Norco's Radical Prototype DH Bike - First Look

Oct 6, 2016
by Mike Levy  
Sam Blenkinsop on a prototype Norco DH bike


Is This Blenkinsop's New DH Bike?

Norco's Sam Blenkinsop was recently spotted in the Whistler Bike Park aboard what looks to be a brand new downhill bike from the Canadian company that's a drastic departure from their long-standing Aurum DH rig. And while merely seeing Blenkinsop on the bike doesn't mean that we're looking at the Aurum's replacement, the fact that the front triangle, and apparently the rear as well, is made using carbon fiber says that Norco is relatively committed to the design you see here.

What's new? Everything, it seems, as it's obvious even in these grainy cellphone photos that this bike represents a wholesale change from the Aurum and its 'A.R.T.' Horst Link suspension layout that delivers 200mm of travel.

The prototype's single pivot, linkage-activated design features an extremely high main pivot that sits well above the height of Sam's chainring, and an integrated pulley / chain guide setup routes the chain up high to run around the main pivot. The bike would have a large amount of chain growth / pedal kickback / anti-squat if the chain weren't routed in this way.

Remember when Sam was running a very non-production high idler pulley setup on his Aurum, pictured to the right, earlier this year?
Sam Blenkinsop s modified Aurum.
Blenkinsop was running a modified Aurum at the New Zealand Nationals last January. Note the idler pulley that routes the chain high above the main pivot.

When questioned about that back in January, Owen Pemberton, Norco's Senior Design Engineer, had this to say: ''What you are looking at is just a part of our ongoing Norco Race Development program. That setup on Sam's bike is purely an information gathering exercise at this time.'' Information gathering for this new design, apparently.


Sam Blenkinsop on a prototype Norco DH bike
Sam Blenkinsop on a prototype Norco DH bike
An integrated idler pulley routes the chain up and over the bike's main pivot.


If you think that the basic layout looks a bit like a carbon fiber version of Commencal's Supreme DH V4 downhill machine, you wouldn't be wrong. The high pivot is in a similar (but not the same) location, and the integrated idler pulley setup on the swingarm is also somewhat comparable. Small differences in pivot locations can create drastically varying performance characteristics, however, and the prototype Norco's linkage system is distinctly different to the Supreme DH V4's that compresses its shock from below.

This is reversed on the Norco, with its pull-link activating a rocker that compresses the bike's shock from above. The linkage, which is unrefined and clearly far from being set in stone, is very different from the V4, despite the bike appearing to be similar from afar.



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210 Comments
  • 409 6
 DOESN'T Look like a session.
  • 27 322
flag SKIGAN14 (Oct 6, 2016 at 16:37) (Below Threshold)
 again... only reason bikes look like sessions is cause Trek has tried every type of suspension linkage possible, making really every bike look like one of the many different sessions... Trek still hasn't figured it out...
  • 610 3
 @SKIGAN14: i remember my first day on pinkbike.
  • 89 6
 Looks Very EVIL
  • 75 3
 @SKIGAN14: Rachel Atherton has.
  • 45 2
 @cuban-b: I just spit out a sip of water, laughing so hard.
  • 76 5
 @SKIGAN14: trek still hasnt figured it out you say. No i guess a bike that took aaron gwin to how many 8 or 9 WC wins.Not to mention a 8 second demolition at val di sole. Ra'chel atherton to a prefect season, and the countless reviews staing the bike is among the top 3 best dh bikes ever. No they defintly havent "figured " it out yet.
  • 19 140
flag SKIGAN14 (Oct 6, 2016 at 17:05) (Below Threshold)
 @jo1212man @cuban-b @AznKiDrew @CactusLover God I love poking the fire XD XD XD
  • 13 4
 @SKIGAN14: touche'
  • 10 2
 What I saw was a group of guys paying a lot of attention to what I thought was a carbon Demo! I thought it was odd but I did not go over for a closer look. Wish I had now because I had a $1200 camcorder mounted to my helmet!
  • 34 3
 @cuban-b: It takes time to learn how comment without getting downvoted into the great abyss of rejected comments. I've learned that your best bet is to hate whatever the article is about or complain that you don't live in Whistler
  • 6 0
 @AznKiDrew: Thats because it is an "extra legitimate travel apparatus"
  • 5 0
 Looks like an OG Session Ten
  • 19 0
 It looks like a Demo and a Commencal had a baby.
  • 11 1
 @jo1212man: yeah nah it's all the bike. It's not like Aaron performed at all on the totally unproven YT this year hey.
  • 6 0
 @Husker2112: Totally agree. Puns, self deprecation, and sexual innuendos have worked well for me. the puns have to be good and the innuendos have to be obviously - for lack of a better phrase - tongue in cheek. i try to stay away from the hate comments unless it's satirical.
  • 5 0
 @Quebec2010DH: The Session 10 comes close.
  • 1 0
 @AznKiDrew: first thing I thought!
  • 2 1
 @cuban-b: BURN!
  • 8 0
 Looks like a commencal
  • 5 8
 @jo1212man: @jo1212man: What most people dont know, or completely ignore, is that pros like them (Gwin, Athertons), usually dont ride stock bikes. Not just a frame off the shelf.

