Whistler/Vps/norco/

[Dh~KiD-_-]

So yea who will be in whistler june 15
riding a vps? sounds kinda cool half price on lift tickets, prizes

http://www.nsmb.com/community/vps_fest.php

[ReCkLeSs RiDeR]

Hey, what about *brodie day*?
thats not fair, but I might be buying a seasons pass any way!:D

[hags]

i will be there
is that on a weekend do u know?

[mike]

i hope they are handing out earplugs

[blinded]

It'd be cool if we could ride our Norco hardtails for half price too. :(

We aren't appreciated?

[eeyun]

Originally posted by mike
i hope they are handing out earplugs

and extra chainstays :lol:

[trail worker]

Originally posted by blinded
It'd be cool if we could ride our Norco hardtails for half price too. :(

We aren't appreciated?

i think you can...at the bottom of that article it says something about all norco bikes being welcome...dunno if you get the discount tho


Originally posted by eeyun
and extra chainstays :lol:
bah all the new norco's seem to be breaking at the chainstays...the one's with the old style stays are fine.

[mike]

its true trail worker! the pre 01 stays broke way less than the new style ones. they should go back to the old ones

[mike]

will other bikes be welcome too? oh well. im gonna be studying for final exams anyways:rolleyes:

[corey@nsmb.com]

..They did change the stays gentleman, wall thickness has increased from 1.8mm to a full 2.0 mm. Problem should be solved.

I beat the hell out of my 2001 Team DH and never broke anything but myself.

I am IN for sure! Just imagine the sound of 400 VPS's pinning it down A Line. Like a bunch of fighter jets, I am stoked!

Its like an owner appreciation day like they do for car owners, except its for bikes. Definately worth doing some runs in the pack..why not?!

[coqdhkid]

how many posts have there been about this?................ill be there on my ROCKY:D

[mike]

oh maybe ill be there on my s8

[Grimace]

whats the difference bettween a day on the mtn and a norco appreciation day?

nothing

[trail worker]

Originally posted by Mulletron

I am IN for sure! Just imagine the sound of 400 VPS's pinning it down A Line. Like a bunch of fighter jets, I am stoked!


oh my...that IS going to be loud...I CAN'T F'ING WAIT!

[Speed Racer]

MY vps is louder than YOUR vps...or atleast it would be if the fork was still broken, haha.

[sir HUCK-A-LOT]

hahaha welcome to EVERY DAY ON WHISTLER!!!!

norco representin'

[Dh~KiD-_-]

Originally posted by rydogg
i will be there
is that on a weekend do u know?


sunday:cool:

[m33p]

Originally posted by Grimace
whats the difference bettween a day on the mtn and a norco appreciation day?

nothing

ROFL.

Because Norco cares about there customers and it's good PR.

Plus you get half off a ticket dumbass. Hows the Rocky selling anyway rofl...

[corey@nsmb.com]

Originally posted by coqdhkid
how many posts have there been about this?................ill be there on my ROCKY:D


Great! We will have tools and Norco will have the tech truck, so we should be able to keep your bike up and running for a full day!
:P :P ;)

[Action Hero]

I'll be there on the Banshee Morphine. :clap: :woot:

[corey@nsmb.com]

Tis a nice machine dude...:thepimp:

[m33p]

Originally posted by tweek
I'll be there on the Banshee Morphine. :clap: :woot:

Ask Jaurey bout his one and only day on a hardtail(with monsters).


He was sobbing like a little girl by lunch time.

[corey@nsmb.com]

Thats what Shane said too. Apparantly A-Line (one of the smoothest trails, I swear its carpet) is not so smooth...

But, hey, giver 'er! :mullet:

[IFO]

Originally posted by mike
i hope they are handing out earplugs

THX mike... that was my first belly laff of teh day....

:D

[corey@nsmb.com]

The "oh , they are so loud" is getting tiring. Any monocoque design bike amplifies the sounds of the bike in action.

Example. Intense M1. Just as audible as a VPS. Yet, nobody ever comments on that.

Mountain Cycle. Same thing.

Big f'in deal! I'd rather ride a solid, great performing bike than something that rides like crap and falls apart, but is quiet.

Ride a bike for how it feels, not how it sounds.

[m33p]

I liked how people got the hell outa my way before I even got to em. The loudness of a VPS rules.

