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flag kpilar
Posted: Oct 4, 2009 at 22:03 Quote
lol its supposed to be a world cup race bike
flag beaterhard
Posted: Oct 4, 2009 at 22:09 Quote
kpilar wrote:
lol its supposed to be a world cup race bike

Yes at an affordable price.

People bitched and whined when the Team Dh was $7250 so Norco made some cuts. The fork saves a huge amount of money and takes little to no performance away from the bike excepet for the minor minor wieght penatly. The bike is still a world cup bike just at an afforable price for most people. Also maybe some people perfer the feel of coil over air. I know I do.

Look at the Stap supreme, sure it has a boxxer world cup but it's also $6700 thats a 1100 dollar differnce. the spec list is also a tiny tiny bit better. The shifter is the biggest difference. But norco has a much better frame design.

Bottom line Norco made a world cup bike at a price people will pay.
flag kpilar
Posted: Oct 4, 2009 at 22:17 Quote
beaterhard wrote:
kpilar wrote:
lol its supposed to be a world cup race bike

Yes at an affordable price.

People bitched and whined when the Team Dh was $7250 so Norco made some cuts. The fork saves a huge amount of money and takes little to no performance away from the bike excepet for the minor minor wieght penatly. The bike is still a world cup bike just at an afforable price for most people. Also maybe some people perfer the feel of coil over air. I know I do.

Look at the Stap supreme, sure it has a boxxer world cup but it's also $6700 thats a 1100 dollar differnce. the spec list is also a tiny tiny bit better. The shifter is the biggest difference. But norco has a much better frame design.

Bottom line Norco made a world cup bike at a price people will pay.
that is exactly why kona makes a bike called the stab deluxe, a downhill bike at an affordable price
flag JoeMustang
Posted: Oct 4, 2009 at 22:17 Quote
beaterhard wrote:
kpilar wrote:
lol its supposed to be a world cup race bike

Yes at an affordable price.

People bitched and whined when the Team Dh was $7250 so Norco made some cuts. The fork saves a huge amount of money and takes little to no performance away from the bike excepet for the minor minor wieght penatly. The bike is still a world cup bike just at an afforable price for most people. Also maybe some people perfer the feel of coil over air. I know I do.

ya i agree, they had to make it affordable, besides, often if not allways, the production "team bike" is very different from the ones on the bikes acually doing the WC.
flag beaterhard
Posted: Oct 4, 2009 at 22:22 Quote
kpilar wrote:
that is exactly why kona makes a bike called the stab deluxe, a downhill bike at an affordable price
There is also a $3200 price difference.

If you really wanted to put a world cup fork on the norco you could sell the team and buy a world cup and sram X.0 shifter and still be hundreds under the price for the supreme.
flag kpilar
Posted: Oct 4, 2009 at 22:24 Quote
beaterhard wrote:
kpilar wrote:
that is exactly why kona makes a bike called the stab deluxe, a downhill bike at an affordable price
There is also a $3200 price difference.

If you really wanted to put a world cup fork on the norco you could sell the team and buy a world cup and sram X.0 shifter and still be hundreds under the price for the supreme.
im done arguing homie
flag snickkers
Posted: Oct 4, 2009 at 22:30 Quote
yeah for the price of a norco DH..U CUD BUY A DEMO!!!!!! NO QUESTOIN IN MY MIND!!!HAHA
flag kpilar
Posted: Oct 5, 2009 at 11:56 Quote
lol and the demo comes with a world cup doesnt it? haha
flag snickkers
Posted: Oct 5, 2009 at 17:32 Quote
yeah, and loads of other nice components....and its just a demo. lol
flag z-man
FL
Posted: Oct 5, 2009 at 17:55 Quote
Norco hands down.
i have no respect for kona
flag Altar69
Posted: Oct 10, 2009 at 5:46 Quote
Norco ,buy a frame and get better parts .Built up a real good bike
flag juzam888
Posted: Oct 18, 2009 at 2:18 Quote
kona rules.......D.O.P.E system rules
flag dh-joe
Posted: Oct 18, 2009 at 2:20 Quote
juzam888 wrote:
kona rules.......D.O.P.E system rules
Konas snap easy ntrust me
flag veet-88
O+
Posted: Oct 18, 2009 at 2:32 Quote
neither rule go ride a vpp or meastro frame then tell me these 2 companies are good.

Ryan

 


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