Norco 4x vs Empire 5 vs Kona Bass vs Transition Double

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Norco 4x vs Empire 5 vs Kona Bass vs Transition Double
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flag luke-esser
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Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 18:52 Quote
Hey guys, I was just wondering what bike would be the best for DJ's, slopestyle, and a bit of freeride. I would want to make the bike single speed too. Which on do you think is the best and give reasons.

Norco 4X
Norco Empire 5
Kona Bass
flag pdurand
Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 18:54 Quote
shore-3-rider wrote:
Hey guys, I was just wondering what bike would be the best for DJ's, slopestyle, and a bit of freeride. I would want to make the bike single speed too. Which on do you think is the best and give reasons.

Norco 4X
Norco Empire 5
Kona Bass
empire 5 ... reasones lifetime warrenty on frame 5 inches of travel perfect for almost everythings low standover andpretty light
flag lcstay10
Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 19:03 Quote
pdurand wrote:
shore-3-rider wrote:
Hey guys, I was just wondering what bike would be the best for DJ's, slopestyle, and a bit of freeride. I would want to make the bike single speed too. Which on do you think is the best and give reasons.

Norco 4X
Norco Empire 5
Kona Bass
empire 5 ... reasones lifetime warrenty on frame 5 inches of travel perfect for almost everythings low standover andpretty light
+1

for me it would go...
1.empire
2 cove hustler
3 kona bass
4 norco 4x
flag SkeriksSycopatedTaintSeptet
Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 19:07 Quote
The Empire 5 looks really sweet.
flag asteezc1
Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 19:10 Quote
i had the same debate betwwen bikes and i chose the empire 5, i have one of the first production bikes coming in november, and i plan to run it singlespeed too. so ill let you know what its like. apparently i was the first consumer to order one in the world. though all three bikes are great, the five is just the most versitile
flag luke-esser
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Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 19:15 Quote
Alright thanks man.
flag tacobell123
Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 19:17 Quote
does the norco have horizontal drop outs?
flag crs-one
Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 19:20 Quote
tacobell123 wrote:
does the norco have horizontal drop outs?

what good would horizontal dropouts do, anyways?

you realize that because of chain growth you'd need a tensioner anyways, right?

(except on the bass, cowan ds, g-spot, and those dob protos)
flag That-Norco-Dude
Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 19:21 Quote
The kona bass is the only one you can makee single speed... its all where the pivots are... if single speed is jus an option then foe your riding

1. Empire 5
2. Norco XXXX
3. Bas
flag luke-esser
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Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 19:23 Quote
No you can make them all ss, but you would need a chain tensioner for the empire 5 and the 4x
flag That-Norco-Dude
Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 19:26 Quote
its a pain... my buddy did it once... he went back to gears
flag luke-esser
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Posted: Oct 6, 2008 at 15:22 Quote
what about a transition double?
flag s-alex
Posted: Oct 6, 2008 at 15:26 Quote
empire 5 all the way. i might be getting one my self because i want to learn tail wips and my glory is way to heavy
flag pdurand
Posted: Oct 7, 2008 at 15:33 Quote
shore-3-rider wrote:
what about a transition double?
thats the one bike id rather thave then the empire
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