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Submitted by
jon_lee9900
a Downhiller
from Plymouth
Date Reviewed: October 15, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Brechfa Forrest | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | secondhand | | Strengths: | Frame is pretty bombproof, for a hardtail is a bit of a tank. | | Weaknesses: | Everything except the frame, forks are poor, gearings very poor, brakes are poor, husselfelt kit is aceptable though. | | Similar Products Used: | Cromag, Banshee, SC chamelion,Orange Crush | | Bike Setup: | I have replaced every part.
Fox 36 talas RC2
Full SRAM X9
Avid code front, Juicy 7 rear,
Pro 2 EX721 wheel set
Blackspire device
and other little things | | Bottom Line: | Frame is a good long travel FR hardtail, can take some abuse but also climb back up for another go. Put different tyres on and hit the XC track with no problems.
Slightly weighty but the frame is very good.
components on the other hand not so impressive, but then again for the price I supose not so bad.
Good mid low price FR hardtail with good potential | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
hiller
a Cross Country Rider
from miramichi
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | french fort cove | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | icline sports | | Strengths: | sick ride.I am a big guy and it fits just right ...cool orange.the forks have good travail .brakes work well and they do stop a 250lb man..lol | | Weaknesses: | piddles weren't the best,i did have to change them. i went to a free- stile and they are just fine. 16 speed is not the best for road work,but you can make do. | | Bike Setup: | setup was good changed a little to fit me...i do use semi- slicks in the spring till the trails dry...bike works ,not bad for road work. | | Bottom Line: | great bike,i would push it ....it dose work well. the 07 is worth the funds. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sebas69
a Weekend Warrior
from Mtl, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 5, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Bromont | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Strengths: | Very strong, light, nice color (Black), good components for the price. Fantastic for free riding and fairly good for DH beginner. | | Weaknesses: | Forks can't be locked, pedal had to be changed, original were too slippery for DH | | Bike Setup: | V8 pedals | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for entry level, made me discover a passion. Fantastic for FreeRiding, loves stairs, gaps and dirt. Is OK for DH, but I plan on getting a more specific bike. I do Difficult and very difficult trails with it.
Would definitely recommend it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bigal88
a Weekend Warrior
from joondalup
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | gungin | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | city cycles buno | | Strengths: | The frame. The forks. The derailer is strong. | | Weaknesses: | the pedals wore really quick. the derailer is a bit low and takes a beating. the axles are starting to bend. | | Similar Products Used: | none like this. its an indestructible beast | | Bike Setup: | norco bigfoot 08
standard | | Bottom Line: | This bike is tuff and has sweet setup. just the pedals | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan Healey
a Weekend Warrior
from Ontario
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Chicopee Bike Park/ Trails | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | KingStreetCycles | | Strengths: | Frame,Suspention,Crank Arm, Handlebars, Rims[They Finally Upgraded Them!] | | Weaknesses: | Brakes...Derailer.. perty much screwed them up the first time i hit somthing or hopped really high... | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Stuff,Kona Shred. | | Bike Setup: | ??? | | Bottom Line: | This bike looks godly especially in green! I think Norco has done a well damb good job on building the bike. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
zakbb
a Weekend Warrior
from whitehorse,yukon,canada
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | Icycle sports | | Strengths: | pretty much everything...more specificly brakes,frame and suspension | | Weaknesses: | not enought gears(16) and slippery pedals...not made for xreme donwhill and major dirtjumping or other xtreme s"""t u can come up whit
| | Similar Products Used: | kona stuff,norco bigfoot | | Bottom Line: | good bike for what it's made for (shore riding), when your not used to the low center of gravity it can be weird at first but its all good now... i reccomende it :P | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
norcoreview
a Downhiller
from London, UK
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Strengths: | Freat geometry, forks, breaks are all excellent.
| | Weaknesses: | Rims could use an upgrade | | Bike Setup: | As stock with Lizard and new rims added. | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for the cost. The 2007 is a major improvement over the 2006 model. This bike is a good allrounder!
2006 the front fork is the major weakness in the bike. However this has been changed + juicy breaks added.
Overall the standard has improvemed massively on an allready very good bike.