In knowing that, it's not the same bike.

As that being said, watching Pinkbike, you would know that Trek has a new proto DH frame that has been spotted. Always looking for that edge. Constant refinement/advancement.

Your welcome
  • 4 0
 @torero: evilcommi
  • 3 0
 Norco, Specialized and Evil had a threesome baby
  • 14 0
 @thumber-502: $1200 "camcorder"??? mounted on your helmet??? I'm picturing 20lbs of 1990's hardware duct taped to your head. Go buy a GoPro
  • 2 0
 @teschenbrenner: You've seen The Collective movie, the kind of stuff Romaniuk got mounted to his helmet? Now I'm picturing that kind of stuff. Makes for a good movie though, much better than these shots.
  • 2 0
 @cuban-b: well done sir
  • 2 0
 @teschenbrenner: That would be amazing. Massive betacam rig strapped to your head.
  • 1 1
 @jo1212man:
@SKIGAN14 do you need a tissue to remove the egg on your face?
  • 2 0
 @AznKiDrew: but she is only that good because she rides with her brothers. Nothing to do with the bike, as she won on the GT before the Trek too.
  • 1 0
 @teschenbrenner: 2012 Sony hdr-cx760. Its about 3 times the size of a GoPro. It has a Gimbal built into the camcorder. Also, $1200 new in 2012. I'm sure they can be picked for a few hundred used now that 4K is the hot ticket. It has breakaway mounts in lieu of duct tape (that I tested with a crash on Dirt Merchant). If I was to buy a action cam I would most likely go for the Garmin Virb Ultra 30.
  • 1 0
 but looks like the new commncal dh rig
  • 146 2
 looks like another black bike that I'll pretend Ive always had.. when she asked about it
  • 44 1
 Keep buying the same color and they'll never know.
  • 37 1
 Just painted a few bits white and she claimed a huge conspiracy of me getting a massive tax return and buying a new bike. I'm thinking of spraypainting the car and telling her I bought her a new one.
  • 97 12
 Looks like a JEDI, pulley wheels rule!
  • 7 4
 Took the words out my mouth, I'll agree to that!!! The pulley part.....
  • 12 29
flag viatch (Oct 6, 2016 at 15:52) (Below Threshold)
 NOOO it clearly doesnt ! have you seen the commencal dh V4 ??
  • 33 9
 LOL Canfieldbrothers you are drunk
  • 27 4
 I'd buy a carbon Jedi... just sayin'.
  • 2 5
 are Jedi's setup to pull a conventional type shock?
  • 1 0
 @makripper: Jedi's do use conventional shocks. Not a pull shock (ie. Cannondale Jekyll '16).
  • 2 6
flag taskmgr (Oct 6, 2016 at 17:36) (Below Threshold)
 @EarthEater: this one uses a conventional shock but the linkage pulls it during its movement through the travel is what I meant. does the jedi do the same thing?
  • 7 3
 @makripper: how can a shock be compressed and 'pulled' at the same time? if you mean the shock pivots at the bottom on a type of rocker then yes, this creates the rearward travel that us jedi owners are so hyped on, as to the guy mentioning carbon fiber jedis, just NO, jedis are huck bikes at heart, its one of the heaviest bikes i own besides a purgatory and im happy with every gram!
  • 9 0
 @whitebullit: I dunno man, i've got a Jedi and I think a carbon version would be pretty freakin' sweet. Besides, they do race their bikes quite a bit, so they're obviously not ONLY huck bikes...
  • 2 2
 @whitebullit: look at the top of the shock and what linkage it's connected to. It's a genius design
  • 2 1
 @whitebullit: 'pull' could be the wrong word
  • 9 0
 @viatch: Balfa did it first
  • 5 1
 @WolfStoneD: if we're splitting hairs i think Brooklyn Machine Works were before Balfa. Pretty close though!
  • 4 0
 @slowrider73:
Both could be bought publicly in 1997. Who knows how long each had the idea. So ahead of their time.
  • 17 3
 I don't want to break the party but it's yet another bike with high pivot. @protour was right all along.
  • 5 1
 ...and anyone familiar with the BB7...knows how fantastic this suspension design is!
  • 3 1
 At first glance from a layout perspective but the suspension works totally differently.
  • 5 0
 we have a disturbance in the force..
  • 5 1
 @bat-fastard: nah, someone ate at Tacobell again...
  • 45 2
 I don't want to take anything away from this spectacularly interesting looking prototype but........

