Handling the rear suspension is a Fox Float DPS Performance shock. The Anthem 29 1 gets a full Shimano SLX drivetrain and cranks with a 32t chainring. Brakes also come from Shimano in the form of the MT501 levers and MT500 callipers. As for wheels, this bike gets Giant XCT 29s and there are huffy mountain bike Maxxis Recon Race tyres with a 2.35″ width on the front and a 2.25″ on the rear and they come with Maxxis’ TLR, EXO compounds and casing. Last but not least is the most budget-friendly option, the Trance 29 3. It’s built around an aluminium frame with a Marzocchi Z2 fork with a GRIP damper.
A shorter ski will be easier to turn yet not as stable as a longer ski. A carving ski with a skinnier waist and a smaller turn radius can be skied at a shorter length than an all mountain or a freeride ski with larger, longer turn radius and fatter waist width. Fork has alloy steerer on standard model, others full carbon, SL slightly lighter, better carbon. Otherwise colourschemes are basically black with some highlights, bit boring. Easy enough to change but I’d have to budget for it and go through the hassle of swapping to 34/50, but I guess it gives a chance to choose your crank length and/integrate power meter (apparently coming soon to Giant).
The Reign SX gets a full Shimano Deore drivetrain with MT501 levers hosed up to MT520 callipers. The crankset changes too, this time there’s a Praxis Cadet with a 34t chainring with a Giant custom design MRP CS chain guide. The Reign Advanced Pro 2 is slightly cheaper and comes with a RockShox ZEB fork paired with a RockShox Deluxe Select+. Reflecting the price, this bike comes kitted with a SRAM NX Eagle drivetrain and brakes from Shimano in the form of the MT501 levers matched to MT520 callipers. It gets the same cranks and chain guide as its pricier brethren along with the very same tyres and finishing kit. However, it comes with Giant AM 29 wheels laced to Giant Tracker Performance Boost hubs.
New to the 2022 range, Trance X 1 is the top one of the three models and comes in a black/smoke colourway, a Fox 36 Performance Elite fork with 160mm travel, coupled with a Fox Float X Performance Elite rear shock. The drivetrain is kitted with SRAM GX Eagle components and SRAM Code R brakes. Trance X models are only available with an ALUXX SL 6061 aluminium frame, boasting a lightweight and robust chassis. Giant has incorporated a flip-chip feature to adjust the frame’s geometry depending on the trail and terrain. Switching the geometry also changes the bottom bracket drop from 20mm in the high setting to 30mm in the low setting.
This one has a Shimano Claris groupset and mechanical disc brakes from Tektro. The most affordable model is the Contend AR 4 at £999 which comes equipped with a Shimano Claris groupset and mechanical (cable operated) disc brakes. There are two hydraulic disc brake Contend SL models too, the Contend SL 2 Disc (£1,449) with Shimano Tiagra components and the Contend SL 1 Disc (above, £1,649) with next-level-up Shimano 105.
The groupset is Shimano Deore XT throughout, with a Praxis crankset. Now that we’re sub 4k, carbon frame options go out of the window however, you can pick up a Reign with a coil shock. The Reign 29 SX comes with a Fox 38 Performance Elite with the GRIP2 damper paired with a Fox DHX2 Performance Elite coil schwinn bicycles shock, something that’s not seen on the spendier models. As for the drivetrain it benefits from a SRAM NX Eagle set-up with a TruVativ Descendant 6k crankset with an MRP alloy chain guide. The Reign 29 SX gets Shimano SLX stoppers and rolls on Giant AM 29 rims laced to Giant Tracker Performance Boost hubs.
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