May grab one tomorrow and do a link to set it up 200mm rear and make a DH set up out of it.
Thoughts on it .
Thoughts on it .
22 Norco range C1! thoughts
- Thread starter bullcrew
- Start date
Looks to be a whole lot going on downstairs with it .this one is flawless and a handful of miles.
I did read that. It's always hard to take reviews and such being as most aren't used to a rearward path bike . I've been on them for years now..so it's hard to get a handle on their thoughts...
They consider a growing wheelbase hard to handle in tight stuff based on their bikes they have....which are likely not high pivot or rearward .
I base them against the Jedi and all the iterations before that as a baseline...I'm used to muscling a little to ride em and know speed is key...
nope, a 2020 Sight and a 2024 Optic.
The Range is a lot of bike. Probably a lot of fun on the way down.
Ryan Walters is a very fast rider. His review is here:
NSMB.com - The All-New 2022 Norco Range
Not your dad's Norco - the new Range is a high pivot race weapon that has a lot in common with a DH bike.
nsmb.com
I think his daily driver is a Specialized Enduro...
Just keep an eye on play and sort it out with replacement bearings ASAP and you should be fine. Although with the linkage it can be more difficult to detect play early if you're not tuned into that. I'd guess you will be though.
I'm not really an electronic gears person, but on that thing I would be just so I didn't have to look at that routing.
Balfa did it better near 20yrs back.
Balfa did it better near 20yrs back.
I was just going. To wrap the frame like Xmas lights with the cables anywase ..
So, have you bought it yet?
I'd almost forgotten about the horrendous form before function cable/hose routing. Most modern high pivot designs seem to suffer pretty badly from this and the norco's are bad enough to consider downgrading to an electric derailleur. Routing on most of them could easily be improved with a drill, a few zipties and bit of ingenuity.
Traded V10 for
2022 Norco range C1
2021 kenevo turbo expert new (74 miles with receipt from June)
And a fox 36
2022 Norco range C1
2021 kenevo turbo expert new (74 miles with receipt from June)
And a fox 36
Already ordered mullet 206 mm link and ttx22m going to do a dh38 up front
Last edited:
Bad. Bad influence you are...
Yeah I rode it around and it feels cumbersome...going to have to set it up
I do like the range, it ripped around and feels familiar...
Last edited:
I think you got dudded, that Spesh would want to ride like a dream because it got properly fucking belted with the ugly stick at birth.
Isn't aesthetics No1 at Spesh?
Isn't aesthetics No1 at Spesh?
Like I tell my kids " they fell out of the ugly tree. Hit every branch on way down then it fell on them!"