The frame really is the biz! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Connor
a Weekend Warrior
from Kirkland Lake, Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Strengths: | Frame, paint job, brakes, seat, cranks, Syncros bars and stem, deraileurs, | | Weaknesses: | Wheelset,pedals | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Sasquatch, Norco 125, Kona shred, Norco Katmandu | | Bike Setup: | all stock except I changed my pedals | | Bottom Line: | This Bike is amazing. It is very comfortable, sturdy , and easy to jump and do drops with. The wheels are gonna bend side to side if you try 180's, i know i did it with my old bike( Marin Nail Trail) but they should stand up to fairly big drops no problem, ( 8-12 set stairs) but i haven't tried that yet. It is fairly light for the way it's made, cause it's built like a tank. The fork is ok, but it is kinda soft, although with 120 mm of travel, you won't bottom them out unless you land really hard on the front end. Bars and stem are insane, along with the brakes, cranks and drive train as well.The only thing you'll probably have to upgrade is the pedals , but that's a cheap fix anyway. Overall this is an amazing bike, and the 08 light blue frame looks really really sweet. Buy this bike, you won't be dissapointed | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jordan pernala pernala
a Weekend Warrior
from battleford
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | jordy_rocks291@hotmail.com | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | pheonix sports | | Strengths: | ossome frame love the paint job with the acid green. the 07 norco is probably the best trail bike ever. | | Weaknesses: | no good for dirtjumping even thow everyone said it would be. the back rim collapsed the tires arnt the best but otherwise its ment for trail and i upgraded mine with fox shocks and race face and other stuff like that | | Bike Setup: | ok | | Bottom Line: | by it for all you hardcore not so ruff trail riders | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Acey Jay
a Weekend Warrior
from Victoria, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 18, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Who's Yer Daddy Baby | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Russ Hay's | | Strengths: | Great brakes (really nice modulation and feel, powerful), strong frame, good fork, overall pretty well spec'd. Responsive, comfortable ride, pretty burly, which makes you feel more confident, but still good with climbing, etc. Durable, reliable, stable-feelin'. Real workhorse. Feels like it can take pretty much anything. Sick looking. Especially the pre-08 models. Because the 08's logos look sorta naff. To me. Anyway - you seriously should BUY THIS BIKE. | | Weaknesses: | Pedals are OK, half-half. Sort of slidey, but they're pretty much OK. Being non-grippy and pin-less, they won't stick you too bad if your shins ram into them, though. An upside, especially if you're clumsy. | | Similar Products Used: | Tried a Kona Cindercone, Norco Mountaineer was my old bike, I've ridden a Kona NuNu... This OWNS them ALL by like 5000 million percent. | | Bike Setup: | Totally stock acid-green 07. And it runs great as-is. | | Bottom Line: | My first REAL mountain bike, and I couldn't have made a better choice - this can do ANYTHING, and it can do it well. It's a great bike if you're getting into biking and don't know exactly what side of it you like, or if you're just into pretty much everything, or if you're on a budget, or if you like light fr/agressive XC type stuff (insert 40,000 more scenarios here). It's also great value for the price and is totally worth the cost. Overall great.
BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.
But don't buy it if you like going Tour-de-France fast on roads or if you like hucking yourself off of 30-ft-high cliffs, because its not built for either of those things. But if you're considering a bigfoot, you should already know that, so... yeah. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jay kelly
a
from lasalle ontario
Date Reviewed: October 3, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | bernette park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Strengths: | Great frame , forks are ok and good price | | Weaknesses: | The tires arent that good , derailer came off in like 2 hours , seat sucked | | Bike Setup: | Changed tires , changed derailer put skin on , other the | | Bottom Line: | Great bike overall | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
2007 Big Foot 2007 Big Foot
a
from Cranbrook, B.C. Canada
Date Reviewed: September 21, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | Gerick Sports | | Strengths: | Forks are kick butt (used on 08 bikes) Brakes are sick ( Juicy 3) Frame is strong and looks sick, Good gear shifting Perfect grip on tires, Confortable seating. Etc. | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Bike Setup: | Juicy 3 disk breaks, Dirt Jumper 4 Forks (Suspension) Shimano gears,Hussefelt handle bars plus Crank and pedals, Howitzei Chain guard, Kenda Nevegal Tires (back and front, good grips), Alivio Shifter, Recommended: Lizard skin for chain, Norco Big Foot 2007 Frame. more stuff on it but i can only type some of the parts. | | Bottom Line: | Sick Bike, Recommended if you can buy, 2007 Model comes with better shocks, brakes, etc. Norco Big Foot 07 is truely a Wicked Freestyle,Trail riding Bike! RECOMMENDED IF CAN BUY! Have not had to repair it yet and its been 3 months of lots of pressure on it.