Is rampage still happening? There's been zero coverage at all so far.
  • 19 1
 Riders are digging in their lines this week, and media coverage is being strictly restricted at this time. The even will go down on Oct. 14th.
  • 99 0
 Will there be as much bitching and drama this year? Will the Kardashians be there?
  • 3 0
 @TFBikes: Oct. 14 is a Friday...?
  • 3 0
 @bull-dozer: That's what Redbull Tv says. www.redbull.tv/live/AP-1M77N5KZ92111/red-bull-rampage
  • 9 0
 Vital mtb.com
  • 2 0
 I recommend following athletes on instagram, plenty of pics of new lines, also brendogs new canyon gap looks sick!
  • 6 1
 @whatyousaid: No Kardashians this year, they are too busy upgrading their securty.
  • 3 1
 @Racer951: love it
  • 34 0
 looks like a BALFA
  • 5 0
 So happy I'm not the only one. I loved my bb7
  • 25 1
 Could it be a marketing strategy to send Sam B to whistler with the new bike. "take your time at the bottom and just try to stand to the side a little bit"
  • 28 1
 Certainly not unheard of. They wouldn't be in the WBP and the bike wouldn't have a big Norco decal on it if it was actually top secret.
  • 8 0
 @mikelevy: also saw one up one of the local mountains in van last weekend in an "enduro" set up with a 36, 1x11 & dropper. Looked pretty badass! Also the carbon looked quite refined and finished for an early stage proto.
  • 2 0
 Spotted SC doing that a few years back. Had a few identical unlabelled carbon bikes, unrefined suspension linkages, and multiple shocks covered in masking tape and writing. Guys in full SC branded riding gear were frantically swapping shocks on the GLC patio. They also claimed the bikes weren't the 27.5 Nomad. ????
  • 5 0
 Yeah, Was sitting not far from Sam today and he wasn't shy about showing the bike around. He was talking about how much he was liking it loud and clear.
  • 12 4
 @mikelevy: this bike isn't exactly revolutionary so there's little to hide. It's not like it may wreck the sales of other companies. Look, it has rear derailleur...
  • 6 2
 @WAKIdesigns: The only reason I read this article was the hope that Norco had been brave and used a gearbox.... sigh, sigh, oh well, I guess we will have to a few more decades...
  • 5 3
 @fartymarty: if Pinkbike calls that radical then the industry as well as the audience are creeping along the innovation plateau shouting: we are the fastest! we are the baddest!
  • 2 0
 @brycepiwek: I think that what you saw a few weeks ago is the new range prototype. Cause norco is showing us this beauty in Feb.2017!
  • 5 0
 @DoctorWatson: Don't be silly, it's a new Ellsworth with 1350 wheel base and 520 reach for the Small. The Norco logo is just a mean of deliberate deception.
  • 4 2
 @WAKIdesigns: exactly. Why design a 2017 dh bike that needs a derailleur?
  • 2 0
 @fartymarty: go internal geared hub like Zerode G bikes or SuperCo proto for DH. High single pivot. Idler pulley.
Gearbox for AM/EN applications.
  • 1 1
 @fartymarty: Too heavy for WC DH.
  • 2 1
 @CaptainSnappy: Not the new smaller pinions. Also the loss of unsprung weight and pedal kickback would make the suspension work better (ie Gwins chainless run).
  • 1 0
 @fartymarty: techy tech, if you watch his run from skills perspective, you'll see that he nails each freaking corner, he doesn't overcook a single one, always enters high and exits low, carrying out loads of speed. A striking thing is how hard he brakes. Others fly around a bit, he rails everything. Both Dirt and GMBN mention how riding chainless makes you look for speed by pumping features and be extremely careful before you chose to ram into something just because suspension can take it.
  • 1 0
 @CaptainSnappy: I wouldn't say the Zerode is too heavy for World Cup use, they won a few consecutive privateer world cup overalls.
  • 1 0
 @WAKIdesigns: agreed on the change in mentality when riding chainless and his charging but he did say to Brosnan he was surprised how better the bike was without a chain (queue @protour). That probably accounts for the 0.045 seconds he won by. This is worth ar read www.therodfather.co.nz/news/2016/9/22/zerode-taniwha on the benefits of less weight on the rear.
  • 2 1
 @fartymarty: Gwin's chainless run is one thing, no rear mech and no cassette hanging off the rear axle is another. Protours point is irrelevant here because according to his theory of Demos forward axle path, there should be no chain growth. Then rearward axle path of a bike like Commencal, increases chain growth a lot, thus making drivetrain interact with the suspension more.

