Transition has never been particularly interested in making bikes for people who wear matching Lycra kits and obsess over grams. And yet, somehow, the Spur has become the bike for the XC-curious rider ...

Transition aren’t daft though; both the shock mounting and the headset cups are ‘normal’ so you can tweak things with offset bushings and angle-adjust headsets if you want to. And I think a fair few ...