How do you improve on mountain bike of the year? Easy, give it more control, more confidence and more party. The Patrol is Transition's most popular bike yet they're not getting complacent, it continues to push the boundaries of what is possible to ride on a long travel trail bike. An efficient well mannered climber that immediately switches into pure party mode on the way down. The innovative new Speed Balanced Geometry creates a super slack bike that adds front wheel traction going up and down that will have you pushing your bike further than you ever thought possible. Transition have created a monster!
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Speed Balanced Geometry
This is the clever bit. SBG ensures the bike maintains low speed agility, front wheel traction, and proper rider weight balance while actually increasing confidence in steep terrain and at high speeds. With SBG, a slacker head tube angle is combined with a all new reduced offset fork standard, preventing the front wheel from being too far in front of the rider. This improves front to rear weight distribution on the bike, which is often out of balance on long and slack bikes. One of SBG's greatest benefits is that it creates a confident steering feel that adapts to wheel speed. More stability when going fast, more agility on technical slow speed manoeuvring as well as improved traction, control and confidence for any skill level of rider.
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STOP PRESS - The Patrol WINS Vital MTB's Shreddy Award for Bike of the Year!
"Vital MTB is stoked to give the new Transition Patrol the Shreddy Award for Bike of the Year. This refined, 27.5-inch-wheeled long-travel ripper has been recreated from head to toe, improving on an already amazing ride." - VitalMTB.com
"Following extensive back-to-back testing I can confidently say that Transition's SBG-equipped bikes will likely lead the next wave in the continued evolution of bicycle geometry. They provide such an intuitive and controlled experience that my riding game goes up a few notches. That's real progress. Looking the bike over, nearly every aspect of an already awesome frame has been updated, tweaked, or tuned for 2018. This is Transition 2.0, and it's awesome." - Brandon Turman