Get even a hint of gravity on your side though and the Torrent begins to flow. All this meant we nearly turned round and headed for home before we even got to the tops on our first big moorland mission.Ī 28t ring will haul you up the sketchiest climbs once you’ve got the measure of the norco…: Mick KirkmanĪ 28t ring will haul you up anything once you’ve got the Norco’s measure Add a bit of upward gradient and the steering often stumbles and scuffs the side of the trail unless you just GPS the straightest course possible through stuff. The slack head angle and grippy tyres mean you really have to haul on the big bar to get it to sullenly change direction on the flat, and even then it’ll often take several tugs to get the message across. Tyre drag and a soft feel under power create an unrewarding response to any attempted injections of pace and make it hard to maintain morale. Hard work on the ups pays off on the downsĪs soon as we started rolling we noticed that we seemed to be working significantly harder on the Torrent than on the other plus bikes from Orbea, Scott and Charge that we were testing at the same time. The bar is equally oversize at 35mm in diameter and 780mm wide, and the 28t chainring is a sensible choice on what’s a hefty, slow-rolling bike. Rather than trying to massage the ego of struggling muscles with fast-rolling semi-slicks, Norco has opted for chunky Nobby Nic tubeless rubber on super-wide 49mm rims for a full-fat 72mm carcass width. While the inclusion of a dropper is impressive for the price it’s the tyres that really make a difference to what this bike can do.
The Manitou fork will get an upgrade to RockShox’ Yari for production models The manitou fork will get an upgrade to rockshox’ yari for production models: Mick Kirkman
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