Addons Recommended: Lizard Skin. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Thomas
a Racer
from Calgary
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | none at all | | Weaknesses: | my freind had to replace the front brake twice untill he took the one from his old bike | | Similar Products Used: | stinky,howler,vp-free,stuff,saquatch and 05 bigfoot | | Bottom Line: | sucks dont get it | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tyler Coons
a Weekend Warrior
from ottawa ontario, canada
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | one at my cottage | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | Rebec and kroes, ottawa | | Strengths: | Great frame, love the forks, rims are pretty good | | Weaknesses: | the breaks could be upgraded to hayes hfx-9 instead of soles, beacause soles are kinda weak... its all opinion though | | Similar Products Used: | norco kompressor, norco rival, norco torrent, norco rampage, giant recon | | Bike Setup: | lizard skinz, dmr moto urban tires, bolt-on grips, and hubs | | Bottom Line: | great bike can do every thing, even things it's not meant to do. i do street with few mods and holds up great,cheap for the price as well. can be used as a beginner or intermediate bikers.. good bike if u are looking for hardtails around $1000 you should get a bigfoot. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jesse Bruce
a Downhiller
from Canada
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | My own | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | Skiis And Biikes | | Strengths: | Crazy good frame, Handle Bars Are Great and Good Tires. The Forks Are okay for jumps but no dropoffs brakes work nice for the smaller rotors | | Weaknesses: | Terrible Rims Trashed Mine In A Few Hours, Pedals Need More Grip and new shifters | | Similar Products Used: | 06 Bigfoot | | Bike Setup: | Lizard Skin , Mavic 729 Disc Rims soon to get new forks | | Bottom Line: | For the money this is a great bike, but you really need to upgrade rims and if your doing any dropoffs you need new forks but for backyard freeride or trail its the way to go | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nic Gray
a Downhiller
from Barrie,ONT,Canada
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Buckwallow (Gravenhurst) and Copeland Forest (Horseshoe) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | Bikeland (Canadian) | | Strengths: | Strong frame,brakes are awesome,forks are pretty awesome,Grips are pretty nice,nice saddle (i got one of a Norco Rival) | | Weaknesses: | #1 You need a lizard skin for sure!
#2 there is no #2 | | Bike Setup: | Stock for now other than having a lizard skin | | Bottom Line: | AWESOME BIKE!!! BUY IT IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE....I HAVE THE 06 BIGFOOT AND ITS AWESOME!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jo
a Weekend Warrior
from lethbridge
Date Reviewed: May 29, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$375.00 | | Purchased At: | used | | Strengths: | Price, simple strong frame, overall great value to performance parts for dj mountain bike | | Weaknesses: | Crankset (including bb) is garbage comes loose on threads and bb bent before anything else, few minor problems with seatpost, grips, whatever just needed a little customizing. | | Similar Products Used: | ironhorse/tribal bike, aight but no really good parts. | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Stock with raceface north shore cranks, shimano un72 bb, blackspire bash | | Bottom Line: | Sweet bike for the money, Im a beginner but I can say its worth spending this amount of money no matter how much you ride or how good you are just cuz the quality and performance of parts will make you much happier, plus this bike looks sick! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam L
a Weekend Warrior
from Rothesay, NB, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 7, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Just shredin' the town. | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$884.00 | | Purchased At: | D-Island Bike shop. | | Strengths: | Ok this is for the 2006 Norco Bigfoot. The frame is amazing for everything you want to use it for. The brakes are pretty good when new but they become a pain in the *bleep* for adjusting after a few months. Awesome handle bars. Pretty sweet tires but will shred on pavement and concrete. | | Weaknesses: | Rims are fairly weak. Crank is not that great for jumping if you don't have like a super smooth landing. Seat post broke first week i had it and bike shop refused to give me a new one because they said "it is not a factory defect" yet, i know of 6 other 2006 Norco Bigfoots that the SAME thing happened to. Seat is very uncomfortable for long bike rides. Fork is...ok for jumps. NOT so much for drops. | | Similar Products Used: | 2003 Norco Bigfoot | | Bike Setup: | Manitou Splice Super (i dont suggest buying