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Bukkake
03-16-2006, 05:40 PM
2006 Norco Rev. $625 msrp.

http://www.norco.com/ts/pass/images/bikes06/rev_darkred.jpg

I'm really impressed!

A customer ordered this bike in and I was really happy with it when I built it.
Integrated h/set, Euro BB, 10tooth micro-driver cassette hub, sealed BB, macneil saddle.

The bike comes in at 29lbs handles really well and the price is hard to beat, the brake grabs really nicely given proper adjustment and it even comes with 2 lightweight steel pegs.

The only drawbacks are the frame doesn't look especially strong in the back end, the chainstays and seatstays don't look very burly that and the front hub is open bearing as opposed to sealed but other than those two flaws it's a great bike.

In conclusion this is the perfect bike for someone 5'5"-5'8" who is looking to get into BMX. The frame may fail before too long somewhere in the back but would definately give the rider more than enough time to decide if they like BMX and want to pursue it. A new BMX frame generally costs about 400 dollars for a really, really good one. (Mcneil, Fly, Fit, T-1 etc.)



knowles
03-16-2006, 06:58 PM
Sweet for a 20 inch
nouseforaname
03-16-2006, 10:41 PM
I am riding this bike, and it freaking rocks. It even doesnt say norco in big loud letters its pretty subdued. Almost like they have been listening. It rides well jumps well manuals better. The only downside is that the front fork impedes grinding slightly - but so do many otheres acording to my bmx buddy.
Typical norco IMO - no ground breaking shit, just reasonably put together without wasting any effort.
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PegCityThrasher
03-17-2006, 12:36 AM
It's really too bad the frame's not full chromoly. Only the down, top and seat tube are. The rest is hi-tensile. They should have cut costs on the small gearing and fancy seating to go with a higher quality frame. Frankly, Norco should be ashamed to offer that as their range-topping BMX. A 20" from a real BMX company would be a better choice.
Bukkake
03-17-2006, 12:16 PM
It's really too bad the frame's not full chromoly. Only the down, top and seat tube are. The rest is hi-tensile. They should have cut costs on the small gearing and fancy seating to go with a higher quality frame. Frankly, Norco should be ashamed to offer that as their range-topping BMX. A 20" from a real BMX company would be a better choice.


meh the price speaks for itself, I don't care too much how strong it is because it handles like a real BMX and not a heavy sack of shit like all norco BMX's before it.

I believe I mentioned the freame is weak, good bmx frames are easy to get and this bike would get someone started quite nicely.
FreaK
03-17-2006, 07:42 PM
besides, factory complete bikes are never all that and the proverbial bag of chips. most have shit cranks, crap pedals etc. so it think, in the realm of complete bx, this actually a pretty good buy. Just about any serious BMXer will start from a frame.