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GIANT TRANCE X ADVANCED PRO 29 0
IN CHUNKIER, LOOSER TERRAIN, THE BACK END IS IMPRESSIVELY ACTIVE AND DOES A GOOD JOB OF GENERATING TRACTION
£7,999One bike to rule them all?
Could the new Trance X Advanced Pro 29 be the ultimate all-rounder and, in Giant’s own words, the “one bike to master the mountain”? We hit the hills on the top-tier model to find out for ourselves.
The frame
The Trance X Advanced uses Giant’s tried-and-trusted twin-link Maestro suspension system to pump out its 135mm of rear wheel travel. This top-of-the-range Pro 29 0 model has Fox’s intelligent Live Valve suspension system neatly integrated into the frame, which is designed to control the damping of the fork and shock for you, thus removing any guesswork and giving you the freedom to just hammer along the trails.
One big difference that you’ll spot on the Trance X compared to other Maestro-equipped bikes is the geometry-altering flip-chip that sits in the upper rocker link. Giant assured us that this isn’t simply