that) Snafu BMX stem, Supercross bars, 26" Sun-Ringle MTX front and rear, Kenda Nevegal (front), Maxxis Hookworm (rear), 2 bolt seat post, THE DJ seat, Truvativ Hussefelt arms, FSA bottom bracket, 8" Hayes SOLE disc brakes, Snafu Flat Pedals, and KK single speed kit. (picture of it) http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1303750/ | | Bottom Line: | The bike is a very high quality bike. It does not need the amount of upgrades that i gave it, i'm just kind of odd lol. I would definetly suggest buying this bike if you're one of those people that likes to jump, do a bit of street, trail, etc. The bike is capable of all these without any problems. well...unless you're one of those people that have WAY to much knee bendage when you land a drop. Then you might sack yourself, but other than that it's an awesome product! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean Dennis
a
from Fall river,Nova Sotia,Canada
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | the one my friend built | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$865.00 | | Purchased At: | Jacks Cycle | | Strengths: | disc brakes kik ass
and tires do to | | Weaknesses: | um grips and pedals my feet get really slidy on them | | Similar Products Used: | norco wolverine | | Bike Setup: | stock except for grips and seat | | Bottom Line: | i would recommened this bike to anyone who is intrested in freeride and DJ i like this bike but planning on buying a new fork havent hit any major drops and i can't tune my suspension | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dylan thayer
a Weekend Warrior
from Waterdown
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | JUMPSS!!! | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | Brantcycle | | Strengths: | this is review for a 2006 norco bigfoot. Frame geomatry is insane!!!!!! i love it handlebars are perfect width! brakes arre pretty nice for the price tires are alright, seat is sweet, drivetrain is pretty good | | Weaknesses: | RIMMS!! i trued mine like 4 or 5 times in 4 months also after i bought this bike 1 week later i bent the rear axle!! i didnt even do anything big but thankfully warrenty covered it, forks arent very good i coulndt even adjust the knobs after 2 weekks!! cranks are altright but i think i might of sstripped them a little bit, grips and pedals suckk!! stock seatpost it crapp i broke that within 2 weeeks!! | | Similar Products Used: | kona shred
kona scrap
garyfisher bitter
norco 4-hun
specialized p2 crmo | | Bike Setup: | 2006 marzocchi drop off 2 20mm, azonic outlaw rimms, hayes sole (may upgrade) truvativ blaze (goin to upgrade to holzfeller) kenda neveagals (getting some holy rollers for dj'ing) lock on raceface grips, new wellgo pedals with pins, new seatpost, considering new drivetrain maybe sram X9 or X0!! roughly everyhting else stock | | Bottom Line: | this bike stock is a grear freeride bike for entry level kids/light people. if u are more advanced and heavier i recomend replacing the forks, rims, grips, pedals, seatpost,cranks if u ride hard, and thats about it. but this a very sick hardtail amazing i think perfect geomatry handle bars arent to wide or to short perfectt geomatry
I LOVE THIS BIKEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
perfect for anyone (but will require little upgrades) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt kinsela
a Weekend Warrior
from penrith, sydney
Date Reviewed: February 28, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | old bathurst | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$950.00 | | Purchased At: | The Bikeshed | | Strengths: | Everything I love this bike ( I got the good one 07)frame is super strong, dirt jumper 4's are great all rounder forks solid rims and cranks unbendable | | Weaknesses: | nothin but the pedals and grips need replacin oh but if you like the paint job the way it is (till you crash it) get a lizard skin the chain likes to eat the frame. Oh and it doesnt fit any bigger than 2.5 tire in the ass end | | Similar Products Used: | giant stp1, specialized hardrock sport both 06 | | Bike Setup: | 07 Bigfoot, Maxxis High Rollers 2.5, ODI Ruffian Lock-on Grips, DH Tubes, Lizard Skin, Crank Bros 5050x, Pro Seatpost | | Bottom Line: | By this bike its the best value for money you will ever find anywhere ask anyone who owns one theyll love it BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
andy jono
a Weekend Warrior
from wirral, near liverpool, north wales
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | penmackno, coed y brenin, freeride anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicycleshed.com | | Strengths: | the frame is super strong ive dropped it from big heights. jumped it, downhilled it, crashed it :-P, and done a bit of northshore an freeride.The main strength of the bike is the value only costing me £500 blasting the shred and stuff on performance and value, (ridden the shred.