X01 DH Cassette wieghs 135g, X01 rear mech 257g. That gives us like 300g of unsprung weight saving compared to a gearboxed bike. In Enduro cassettes are bigger, with Eagle going full retard at 370g. In such case gearbox saves 500g!!! on the rear
  • 1 0
 @WAKIdesigns: removing 392g (if my maths is right) of unsprung weight is still significant irrespective of the type of bike.

I am not overly familiar with @protours comments but know hes not a fan of the Demo. Off topic but I sketched through its axle path and the wheelbase gets 40mm shorter at full travel.
  • 1 0
 @fartymarty: the rear cog for pinion will weigh something so you can't count it out completely as cassette+rear mech, I gave them the benefit of doubt Smile No clue how much does pinion rear hub weigh.
  • 1 0
 @mikelevy: thanks for the response
  • 1 0
 @WAKIdesigns: the issue with Pinion is when people strap a boat anchor Onxy Racing hub on the rear of their bike.
  • 25 2
 Looks like a bike
  • 19 0
 Sneaky Spy Shots, great work 007.
  • 26 1
 When you want to hide your new bike from the public eye...and ride it at Whistler.
  • 12 1
 The linkage layout looks very similar to Evil's D.E.L.T.A system, just with bigger links! but it does have that super slick front end like the demo.
  • 2 0
 that was my first thought!
  • 5 0
 The Delta system is nothing new, rotating link systems have been around a while, my favorite example being the scott gambler. It will be interesting to see what Norco believes is the reason to ditch the old design, it was bombproof and beautiful.
  • 2 5
 Inbound DW lawsuit? Big Grin
  • 1 1
 @winko: it's not even close to a DW link
  • 3 0
 @kazyamamura: he also designed the Delta suspension used on Evil which looks very similar to the design shown here...
  • 12 0
 Looks like a demo and a comencal were left alone with a bed for too long
  • 11 0
 The love child of Evil, Commencal and Scott?
  • 4 1
 dat paternity test
  • 10 0
 Lower standover ever... Looks light
  • 3 0
 agree- i'm digging the low slung top tube. because i'm short.
  • 10 0
 What were these pictures taken with? The Potato HD 2000?
  • 3 0
 According to photo details it's "Apple iPhone 5"
  • 8 0
 @miki-ck: with potato filter
  • 6 0
 FSR are old fashion...now the fashion is the high-pivot....Antidote Dark Matter....Commencal V4...Norco X....Zerode... But Antidote has an inverted FSR with an high-pivot...the best of both worlds.
  • 7 1
 About to drop a deposit on a 2017 Aurum this afternoon and they go and release this shit?? My bikes going to be outdated before I even get it :-(
  • 21 0
 I'll buy your bike next season for $1,000.
  • 3 0
 @unrooted: Sold ;-)
  • 5 0
 Is your priority not to have a great bike, but rather to have the latest and greatest? A good bike is still a good bike.
  • 2 0
 @CaptainSnappy: Was just a joke bud....
  • 4 0
 high single pivot linkage driven. Looks like a..., copied off a.... , no, this layout has been around since the 80's every single pivot is just an adjustment of an MX linkage. Doesnt mean itll perform anything like a similar looking linkage though.
  • 7 0
 Balfa did the high pivot with an idler over 15 years ago
  • 2 0
 Yes they did. They rode great!
  • 3 0
 Brooklyn Machine Works too. Not sure which was first. I'm sure there were others.
  • 3 0
 @WolfStoneD: I know, I still ride one set up as an AM rig.. and its still fairly competitive on AM/DH tracks. #26aintdead

