Nice to hear. I have a yellow medium frame on order (Im 5'10''). Hopefully I will get it within a few weeks time. Will use it as a do it all bike from trailriding to liftassited riding on bigger mountains.
Just finished assembling my Covert. As I promised yesterday, here's picture of RD cable routing. Before I started to put the cable under chainstay, I decided to check out the clearance when using inner routing. The clearance was pretty small. But I've binded cable to chainstay with plastic clamp. Now there is about 1mm of clearance when suspension is fully extended. The clearance's going bigger when suspension is compressed.
I see a front derailleur cage, but I see only one ring visible in the picture. What size ring(s) are you using? and this appears to be a triple XT crankset which has a narrower chainline than a double crankset.
Stock builds are 2x10 with 24/38 rings, but you will also have clearance for a triple with 22/32/42 rings. However... if you are running a triple crankset with a ring larger than 32 teeth in the middle position the clearance goes away rapidly.
Draculoff, you seem to have a bit less clearance than I do now (after properly re routing all my cables). But the zip tie should take care of it.
Haakan, I am using my bike for the same things as you and so far it is a great ride. I take very good care of my bikes, but also ride them really hard, so we will see how everything holds up. I think I will be happy owning another Transition.
Hi! Yes you're right, this is a triple chainset. There are 22t stock ring and 36t ring which I've put to replace stock 32t. I have about 1mm of clearance when not on bike and it's getting bigger as the suspension compresses.
Since I have modded my chainset, I have no pretensions to frame, of course. I really love it. I like cable routing, dropouts. I like whole design and especially I like how it looks in Large size; it doesn't look huge or high, just beautiful. Unfortunately, I can't say how it rides because the weather in Moscow very very bad. I hope that Covert will become a good friend of mine.
I put a KS Lev 150 on mine and it has worked great through the first five or so rides. After the first ride, it developed a little bit of play, but hasn't gotten worse since. Once summer rolls around, I will really put it through its paces - riding hard 4+ times per week. That said, I'm not selling off the stock post quite yet just in case the Lev poops out on me.
How much sag do you run on the V3? It's seems it need more sag than the V2 to feel right.
The V2 was set and forget, first setup on them was also the last. On the V3 4 months already and can't find the sweet spot.
I'm on the stock RP23 CTD.
The Covert is one of my fave-looking bikes. I wish the Bandit looked like the Covert as the Bandit is more suited for the terrain I'd ride regularly... The black Covert looks AWESOME!
I'm surprised no one's posted this vid yet. Kelend shredding the Covert on a trail of his own creation. I'll just say the blind rock huck/stepdown is absolutely crazy in person.
The Limit.
Does anyone know if Transition is selling the green aluminum frame to the public?
This video " The Limit " plus I have seen numerous pictures of the green frame and I love that color. I am looking to purchase a complete build and this green color in my opinion is better looking than the other 3 colors. Anyone know ???
Here is my large, I'm 5'11" with 35" inseam. I put a 50mm diety cavity stem on it. Front shock is Rockshox lyrik RC2L which i think is perfect for this bike.
I love it!
Wow between work, riding/hiking, and side projects I have been pretty much non stop busy since April (see last posts above haha)!! I wanted to update you guys with a few bike pictures from me.
These were taken around late May or early June, but my bike hasn't changed since (aside from multiple replacement chainguide parts....). Current upgrades from stock build #2
KS Lev 150: this has been great so far! Far exceeded my expectations, but I don't really care about droppers enough to replace it if poops out (I would go Thomson Elite to complete the kit)
Thomson DH Stem: massive improvement in stiffness and very nicely made. this is probably my single favority part on the bike (I'm a **** for high quality machined parts...and it's made in the US)
Thomson DH Bars: I actually really like the bend on these bars, even though they are more flat than normal - it extends the reach a bit which offset my shorter stem. Very stiff and comfortable
Thomson Seatpost Clamp: Very high quality, uses very little torque it is almost unbelievable, yet it has never slipped or creaked
Shimano Saint pedals/Shimano PD-M530: Saint pedals are awesome. I used to run Straitline Defactos, but they had too much drag for me to put them on an AM bike. The Saints are very nice (I love the raw finish in high wear areas too), have tons of grip, and rotate very well. They feel high quality, but just don't have the wow factor of my old straitlines, and they are made overseas. The clipless PD-M530s are great for the money, but the platforms aren't even close to touching my soles (the must be meant for stability when unclipped). I'm still unsure about clips though, I need to crank down the preload in order to stay clipped in while jumping/whipping, but then can't seem to unclip when I need to and fall over :madman:
Long update, but I still really like this bike, minus my multiple broken chainguide parts (2 seized bearings and 2 broken lower guides)....when will they make a G3 in 28-32T? That is exactly what I need, since it has a redesigned lower guide..
I like it so much, I even sold my Bottlerocket! Talk about a big step for me - that was my dream bike for a long time and I had it dialed!
My 2013, wasnt sure about a yellow frame but i think its looks really well. Took the pic while i was waiting on my rp23 to be customed tuned but it rode really nice with the coil. First time running a reverb dont know how i did without one for so long....
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