Forks are good as i ave the 125mm option, and the overall drivetrain and finishig kit are great. | | Weaknesses: | the main weakness that i have found is that the reart wheel buckled after an awkward concrete landing an a harsh sliding collision with the kerb, uprating to AtomLab Trailpimps tho!. the grips an pedals suck and the cranks arnt the best on the market, the drivetrain is made impecable with a new front mech, easy cheap fixes to make this bike the best freeride hard tail on the market! also the breaks squek when wet and need cleaning out regularly. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Shred, Specialized Rockhopper comp,Kona stuff(rip) | | Bike Setup: | Norco Bigfoot Greean (2006.Im now runing a deore front mech, atomlab trialpimps, dmr chain reactor dual(SH*T), and also kona lock on grips and JS pedels,hope bulb rear hub. | | Bottom Line: | this bike is a great all round bike and can even be used for a bit of XC, if ur boring, freeride and drop offs long decent jumps, its handled everything ive thrown at when it was stock, great bike for all riders a must buy at a low price 06 not the 07 one tho! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dreww
a Weekend Warrior
from ontario
Date Reviewed: February 22, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | DUNESS | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | caledon hills cycling | | Strengths: | Great bike all around, handles 7' to flat decent, climbed, kicked some weight weenie a*** on the thing doing xc!!! fat tires not so good for comuting but wat can you expect, thing is awsome for north shore riden!TOUGH FRAME but does not fit bigger then 2.5 out back! | | Weaknesses: | Crank suckssss asssssss, fork lil on the heavy side, chain loves to smack the frame, rims don' tlike to stay straight | | Similar Products Used: | enough | | Bottom Line: | SWEEET RIDE just upgrade components after you break them cause they wont last long but have fun breaken them | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
joey dynamo
a Downhiller
from hamilton
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | my trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | brantcycle | | Strengths: | great geomatry awsome for any riding!!! stock brakes ok,
cranks all average, tires are good, seat is nice, | | Weaknesses: | forks bootttoms out easy spoke get loose constanly, rear hub is cheap. | | Bike Setup: | 2006 norco bigfoot, marzocchi dirt jumper1, shimano sait crank and brakes, sun mtx rims with axiom hubs | | Bottom Line: | with some huge upgrades my bike the best bike ever!!! its insane i love it i love the norco bigfooot!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a
from Ontario
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Dirt | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1050.00 | | Purchased At: | spokes n slopes | | Strengths: | nothing | | Weaknesses: | everything, i've had to replace or fix almost all the parts off this bike since they can't hold up to any sort of freeriding, the brakes wear down after a few months, the geometery of the frame sucks for dirt jumping and street riding, and the forks freeze up in cold weather and the oil gets all crusty and hardens after a few months | | Similar Products Used: | giant stp 1, kona cowan | | Bike Setup: | stock parts, replaced the forks after a few months for travis 150s | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy this bike if you want to use it for any type of freeridng or aggersive riding. Save your money for something like a norco 125 or a kona cowan, trust me you will spend money replacing parts on this bike than saving an extra $100 for a better freeride hardtail. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
condy
a Weekend Warrior
from kitchener
Date Reviewed: January 8, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | random stuff (love drops) | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | ski "n" cycle hut | | Strengths: | great bike got it stock(duh) and upgraded as i went along the frame is reely dam strong tires are great brakes are nice derailer is awesome and basically it all rocks | | Weaknesses: | well the stock pedals kinda suked and the derailer and chain hits the frame but get a lizard skin or w.e and it'll b fine and rims could be abit stronger and when the brakes are wet sometimes they squeek but never really a problem just let them dry and you'll be fine | | Similar Products Used: | norco wolverine (great bike) | | Bike Setup: | dropoff triple forks, studded pedals, diff grips, lizard skin, skull caps(silver), and lots of stickers, took off reflectors,water bottle holder | | Bottom Line: | great bike but if doing lots of trails and jumps i reccomend getting new forks and studded pedals but overall the bike rocks if you want a great bike buy it but the 2007 models suck so get a 2006 or 2005 (i have dark grey 2006) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
reasderatorantucinacnac froodlog
a Downhiller
from reurt
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | me | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$825.00 | | Purchased At: | sports place | | Strengths: | rims, frame | | Weaknesses: | pedals seem to wear quick | | Similar Products Used: | norco wolverine | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | its a pretty good bike.also go to www.pinkcycle.piczo.com for biking polls every day, and photos, whatever | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dylan thayer
a
from waterdown
