Maestro Suspension

Maestro Suspension: Giant's long-standing suspension technology, Maestro, works off the same 4-pivot idea that started in 2005 but has gone through constant evolutions to make it lighter, more sensitive, and more tunable for the rider. While it's an obvious standout in the Giant Trance Elite, you'll also see it used throughout the rest of the Giant MTB Family, focusing on improving the platform's suspension activity, efficiency, and independence from trail force.
 
1. Suspension Activity: But adjusting the location of the suspension pivots, Giant can tune the sensitivity of the suspension system for the type of bumps expected for the platform. With a trail platform like Trance, they look at providing a more sensitive set-up to deal with trail chatter and keep the wheels planted, while on a longer travel platform like the Giant Reign (160mm+ Enduro), they shift the priority to large hard impacts.

2. Efficiency: The key to a bike feeling quick is its ability to apply power to the rear wheel. Giant can tune the suspension so that input from the rider does not engage the suspension. This means that while you're digging deep, trying to create extra power, and bobbing up and down on the bike, your movements do not cause the suspension to activate.

3. Independence: Predictability in rough terrain is critical to performance on the trail. Maestro Suspension allows the engineers at Giant to reduce or practically remove input from the trail back into the suspension system. For the rider, this means that regardless of how bumpy the trail is and how active the suspension is the rider can continue to pedal or remain stable without feeling the bike and pedals reacting to the terrain.

Sync Drive Motor

While the Sync Drive Pro motor is not unique to the Trance Elite models, its pairing with the new lightweight EnergyPak 400wh battery is. Until now, smaller lightweight batteries were not able to discharge fast enough to provide the power requirements of a full-power motor. This is one of the key reasons that lightweight e-bikes are often limited to 65nm or less motors. Developed with Panasonic, the new EnergyPak 400 battery used in the Trance Elite and LIV Intrigue models allows the battery to provide the needed power to use a full-power motor on a lightweight system.ble.

Ride App

While the Trance Elite can run at full power and full torque beyond an hour, sometimes you want to manage a larger ride. The Giant Ride App allows the rider to quickly tune their bike's experience to fit the day's adventure. Want to smash the pedals like a Norwegian metal band? Set the bike with full-power and full torque. Interested in a longer ride? Adjust the bike's support, torque, and launch independently to give you the fun experience where you want it without unnecessarily draining the battery.

1. Support: The amount of assistance provided by the motor. The Trance Elite can give the rider up to 400 additional watts or be tuned down to provide a more natural ride.

2.Torque: Maxing at 85nm of torque, the Trance Elite can give you the real whoosh of a full-power bike or be dialed back incrementally to save battery and provide more natural assistance.

3. Launch Control: Sensing when the rider is applying the most pressure to the pedals, launch control can reduce the time needed for the bike to add assistance. It can give you instantaneous acceleration or slowly ramp the power up to help it feel more natural.

Component Spec

Often, when a brand tries to develop a lightweight platform, they do it by cutting weight from critical components required for durability or performance. Giant has stayed the course and reduced the battery, motor, and frame weight, leaving the components that take the biggest beating alone to do their job. They spec proper 220mm front /200mm rear brake rotors to help manage heat build-up under heavy braking. They have prioritized durable wheel specs to ensure that even when your confidence puts you in a rock garden that your talent can't check, you'll still have a true wheel to get your battered and bruised body back to the car.