Transition Repeater Review: The Everywhere Bike
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- I’ve been asking for a Sentinel with a motor in it for the last year and a half. Well, wish granted. The Transition Repeater is the first ebike offering from the cool kids in Bellingham. I love the Sentinel so I have high hopes for the Repeater. How does it stack up? Does it hang with the newest ebikes on the market today? Stick around to find out.
***I also said in the intro that it's a 150mm rear travel bike. I misspoke. I have the Sentinel engraved on my brain at all times, so you can see how I'd get that mixed up.
0:00 Intro
1:16 Ride Highlights
5:57 Ride Impressions - Uphill
7:57 Ride Impressions - Downhill
10:12 Who is it for?
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I like how the baseline is the sentinel. It's reviews like this that keep affirming how good an investment into a transition bike will be worth it.
Can't wait to see the showdown video now.
It’s partly due to that being the bike I ride most days and partly due to it being one of the best all mountain bikes you can buy right now.
i laughed when they came out with this bike, they said a few times that they would never make an ebike. there is no difference between that and my norco sight VLT. the i have had for 4 years. i love it the the "kool kids" are finally coming on board...
Awesome video as always! I just rode paradise myself today! I’m riding a carbon sentinel v2; off topic but my OneUp dropper keeps slipping, bike is fairly new. I’ve cleaned, carbon pasted collar and post and torqued to 6nm and still getting slippage. Any experience with that or ideas? Thinking I might buy a bikeyoke squeezy collar to see if it’s the stock collar, at a loss.. also outer seattube diameter is 37mm right?
Weird on it slipping. I haven’t had that issue. To be honest I’ve never used a torque wrench to tighten the seatpost collar. I wonder if mine is tighter than 6nm
@@bikersedge it is strange, I’m just overly cautious with carbon, gonna have to teach me to hit that drop in the entrance pit, still scared of that one
What has been your experience with the ep8, 630watt vs Bosch with 625watt? Have been doing about a year of riding with our crew and find that the shimano battery life just can’t keep up with the Bosch system. Shimano on empty(which limits our rides) and Bosch 32-40% battery left. Quite a disparity. The shimano motor equipped bikes(Santa Cruz, husquavarna,Commencal) running in tour mode vs Bosch(trek, mondraker, niner) in tour/Emtb has a significant better range. Is the motor in the shimano not efficient? Battery? What are your thoughts… thanks for the great content.
I haven’t ridden a Bosch motor for a few years. Can’t really compare. I’d imagine it has to do with how much power you put in vs the bike. The EP8 is pretty generous with the power.
You really liked the Giant Trance X Advanced E when you rode it. I would have liked to see that in you ebike show down.
I love that bike. It’s been too long since I’ve ridden it to really include it in this.
Another great video. Just got my 2022 Bronson so not in the market but love your videos. This trail looks awesome. See you willing to share where it is?
Hey thanks for the kind words. It’s Paradise Rim in St George UT
@@bikersedge I guess I need to get there. 11 hour drive from denver though :(. Looked like a trail worth the drive!!
@@rogerb3927 the entire St George area would be worth the trip. So many trails you could hit.
@@bikersedge definitely. Love the trails you show from there. A week in St. George would be sweet
You should so test the giant reign, I rode one and bought one. Great value, suspension and motor
I would love to. The Trance E was amazing.
Would love the showdown to you include the Yeti 160e
We no longer have access to the Yeti. I can do my best to include a small comparison from memory.
Looking forward to your ebike comparison. Not sure why the 160e isn’t included in that discussion. Really curious how the Repeater compares to that bike.
We don’t have our 160e anymore. That’s why I didn’t include it. I can do a quick comparison from memory though.
@@bikersedge I would like to hear your comparison.
You reviewed the heckler also, how do these compare? Thanks!
I also want to know this
I talk about this in the video if you watch until the end.
How long had you ridden the bike before this video? I was really surprised how poor the brakes where the first few rides. But after that they got really good and are super powerful now.
By the time I filmed I had put around 35+ miles on the bike.
What brakes are on this bike?
@@petersussmann489 Magura MT5, and they are pretty dang awesome as far as power goes. They are not the quietest brakes out there but power is comparable to Code RSC.
Hi in your opinion how does it compare to the yeti 160e ? Thanks
I think the Yeti rides like a bigger bike. The Repeater feels a bit more maneuverable and balanced.
I just picked one up but haven't ridden it yet due to weather. One complaint out of the box, my AXS build should have come with AXS dropper.
A lot of folks actually prefer the non AXS dropper, myself included. It’s really heavy and comes in a 170mm max drop. I’ll take a 200+mm cable dropper over the AXS version every day.
@@bikersedge I have heard the opposite from some people so it just comes down to preference. It's more just strange that Transition would refer to this as the Repeater AXS model and then not spec it with the AXS Dropper post. The bike is awesome regardless.
For someone who rides an XL bike and thinks santa cruz bikes xl fit perfect. 510mm reach is a stretch. Do you feel like it's a bit much?
Seat tube angles mane such a big difference in the seated position on a bike. This didn’t feel too big while seated. The roomy reach is nice on the DH.
So, I'm getting older and increasingly e-bike curious... but that EP8 rattle would drive me INSANE. Think I'll pass till they figure out how to fix that.
Watch until the end of the video. I talk about that.
I'm hyped for the new Relay, I don't want to wait till Spring to get one and I wonder how the Fazua 60 is noise and performance wise, but darn do I think I want it
Yikes, I'm not sure if it is the cable routing or the battery cover, but something is really loud (rattling). I can say that, I'm born, raised & still live in Bellingham 😂👍🏼 Don't get me wrong, great bike.
Watch at the end of the video. I get into it.
@@bikersedge Got it, thanks Connor!
Thanks for the rattle comment.think I want a little more battery life. Good review
Hey thanks. This one is more than standard but the Heckler has a 720. Also an amazing bike.
That's a pretty sick gap the leading rider hit at @9:13
That dude makes us all look bad.
Dam listen to that EP8 😢🙅🏽♂️
Watch until the end of the video. I talk about that.
Wow that rattle!🤦♂️
Not paying 10k for that rattle. Hope it comes wit headphone🤣
I know they are cool kids from bellingham but….
Watch until the end of the video. I talk about that.
Youll have to choose different motor then. All EP8 do this, it is in their design and can not be silenced.
this would drive me crazy, do NOT get a Shimano motor with your ebike
@@dalelakusta8143 The microphone settings make it sound worse than it actually is. It's not really that big of a deal.
Love Transition. Love e-bikes. Maybe one day I will own one. Pricing is out of this world. I bought a 2018 KTM 450 XCF w/ 13 engine hours for a grand less than what a specialized turbo Levo frameset costs. The frame alone costs more than my dirt bike.
I’m with you man. Bikes are stupid expensive. But so is everything else right now I guess.
What the heck is that rattling noise?
That's the reason I sold my Canyon spectral, because it had a rattling noise that sounded like it was the shim stack in the rear shock.
I rebuilt all the pivots, replaced the fork, and did a lot of cable management on it and finally traced it down to the shim stack in the shock.
so I said screw it! I'm not riding a rattling bike and sold it
I just read some of the comments.. sounds like it's the motor.
well I guess it'll be another couple years before I buy an e-bike, because I would drive me freaking insane.
Watch until the end of the video. I discuss it. Microphone settings made it much worse than it is in person.
The EP8 is famous for rattling. Other motors not so much. Don’t shoot down all ebikes just yet.
@@bikersedge I was kind of excited about the Rocky Mountain altitude power play until I saw it was a high pivot with an idler and all the trouble that people are having wearing out idler gears, I could imagine that and the ebike would just magnify that issue.
That's a lot of power throwing down on a little idler gear like that.
Stay tuned to see if I have any problems with mine. That’s my long term ebike for the year.
You're so spoiled man, I'm jealous.. enjoy!!
I'll subscribe and keep my eyes peeled for it.
Its a 160/160mm bike, not 150 rear.
You are correct. I misspoke. I just have Sentinel engraved on the brain at all times.
@@bikersedge No worries, I have a Repeater and Spire, geo feels very similar to that bike too. I just love how Transitions feel.
Same. Big fan.
Add the Trek Rail and Yeti to your showdown
We don’t carry Trek. Won’t be able to make it happen.
@@bikersedge but the Yeti... The bigger the comparison the better. Thanks
@@ZippidyMTB that we are working on.
Where are you ridng.
A mix of trails in Utah. Southern and northern.
Holly shit it sounds like a shopping trolley 😂🤣
We call them shopping carts but yeah. Also the audio/mic in this video made it sound really bad for some reason. Worse than it sounds in person. Won’t say it doesn’t rattle though.
It's 160 in the rear
Correct. I misspoke in the video.
Just another shimano rattle box ,,, next please.
I don't know, just yet another ebike with nothing pushing the progress or evolution at all. Basically 'I guess we need to release an ebike, so...' which is kind of the impression you get from the videos of the Transition guys. Like the brand but boring a$$ release
I agree to an extent but I don’t see anything wrong with making a safe bike that you know people will like and buy. I don’t see the need for every bike to be radically pushing the boundaries. I’d argue that more folks will be content on this bike than if they had made it some untested, extreme freak of a bike.
Nice looking bike, but that Ep8 👎. You need to try more motors bro as shim rattles so much I had to stop watching it!
Dude. Watch until the end. I talk about it. I’ve ridden most of the motors out there and the EP 8 is still a solid choice even if it's noisy.
EP8 rattling...
Watch until the end. I talk about it. Something with the microphone settings made it way worse than it was in person.
Need heavier-duty suspension to suspend the heavy weight Ebike riders
What’s heavier duty than a Zeb? That’s the beauty of suspension. You can tune it to fit a huge range of rider weight.
“ The everywhere bike” ….Because the battery will power your overweight,lazy butt wherever you want to go.
You calling me fat?
Ignorance is bliss…😂
@@michaeltoland4498 he’ll come around someday
That bike just sounds uncomfortable haha
Ha. I don't know what was going on with the mic picking up that motor rattle, but it's way worse in this video than in person.