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Bruce Trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | Brant Cycle | | Strengths: | Great frame. love the geomatry, crank is solid, rims are very strong, front hub is strong, drivetrain is sweet. Brakes are sweet, tires are pretty good | | Weaknesses: | pedals wear very fast, bent the rear axle and i only took it off jumps under 4 feet like wtf!!!! grips are crappy, rear deraler isnt the best cas iits a long cage, forks are ok but if ur doin some pretty big jumps/drops upgrade!! | | Similar Products Used: | Kona shred
Gary Fisher Bitter | | Bike Setup: | Stock for now, will eventuallly upgrade the forks | | Bottom Line: | THis is a write up on my other review. THIS IS A GREAT BIKE!!! ITs design os amazing for anything literly,very strong frame it might be a bit heavier than a shred or bitter but it pays off because its so fricken strong. GREAT BIKE I WOULD RECOMEND IT TO ANYONE!!!Might need new forksk though GREAT BIKE!!! GET IT | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
robert sowry
a
from quebec
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Strengths: | Amazing bike Great geomatry, UNBREAKABLEE FRAME!!, brakes are amazing,very strong rims, GREAT CRANK SET, OK FORKS(could be upgraded) amazing bike!!! | | Weaknesses: | lIKE NOTHING GRIPS ARE KINDA CRAPPY | | Similar Products Used: | BRODIE MISCREANT | | Bike Setup: | stocker | | Bottom Line: | GREAT BIKE I WOULD ROCOMEND IT TO ANYONE GRETAT BIKE BUY IT | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dylan thayer
a Weekend Warrior
from Waterdown
Date Reviewed: November 15, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Bruce Trail MAN | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | BrantCycle | | Strengths: | Fram is unbreakable, Crank so far seems strong and pedals are strong but i dont like them too much. The forks really good but a little to soft but thats ok, rims are unbreakable also tires are good. handle bars are an awsome design and the grips are comfartable. GREAT GEOMATRY!! | | Weaknesses: | When the brakes are wet they are really sqeeky and then they are muddy they are really noisy, when the tires are wet and your going on rocky u sometimes slip. | | Similar Products Used: | Gary Fisher Bitter (Rode it for a bit)
Columbia Revestoke (had it for a few months CRAPPY!!!)
Kona Shred (Tried it out) | | Bike Setup: | STOCK DUHH IVE ONLY HAD IT FOR A DAY!! | | Bottom Line: | This is a very good bike. Very strong and has a great design and great price!! i LOVE this bike its just so good i would recomend it to anyone!! Its a very good BIKE!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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danny t
a Weekend Warrior
from woodstock
Date Reviewed: November 12, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$985.00 | | Purchased At: | pedal power | | Strengths: | good frame fork absords large impacts, bnut thats about it! tires work well in forests, not on pave ment, rims are fairly strong,brakes have a bad name but work suprisingly well, the frame has good geometry for all round free ride you can dirt jump then head into the woods to do some north shore. i have compared a manik frame and this one 06, they are exectly the same except the head tube on the manik is thicker and more slack the only difference between the two is a manik would support a dual crown a tiny bit better, the bigfoot would problably handle it fine as it has a throat gusset, the paint on the frame isn't my favourite colour but other people seem to like it. overall a good north shore bike i bought this because i enjoy the shore kind of riding but don;t have the money for a bigger bike | | Weaknesses: | the cranks are all mountain so if you plan on doing serious shore keep an eye on them, the bar/stem are ok the stem will be switched out for a more bulky one, the fork is staying it is reliable and performes at and average (DIRT JAM COMP) no air chambers to break or no air to add to stiffen it just crank the knobs :) tires wear out fast tho i have had it for three months now and ridden it every day for 2 hours at least the old drive train sucked i upgraded it too sram x7 and now its smooth, something is wrong with the hub due to extended use and it know makes a clicking noise. overall with upgrades a good bike | | Bike Setup: | chain guide truvativ shift guide x7 derrailer and shifter soon new stem | | Bottom Line: | great bike just upgrade the weaker parts and you have a good bike! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Danny
a Weekend Warrior
from Queensland, Australia
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Rainrut | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | $980.00 | | Strengths: | Strong frame. Great geometry. Reliable gears. Handles almost anything. | | Weaknesses: | Seat and seat post are sh#t. Rims weak as pi#s. Forks are fu#ked. | | Similar Products Used: | DMR Trailstar LT, Banshee Morphine. | | Bike Setup: | 06 Bigfoot with 454 Pike Air U-Turns, Shimano Saint brakes, MTX camo rims with DMR revolver hubs (20mm front), DMR V8 pedals, ODI lock-ons, Maxxis Highroller ST 2.5 front & Maxxis Minion 2.5 ST Rear tyres, Amoeba Borla seat post & a new SDG Bel Air seat. | | Bottom Line: | Firstly the seat and the seat post bent/broke within 3 weeks. I liked the feel of the SDG Bel Air seat so I bought another one with CrMo rails and it's still going strong. The wheels were extremely weak and were out of true more than they were in true (trued 3 times in 3 months) so they got the ass also.
