Every now and then, a bike comes along that seems ahead of its time. This was true for the first generation of the Sentinel. Transition spearheaded the short-offset fork / long-reach movement with Speed Balanced Geometry and made waves in the bike industry just a few years ago. That concept, in combination with a slack, long-travel 29-inch wheel chassis, made the original Sentinel feel like a bike from the future way back in, well, 2017. To be honest, that first-gen Sentinel still feels at the front of the pack in terms of geometry numbers, travel and, therefore, versatility. So, I was a bit surprised to see that Sentinel had gotten a refresh. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right?
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