Norco's New Truax - Shore be gone!

[cam@nsmb.com]

Is it named after the composer of obscure electronica?

Find out here...

[mattbc]

hmmm... everything they're doing with frame design features has be done by other companys already. Way to catch up Norco.

[klankilla]

Love it! Looks sweet. I've been away from norco since my 2002 Shore....but who knows with that bike!

Great job!

[VancouverIslguy]

Originally Posted by mattbc

hmmm... everything they're doing with frame design features has be done by other companys already. Way to catch up Norco.

Biting commentary sir. You've truly unmasked Norco for the frauds they are. Stealing the Syntace axle from Syntace who clearly didn't intend other companies to use it. And how dare they try to improve upon the FSR design. For shame Norco.

[RossputiN]

I'll hold my opinion about how the bike looks for now.
But whoever Norco hir- ed to write that article should be fir- ed.

[Tmack]

This is a classic example of bike companies resorting back to the tried and true designs. They work and they are cheap. I ride a kona though so what do I know lol.

[insulinjunkie]

Not a fan of the integrated post mounts, can make spacing the brake a pain in the ass. Has happened a few times on the hybirds.

Looks great though. looks so much less bulky then the shores/DH bikes this year.

[dawnchairy]

The Truax

That was my first thought anyway.

[Rivs]

I am happy that the shore series is gone, i may even buy a norco again.
I did love the feel of my older VPS bikes , but purely for DH work . Climbing Fromme would make me wish for a new bike .
As for the intergrated ISCG tabs ..... I say Hammerschmidt !

[james]

I love playing the guess where it's gonna crack game!!

Headtube for sure!! last 4 years they've had headtubes crack requiring extra gussets and recalls..... this one looks like it's no exception..

My other guess is the seatstays...

Otherwise it's starting to look a lot cleaner and better and the fact that they have paint jobs that don't look like a 5 year old designed them anymore is a good thing too! I like nice simple paint schemes! It's much more pleasing to the eye.

[mattbc]

Originally Posted by VancouverIslguy

Biting commentary sir. You've truly unmasked Norco for the frauds they are. Stealing the Syntace axle from Syntace who clearly didn't intend other companies to use it. And how dare they try to improve upon the FSR design. For shame Norco.

Hey if Norco is going to use NSMB to launch a new bike, then they are opening themselve up to everyone subjective opinions. They could have used a video posting of the features and shown the bike in action, but instead they chose to do it with print.

And my subjective view is that all their highlighted features have been done by Specialized, Trek, Giant,.... for 3 to 4 years now. Now if this bike was carbon, I might have a different opinion.

How many people buy Norco cause their innovative? People buy Norco cause you get a good parts kit at a great price point. Norco using a Syntace axle is a good example of them adding to the cache of the parts kit. There is enough quality machine shops in the lower mainland that could have easily machined an axle of the same specifications. Their not building "low cost rocket engines." Its just machining.

One thing they could have emphasized that I like, but they chose not to, is the internal cable routing. Now thats slick.

[craw]

I was out riding my Delirium when Norco informed me that they'd created a new category of bike.

[GladePlayboy]

Not inspiring to me.

[Uncle Duke]

i think they look great!

i totally agree w mattbc..i have been riding norco since 1997 w the green and black vps, then the next year a red and black 2, then in 03 a shore, followed by a 4x then an 05 6 and now an 09 six. awesome awesome bikes.

as gucci as santa cruz or other bikes? prolly not.

do they ride nice and work good for a decent price? i'd say thats a big yes. i have always been happy.

im too busy spending my money on apple computer repairs to spend on fancy nancy bikes.

[Mic]

Originally Posted by Uncle Duke

i think they look great!

i totally agree w mattbc..i have been riding norco since 1997 w the green and black vps, then the next year a red and black 2, then in 03 a shore, followed by a 4x then an 05 6 and now an 09 six. awesome awesome bikes.

as gucci as santa cruz or other bikes? prolly not.

do they ride nice and work good for a decent price? i'd say thats a big yes. i have always been happy.

im too busy spending my money on apple computer repairs to spend on fancy nancy bikes.

.....get your priorities straight, sir.

I like the looks, and can imagine that it will be a fine ride - apart from the headtube. I do not really like it. I am NOT an engineer, and I utterly and miserably failed at Maths - but this does not look like a strong and reliable construction for real world riding. Same btw is true for Norco's Range range....I love my Manic HT and my wife is fond of her Fluid, so no hassle there. I think that the bikes are not as bling as others, but as long as the riding experience is great. Not everyone can or wants to buy a boutique bike.