11/27/2023 0 Comments Norco rangeNorco's Ride Aligned Design System, allows you to find the perfect fit with ideal cockpit and suspension settings. The price tag on the Range C2 is $8,999.00 CAD. The Range is built around 29-inch e*thirteen LG1 rims laced to DT Swiss 350 hubs, with no mullets allowed as per Norco engineers specifications. The Range C2 comes equipped with a SRAM GX drivetrain, Code R brakes, 200mm rotors front and rear and a TranzX 170mm dropper post (with tool-free height adjustment). It boasts a full carbon frame with a 170mm RockShox ZEB Ultimate up front and a Fox DHX2 Coil giving the rear a 170mm of travel. It's built to be fast and to handle some seriously challenging terrain. Working with engineers and athletes alike, this new ride is the culmination of the efforts of many great minds over the course of more than three years. An enormous amount of time and effort went into the development of this bike. The 2022 Norco Range C2 was engineered with the needs of Enduro racers in mind. That's when all the questions started and would continue all summer long. I had been explicitly told not to take it to Whistler Bike Park yet, so I did the responsible thing and brought it to Coast Gravity Park instead to smash out some shuttle assisted, flowy park laps. Keeping the Range under wraps was not going to be easy. I quickly learned that having this bike was much like having the cutest puppy at the dog park everyone wanted to ogle it, and touch it and generally ooh and ahh over it. Getting my hands on the Norco Range before the official release was both scary and fun at the same time I felt so smug having this eagerly anticipated bike in my possession yet a little terrified because I had to keep it away from the public eye. I got an insider look at the media package and got to talk with the engineers who designed it and I was excited to try this bike. So when I got the chance to review the new 29" long travel 2022 Norco Range C2 before it even launched, curiosity got the best of me. Even now with most bikes being very difficult to acquire, I refuse to buy one. I've been stuck in my ways for years now, dodging all opportunities to purchase one. For some reason, they have never really spoken to my riding style and although I've tried some shorter travel 29-inch-wheeled bikes and enjoyed them, I have always felt like a long travel 29er is overkill for what I want out of a bike. Those that know me, know that I have not jumped on the 29er bandwagon yet.
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