2007 Giant Trance 1 - Need Opinion on Upgrade

[Becky]

What were the brakes on it? V-brakes or discs? Mechanical or hydraulic?

New brakes would be a reasonable upgrade IMO, especially if it fits you well.

[lovelylibrarian]

Hi,

I was able to find out a few things. The brakes on the bike now are Avid Juicy 5 hydraulic w/6" rotors and that would be fine for XC but I'd like to upgrade since I'll be doing a bit more downhill riding and my confidence is greatly increased by better brakes.

I'm told that if I get a larger disc, that would be about $60 but if I upgraded to a more powerful system, it would be closer to $400. I think I'm going to buy the demo bike from the shop where I tried it so I'm going to try to negotiate an upgrade with the purchase price.

Thanks.

[MtnBikerChk]

I think 6" rotors would be fine on a Trance - really how much "DH'ing" will you be doing? If it's a lot, then maybe a Trance isn't the right bike for you. For DH, I'd go at least to a AM frame like a Reign.

(I'm pretty sure the 07 Trance 1 is a 4" travel bike but the 08 is 5" - I could be wrong though - find out for sure)

Juicys are sweet brakes.