9/4/2023 0 Comments Norco range![]() ![]() Smaller riders will still have access to the Range Carbon in the 650B variant down to an XS. To achieve the same fit and handling, Norco only developed the medium, large & extra large frames for the new wheels. ![]() With the addition of the larger wheel size, it is also important to note that the new 29er version doesn’t offer as wide a size range. When you factor in the length of the stems to look at a stack & reach figures (dubbed Stack Plus & Reach plus by Norco), the fit between both wheel platforms is exactly the same. Geometry of the bikes is based on the prior 27.5″ bike, but get 0.6° slacker in the headtube, 2° steeper in the seattube, and lower the bottom bracket by 5mm. Go back to the 27.5″ bike and the Range sticks with 170mm of fork travel, paired with 160mm in the rear, for those who would rather stick with the faster acceleration and more nimble handling of 650b wheels. At the same time the big-wheeled bike adds a longer front center, steeper head angle, a shorter stem, and then of course the 10mm less travel at both ends (160mm front/150mm rear) to balance the character of the 29″ wheels. To match the same fit of the smaller wheeled bike, the 29″ bike is based off the same rear center lengths, which necessitated some slightly different solutions around the bottom bracket. The big change of course is adding the 29er option to the previously 650b-only Range. So the new bike gets both headtube and derailleur hanger designs ported from the Aurum to beef up stiffness and durability. So with that in mind they took lessons learned on their recent carbon Aurum DH update. “We looked at the way Enduro bikes are being used – yes, they’re pedaled to the top.” But at the same time the Enduro racing format means the bikes have to be built stronger than they had been to essentially “go through four or five downhill races over a weekend”. Norco approached the overhaul of the Range from the perspective of being able to offer long travel, playful all-mountain bikes that could still pedal efficiently. The new frame has been reworked around both 27.5 & 29″ formats with different travel for each to deliver the same fit and ride character with either wheel size in a new longer, lower & slacker trail-eating machine… ![]() But now after teasing us last fall, Norco is back with an all new uh. Over the years it made its first jump to 27.5″ wheels, updated geometry, then went carbon for 2014, and stretched out with longer fork travel last year. The Norco Range has been around long enough that it was debuted as an alloy 160mm All-Mountain bike back in 2010, before Enduro was even a thing. ![]()
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