Mix-N-Match: Ripping Between Races With Transition's Dirtbag Factory Racing
Isaac Allaire and Tucker Shearer spend most of their summer weekends racing each other up and down the East Coast, lining up at events like the Eastern States Cups and local series where competition runs deep and familiarity is earned one lap at a time. In this edit, the two step away from race-day pressure and spend some time riding the trails they know best, cutting through Vermont’s dense, green tunnel aboard their Transition Sentinels.
Both riders are part of Transition Bikes’ Dirtbag Factory Racing program, a grassroots-focused team built around accessibility and community. It’s a fitting home for Allaire and Shearer, who have become fixtures of the East Coast scene not just through results, but through consistency and involvement in the riding community.
Filmed on classic Vermont terrain, the video captures the kind of riding the region is known for: iconic East Coast greenery, fast-running trail sections, and rocky, rooty fun. It’s not the most technical or most photogenic riding in the world, but it’s honest — the kind of terrain that quietly builds fast riders who seek out every side hit and know how to carry speed through some seriously flat corners.
The Sentinel feels right at home in this environment, rallying through rough sections and staying composed at paces that demand constant attention. Still, the bike never overtakes the spotlight; the riding stays front and center.
It’s not a race recap or a mind-blowing video part. It’s a quiet look at the riding that happens in between race weekends, among friends, on familiar trails. Just two fast riders at home in the woods, reminding us that riding bikes is supposed to be fun.