AVANTI TORRENT TEST RIDE

 Hey mate....I just got a Trance X2 about 3 weeks ago.You can see it in my "cable cam" movie.
I was all set to buy the Avanti as it was a great bike but I got the trance as it is a bit better spec'd and the price was so low....If you get a Avanti Torrent you wont be too upset....thanks for watching the video bro.

 Did I see a slightly older model silver trance in your shed, unfair you have 2 . Do you notice much difference between new one and sliglhtly older 1 ?

 Oh, its a giant cypher and its yr wifes bike. Just saw that vid.

 hahahaha yeah mate it is the wifes bike and it is the most comfy bike i have been on.I wanted to keep it and buy her a new bike but she wouldnt be in it.
To compare the two trances i would say the new one has a slacker HT and is a bit easier to jump etc but thats about it.The straight top tube doesnt look as good as the old bent model but there is not much diff in the two....have you got a bike yet mate?

 No, the lbs is all out of trances. New ones in maybe next week.
Yeah the older bent tube ones look much nicer imho, but hopefully I will be riding it more than looking at it.

I have sort of got all confused over pedals atm, this mountain biking thing is turning out to be a little bit more complicated than I thought. Easy to understand why soccer is so popular, all you need is something resembling a ball.

 Bro the 2012 Giant bikes are coming out very soon so they would be waiting for them.
Good call on the riding not looking,I am guilty of this some times hahaha.

Mate it is confusing and can be expensive getting the set up right.But when you tear down a single track you have to know things are gonna work and stay together.When i chose pedals i went to flat heavy duty DH ones as i am not the most graceful thing on a bike and bash them hard.

Soccer sucks bro,wait until you throw ya leg over the new bike.A whole new world will open up for you.

 Got ya bike yet mate?

 Mate the more i rode this bike the better it got as i understood its soul.
It looks ok too
We really have to make some more videos but when we ride we laugh too much and always cheer each other on.He is very quick and hard to keep up to but we were on the trail bikes which is my strength and snowy really took to the small travel bike like he was on the DH rig....

Thanks for taking the time to watch this vid and for your comment

 I love it mate!
135mm is perfect for nice fun on the trials!
The cool thing is it eats the bumps more than you would expect!


Do you not know who I am?
I always watch my friends videos from start to finish!
Yes nine minutes was long but I thought there must have be a reason.
And there was!
You guys rock mate!


RidEOn!

 I know who you are bro...a mentor to us all.
We set out to do a good review rather that a good vid but it turned out ok.Plus if anyone was looking to buy one of these bikes it would be nice to see the opinion of average Joe riders as sometimes the paid for pro rider can give a bullshit opinion and the vids are over produced garbage...

For trail riding i think the Giant is a little nicer but with new bars and decent brakes the Torrent wouldnt be far behind.
Thank you mate....

 Nice review buddies! The bike looks strong and very nimble! You guys are super funny together!

I loved the downhill part man! That was some crazy speed!

 Coma,yes a very random review of the swing arm.after riding it for 3 hours we didnt even realise the design lol...

Ricardo,Bike feels very strong.Took a while to get the rear set up for us fat boys but when we hit the sweet spot it was great.As for being funny,we left half of the commentry out as it was a bit "naughty" but we think we covered the basics

 You guys did a good review. I was talking about the "speed wable (?)" at the 9min mark.

 lol ok i get it.....Do you think it looks like a Specialized Pitch?
Avanti are a New Zealand / Australian company but are part owned by Spesh.

Thanks mate for watching...oh and it was 1* tonight at 10pm.....looking for snow now lol

 Yeah, it does a little. I find they look more like a Norco Range or maybe between a Range and a Pitch??

http://www.norco.com/bikes/mountain/all-mountain/range-se/

 Wow yeah you are so right.The Range is a very nice bike but we wont see any here mate.The distibuter has stuffed things up locally and i dont think i have seen a new Norco on the trail or website since 2009....shame as they are lovely bikes.

 Wheel reflectors on the test bike makes me laugh sorry man - It's really cool movies and i wanna to go there and ride on this trail

 Simon,thanks mate.we flogged this f*cker pretty hard and it came through nicely.I would get this bike in a heart beat.

Steve,we couldnt really take them off and they made us go faster too hahahaha...it is a very cool trail mate thanks

 hahaha just saw your new profile pic bro...man you are taking so mean shit to keep that boner firing away hahahahaha

 LMFAO!!! Funny as f*ck I know, that's Tunisia this week last August !

Putting a few pics from last year on today....flying your way next Sat....f*ck Yeah Greece !!!!!

 that was the best review ever !!!...everything important we needed to know was right there, BAM !!!...funny shit with the swingarm, lmao....

 thanks mate....it is a very nice bike.A bit low in the spec dept but nothing let us down.We got a flat late in the day and the narrow handle bars were hard to really plow into berms and jump.I only did one jump and nearly lost it from being to cramped....thank you for watching

 Im sorry bro..what do you mean?
Its a great trail

 Test on mate....not a bad bike at all...very simple design and is great for a old hack rider like myself.Thanks mate

 thanks mate....it was a bit long though....

 thank you mate

 Thanks mate.We are leaning over to the trail riding side of things as we get older and the body is falling apart and there is less bike to get you introuble too.....Its strange riding up a trail but well worth it when you get to the end.

 well worth it, i luv a big climb, ya seem to appreciate the downs alot more, thats wen im not on uplifts on the DH track lol....
shoulders smashed mate

 no good about the shoulder mate...where to from here with that?
Good luck with it all mate

 were waitin 3 month before we take the plunge see how i can manage with it first then go from their,probs op like

 no good mate...best of luck with it