Is this a Transition clone?

Started by scourge, October 22, 2020, 04:14:21 PM

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scourge


scourge

Sorry about the misspell in the title

Sitar_Ned


endo.alley


scourge

#4
Thanks, Ned.

The Geo chart doesn't show the head angle. But man, it looks like a Transition to me. That linkage  style is dead on. Hopefully it has the Transition geometry. Could be another contender with the Hightower clone and the Firebird clone.

Jotegr

Quote from: scourge on October 24, 2020, 04:57:35 PM
Could be another contender with the Hightower clone and the Firebird clone.


Ah yes, another contender with non-existent, maybe medium only bikes  :P

endo.alley

Looks like an updated P-9 to me. Similar frame. Similar linkage.  But maybe slacker head tube angle and steeper seat tube angle. Which could be a good thing.

Verbl Kint









Images above from the alibaba link from OP.

Verbl Kint

Here's the closest I could find for a geo comparo:


I'm a bit surprised it doesn't follow metric sizing (Alibaba chart shows 153mm, aka 6inches, of travel). No idea what the head angle could be, but I hope it's below 65 degrees.

Pasted the above images from the Alibaba link.

Pasting the 2018 Transition Sentinal geo below for comparison:






endo.alley

#9
The transition appears to be a little slacker HTA. Although 551mm Axle to Crown seems pretty small. A 160Lyric is 571mm. So a 160 fork would slacken HTA.

Verbl Kint

Quote from: endo.alley on October 27, 2020, 07:34:28 AM
The transition appears to be a little slacker HTA. Although 551mm Axle to Crown seems pretty small. A 160Lyric is 571mm. So a 160 fork would slacken HTA.

551 mm is, if I recall correctly, the A2C measurement for a 160mm 27.5 Rockshox fork.  That being said, a 160mm 29" fork would slacken it by half a degree, in a mullet setup, you slacken it up by 3/4 of a degree, at least.

endo.alley

#11
This is a 29er right? If so 27.5" measurements shouldn't apply.

Bajker

#12
Quote from: Jotegr on October 24, 2020, 06:11:54 PM

Ah yes, another contender with non-existent, maybe medium only bikes  :P
So true lol ::)

Quote from: endo.alley on October 28, 2020, 08:00:42 AM
This is a 29er right? If so 27.5" measurements shouldn't apply.
If its 29er (probably is), then the travel is 140mm.

Quote from: Verbl Kint on October 28, 2020, 01:30:54 AM
551 mm is, if I recall correctly, the A2C measurement for a 160mm 27.5 Rockshox fork.  That being said, a 160mm 29" fork would slacken it by half a degree, in a mullet setup, you slacken it up by 3/4 of a degree, at least.
27.5 Fox36 160mm is 549.1mm

I measured the drawing and headtube angle is ~67 degrees, stack ~626mm and reach is ~471mm (difficult to measure the pic is too pixelated).
And its 100 pieces min order, atm atleast.

Denis

#13
Looks like Transition Smuggler clone )

But not 100% copy )




CrownPerformance

I enquired about ordering one. Frames are not available to purchase from the manufacturer until March 2021.