although i can only really pedal it 750 or so meters of vertical before I die in a heap.. I have modern bikes for that stuff. I just love riding the old girl.
  • 3 0
 I still can't figure out why someone doesn't run a bottom bracket with a sprocket on each side through that main pivot as a prop-shaft. Chain comes off the ND side of the crank, to the ND side of the prop-shaft, to the Drive side of the prop shaft, then another chain back to the cassette. Would prevent all that chain growth and having to take up slack w/ the derailleur...
  • 2 0
 Like some versions of the Cannondale Fulcrum?
  • 3 0
 Or this: www.pinkbike.com/photo/6763480
  • 2 0
 @iamamodel: Yep, just like that! It may be time to revisit that for trail bikes with the simplicity of 1x drivetrains now. Maybe. Maybe not....
  • 2 0
 Please Norco don't put this in production before I can get one with the current suspension design! 2017 paint job's are too simple and I don't really understand why you want to change the rear suspension design, it's one of the best rear end's I have ridden!
  • 5 1
 Looks like another article about a bike which won't avoid "looks like x" comments. Good to see more of the big boys in the industry going high pivot though!
  • 3 0
 Haha rode the bike park on Wednesday and listened to this artical on the chair lift before it made pinkbike..Was interesting listening to Sam describe riding a bike. Pros are on another level, that's for sure!!
  • 5 0
 I don't understand how, in 2016, we all have these amazing smartphones... yet spy pictures are always still crap.
  • 6 0
 Still rocking the VGA camera, nice.
  • 5 0
 Norco be on that luke skywalker isht @CanfieldBrothers
  • 5 0
 When Commencal and Evil have a baby
  • 1 0
 Single pivot super high... looks about as high as the 2003 kona stab primo I rode 14 years ago. When the chain broke on that bike the suspension could actually work. How about that floating brake? May as well throw one of those on...
  • 1 0
 Saw Sam ride past just before, then another guy walking one up past the daylots. Tried to have a good look but they were unintentially blocking it pretty good. Main pivot looked real beefy, whole bike looked low and sleek. Good to see norco on it again
  • 2 0
 It looks pretty flexy/pretty easy to side load that main pivot, as massive as it looks. Tho if it can handle Blenkis abuse I'm sure it's stiff enough for us mere mortals.
  • 4 1
 Looks like they're playing with a similar design to the Scott Gambler....only the linkage is lying flat instead of vertical
  • 3 0
 yep I thought the same. COG is seriously low too.
  • 2 0
 @hairy1976: Better cornering.
  • 3 1
 seems some brands are going with linkage driven single pivots lately. simplicity? cost? any engineers/product mgrs want to chime in?
  • 5 0
 because really high single pivots (and bikes with lots of chain growth) work really well at bump absorption and have a bucket load of anti squat (talking high single pivots) built into them without the need for chain tension.

The idler removes pedal kickback and counteracts chain growth (you can actually pedal through rock gardens on flats).

