Posted on August 16, 2022 by Tyler Benedict

The alloy Transition Patrol got a new 160mm travel, mixed wheel design in 2021, and now they’re giving their big-mountain bike a carbon fiber frame option.

Designed to be stiffer so you can get rowdier, it also drops a massive 2.8lbs off the alloy frame’s weight. It keeps the geometry flip chips and size-specific chainstay lengths, simply making it a lighter, stiffer version of the bike.

The Patrol Carbon (and alloy) uses a 27.5″ rear wheel with a 29er front. It’s compatible with 160-170mm forks, including double-crown forks, and they say you can even down-spec it to a 150mm fork if you wanted.

The bike’s 160mm rear wheel travel is supplied with a custom-tuned air shock, but it’s compatible with coil shocks, too.

Claimed frame weight, with shock for size medium is 7.4lbs (3.36kg), versus 10.2lb (4.63kg) for the alloy frame. They’ll be sold as framesets first, starting this fall, with a GX Eagle-spec’d complete bike following later this year. Available in Bonfire Red and Moonshadow, price TBA.

Tyler Benedict is the Founder of Bikerumor.com. He has been writing about the latest bikes, components, and cycling technology for 14 years. Prior to that, Tyler launched and built multiple sports nutrition brands and consumer goods companies, mostly as an excuse to travel to killer riding locations throughout North America.

Based in North Carolina, Tyler loves finding new travel adventures to share with his family and is always on the lookout for the next shiny new part to make his bikes faster and lighter. And, he’s totally gone down the NFT rabbit hole.

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