[IFO]

oh come on Mulletron, Mikes comment was funny....

no one is knocking the VPS as a solid ride... but it is noisy...or at least teh older design was...

your new bike is alot quieter....:D

[mike]

heh lighten up
vps' are nice bikes. hell i used to have one. i had quite a few problems with it though. such as rear ends cracking. it was a pretty loud bike but it didnt bother me at all
i guess i lost faith in norco when they made me buy a new chainstay for a 2001 bike i had for 3 month, and i was also the original owner, and was running a 6" rotor. that set me back $250. the reason i bought a norco is beacuse i thought they had a good warranty system(after coming from a kona, and busting it up pretty good-mostly my fault)

[sir HUCK-A-LOT]

never owned a dually...:D

[trail worker]

Originally posted by mike
i had quite a few problems with it though. such as rear ends cracking.

for some reason as i already pointed out,the pre 2001 bikes didn't seem to have any problems with the chainstays breaking...hardly any of em broke...these new one's suck balls though it would seem.

and about the VPS' being noisy...once you get used to it you don't even notice.

[mike]

Originally posted by trail worker
for some reason as i already pointed out,the pre 2001 bikes didn't seem to have any problems with the chainstays breaking...hardly any of em broke...these new one's suck balls though it would seem.

and about the VPS' being noisy...once you get used to it you don't even notice.
its because they changed the design
i think the new ones have a bit more tire clearance(although its hard to tell... my second stay had alot more tire clearance than my first one)

[Kyle the Hun]

Here's what I noticed:
Pre 01 Chainstays never seemed to break (probably because people weren't riding nearly as hard)
01 Shore chainstays had a problem
02 Chainstays broke on every VPS. Every person I know wiht a 02 VPS had the chainstays broken. Team DH, Shore, Drop, they all were bad :???:
03 VPS's I'm not sure yet but I imagine it will be better now! They have a completely different chainstay curve so I hope it has more strength :)

[mike]

the bikes below the shore in 01 had the old style chainstays. they all seemed to be fine.

[m33p]

I rode my 99 into the ground and it never broke. Took 5 light urban rides to break my 02 Team Dh stays but they were warrantied in 30 seconds. I have no complaints. I wish I had a 99 to beat the shit outa when ever I want tho.

[ouch!!]

I working for norco will be there for sure. giving the techs some help and doing what ever else I can. And we get to ride for free!:D

[trail worker]

Originally posted by k-Bizzle
Here's what I noticed:
Pre 01 Chainstays never seemed to break (probably because people weren't riding nearly as hard)

the pre 2001's were ridden pretty hard man...curtis protapkjahljkafh (sorry man,can't remember how it's spelt) rode his pretty damn hard...big stump etc etc didn't seem to phase it.

[Keefer]

Originally posted by m33p
Ask Jaurey bout his one and only day on a hardtail(with monsters).


He was sobbing like a little girl by lunch time.

Hardtails rule, I rode one all last season with Mech brakes.

I'm gonna be getting a season's pass anyways, so I don't think it'll really make a difference...

[Action Hero]

Originally posted by m33p
Ask Jaurey bout his one and only day on a hardtail(with monsters).


He was sobbing like a little girl by lunch time.

:lol: I know, Sato and I went last year once.....we had to keep going back in forth between dirt jumps and the trails.

[Keith]

I know what u mean bout the trails not being that smooth.. I went on my trials bike... that was death.. still rode all day but shit i couldnt take my hands off the bars they were clued in death grip.

[IFO]

haah Whistler bar death grip....

that brings back painful yet fun memories....

[eeyun]

Originally posted by IFO
haah Whistler bar death grip....

that brings back painful yet fun memories....

not too long now! :D:D:D

I always have the icy grip of death on the steering wheel when I drive home :lol:

Half because people drive like idiots on the s2s and half because I've been holding on for dear life all day.

[IFO]

yup not to much longer and i'll be sliding my hands off teh ends of my bars at Whistler again....

ummmm Whistler death grip...:D

[mike]

heh thats never a good feeling. ive had to do that before. hardtails and whistler do not go well together
the whistler grip of death

[m33p]

What's this death grip? Relax and enjoy the wind in ure face.:lol:

[mike]

hahahaha
i only got it when i rode a hardtail. apparently, a-line isnt that smooth :lol:

[trail worker]

haha when i rode it on my hardtail just about 3 years ago(with Z5's,i may add) i coudn't feel my damn hands,or my ankles ofr that matter.

i just realised that none of my friends ride VPS' so i won't have anyone to ride with on this norco apreciation day:(

[Gidget@nsmb.com]

wow....

I own a Saturn...and they want to have days to appreciate me...
I own a VPS..and they want to have days to appreciate me...

where will it end??

stop the madness.....

[Coquitlam_Launch]

one question:

will they have this appreciation day anually?
i cant make it this year, ever for whistler:( no car:( no support to get to whistler:(

+L-

[bruiser d]

i will be there fosho and it's fathers day to boot.me and the rest of the vps shed posse will be rippin' up whistler.saaaweeeet.see everyone there.:thepimp: