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GT Transeo Bike


GT Transeo Bike

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When looking generally at hybrids, I noticed some that had quite a curved look, for want of a better description; particularly with the handlebars. Personally I thought they lacked a bit of cool, so ultimately the choice became one between a couple of bikes: a Cannondale and the GT Transeo.

As it happened I had a leisure ride coming up at the weekend, the local bike shop had a good offer on the Transeo 3 V-brake and I'm impatient at the best of times, so out came the card.

GT Transeo Specifications:
The frame of the GT Transeo is aluminium as you might expect, in what GT call a sport fitness geometry (pretty close to mtb). Forks have 50mm travel, lockout, disc and rack mounts. Drivetrain was all Shimano, with an 8 speed cassette, Alivio rear mech and shifters, Altus crankset. Rims were Alex with some average factory mtb tyres. Nothing else of particular interest.

Changes made:
As it was used for a fair bit of road cycling initially put a pair of Schwalbe Marathons on it. Also got rid of the saddle which was too wide and put a nice Fizik Pave on for comfort. Fitted ends to the bars just to give an alternative position.

Performance:
Had it for a couple of years now and no problems. Doesn't flex too much if you push it and feels very stable and solid on the usual road potholes. Shifting is easy and only had to make one minor adjustment in all this time. Quite hard work on the hills as its quite heavy, but of course steams along downhill and the momentum gets you well up the other side !

All in all, happy with the bike for the price and much cooler than a typical hybrid.