an above question: any more steel hardtails in your future??
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