Yes im a convert, I still have a balfa bb7 (as well as plenty of modern rigs including the new antidote carbon jack when it arrives)
  • 4 0
 Cause you can ride through rock gardens almost sitting down, the rearward travel does away with square edge hits. Wouldn't ride any other design apart from one with a gearbox..
  • 2 0
 My $0.02: As the best lines on WC DH courses are notably rougher (stumps, bigger rocks, etc.) good bump absorption for the fastest line is becoming more critical to getting on the podium, and out of Emerg.
  • 1 0
 Saw this in Whistler last weekend! It looks awesome in person. Tried to talk to the rider about it but he (it wasn't Sam Blenkinsop riding it) didn't say to much and wouldn't get off the bike to show me much of it!
  • 1 0
 Now that a rad looking bike!!!! Smile Smile looks like a mixture of three good looking bikes the Evil, Commencal and just lower the rear shock on Polygon's DH bike and you would pretty much have it!!! Wink
  • 3 0
 did they take those photos with a toaster?!
  • 2 1
 We saw it a few times as he was lapping most of the day. Really nice looking bike but I wonder if the rear suspension works with the rear brake on?
  • 3 0
 Why would Norco invest serious R&D $ to design, build & test a carbon WC-capable DH bike if the rear sus didn't work while braking? I strongly suspect brake jack is virtually a non-issue.
  • 2 0
 yes works perfect on this design, theres a small amount of rear squat which I find helps balance the bike with heavy front braking..
  • 3 0
 Norco pls standardize bearing size
  • 2 0
 It's not a real bike until there's a sick edit done. So far this is the samsqaunchs of dh bikes.
  • 1 0
 Samsquanch... I hate those bastards.
  • 1 0
 Looks like a mix between Trek Session and Spesh Demo 8 built around Canyon Sender platform with Polygon DH9 shock layout and Commencal V4 chain retentioner. What a mix!
  • 3 2
 The new Norco Commenevil. Nice to see manufacturers engineering with there own designs...Sweet bike doe.
  • 1 0
 Looks like someone needs to wipe their sweat off of their iPhone camera lens.
  • 4 0
 Pretty wet and foggy in Whistler today!
  • 2 0
 Oooh. Nice to see something new from Norco!
  • 2 0
 Love the fuzzy spy photos.....
  • 3 2
 Well then hopefully I can get my hands on an Aurum before this thing releases...
  • 3 1
 I've got one you can buy Wink
  • 2 2
 in this day and age you cant get a design together without an idler pulley? you're currently using a horst link but that too needs an older? color me confused.
  • 4 0
 A high pivot allows for the rear wheel to move rearwards as the suspension compresses which is great for soaking up the hits but requires an idler to prevent chain growth.
  • 5 0
 Why does the world still think the idler pulley is some stone age carry over?? It's simple geometry within simple physics.
And I love how it's one companies "radical new prototype" when it's been Canfeild Brothers standard for a decade. Lame. The C-Bros and their followers have just been too busy effortlessly destroying rock gardens to try to hype up a long proven system.
  • 1 0
 Looks like a gambler and a supreme had a kid, and that kid had a kid with an evil
  • 1 0
 They should refine the rear triangle to be one single structure to resemble the old Rocky RM's.
  • 1 0
 Let's hope it gives Sam the confidence to be at the the front of the pack again.
  • 1 0
 Looks very DH V4-ish... linkage at the very bottom of the frame and a pivot thats placed quite high on the seattube
  • 1 0
 I want 1 but I'm skint. Anyone looking for a kidney in the near future........
  • 1 0
 Looks kinda like a banshee legend
  • 1 0
 Should have named it Norco Orca. That big old seat tube
  • 1 0
 Oh a new prototype! Let me get out my new camera!!! Come on bruh!
  • 1 0
 Kinda looks like S-WORKS Demo but with different pivot points
  • 2 1
 I love the wonky rear triangle, stunning bike! Damn fine job, Norco
  • 2 0
 Looks like a sender
  • 1 0
 "looks like a (insert bike name here)"
  • 1 0
 That is one huge main pivot
  • 1 0
 Looks like Andidote Darkmatter.
  • 2 0
 My Zerode looks better.
  • 1 0
 there isn't look like same shock linkage with collosus dh9 Smile
  • 1 2
 Actually since it's a pull-shock, it looks like the Commie V4 and Schwinn Straight-8 had a baby. Boy, I've really dated myself.
  • 1 0
 Its not a pull shock! Look hard
  • 1 0
 ok Norco well played. Now High pivot ENDURO
  • 1 0
 A new DW configuration? What is this? Don't you want to ride that!
  • 1 0
 it's like a Supreme DEMO V4
  • 1 0
 More gimmicky convoluted junk. The Aurum is way better.
  • 3 3
 looks like a Commencal V4
  • 4 3
 *cough commencal cough
  • 1 0
 boing boing
  • 1 1
 Sam Blenkinsop's new commencal
  • 1 0
 Paparazzis in Whistler!
  • 4 3
 Looks like a commencal
  • 2 1
 Looks like a gambler
  • 2 4
 Upside down Scott Gambler, Word of warning to Norco, that swing arm will only hold up if its made out of carbon fiber or Chromoly, aluminum will bend and break easily.
  • 1 2
 FSR is over-rated (because of the end of the patent) and now is the high-pivot fashion.......I would stick with FSR........
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