The stock Marzocchi Dirt Jam Comp forks topped out like a bi#ch even after adjustment, and flexed laterally badly.
Stock Hayes Sole brakes need re-adjustment after every couple of rides (easily done) and regular cleaning with isopropyl alcohol or they are very noisy.
These were all replaced and the bigfoot it is now the shiznit!
It handles anything I put it through and I am 6'4 and weigh 98kg!
The frame geometry is well suited to hucking and freeride (not so jumpy) and eats trails and rock gardens for breakfast.
I was reluctant to go 16 speed at first but now I wouldn't have it any other way... gears don't skip and more than enough on the trails.
The MTX's make the whole bike stiffer on landings... they havent gone out of true once and Pike's make a massive difference.
The Bigfoot is a great all round bike (once all the buttery soft parts are replaced). If you wanna bike that can do anything, the Bigfoot is for you. Be prepared to spend more money as time goes on (as sh#t breaks) and you will have one very fu#en awesome hardtail.
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Billy Bob Bacon Fried
a Weekend Warrior
from Dominion City, MB
Date Reviewed: October 13, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | the one behind my house | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Time-Out Sports | | Strengths: | the fork is good for entry to intermediate freeride, cranks are solid, the alivio shifters are nice, tyres are really grippy | | Weaknesses: | fork bottoms out if you overshoot a landing and its not very adjustable, derailler snaps down on landings, the bikes sort of heavy | | Similar Products Used: | rocky mountain flow | | Bike Setup: | 06 bigfoot dirt jam comp, nevegal tyres, truvativ blaze cranks, deore derailler | | Bottom Line: | awesome bike for entry to intermediate freeride, and dirt jumping, not so good for climbing | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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tanner
a Downhiller
from lethbridge, alberta canada
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | ascent cycle | | Strengths: | pretty strong fork only bottomed out a few times | | Weaknesses: | rims bend easily, bent derailer replaced it with deor xt pedals weak same with the cranks stock derailer hanger broke seat really hard not good for dirt jumping tiers do wear out fast and spokes come loose constantly | | Similar Products Used: | kona stuff,shred | | Bike Setup: | not bad | | Bottom Line: | its a pretty good bike replace rims and seat and its a great bike also great starter bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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danny
a Downhiller
from woodstock
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | pedal power | | Strengths: | it has a headtube gusset and geometry for long travel so it has the ability to handle a dual crown, good fork for the price drive train is good. THEY MADE THE BIGFOOT MANIK SASQUATCH FRAMES ALL THE SAME FOR 2006! | | Weaknesses: | seat is rock hard, rims bend easily, just very minor things | | Bike Setup: | STOCK | | Bottom Line: | great bike but it will require upgradeing in the future | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jonathan Boileau
a
from Mirabel, Quebec, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Bromont, Downtown Mtl 4 the street | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1100.00 | | Purchased At: | Eddy Cycles (Dont go there) | | Strengths: | Frame Geometry, UNbreakable rims, Hydraulic 8inches brakes, maniability, price | | Weaknesses: | Truvativ crank SUCKS, DirtJam forks bottom out easily, mine is done, I cant adjust rebound no more, rear hub is cheap, stem is weak, rear derailleur is loose and travels too much when landing any jumps or bunny hops, no chain guide. I changed my front wheel axle and bearings after 2 months | | Similar Products Used: | Kona scrap, DMR trailstar | | Bike Setup: | Titec bars, odi grips, race face diabolus headset and stem, took off the front derailleur and put a 36T gear with E-13 clear bash guard, with a truvativ chain guide. Had a simano 105 road bike rear derailleur (shortcage) and the assorted cssette, Atomlab 12mm rear hub, got a 9 speed rapidfire shifter. Changed rear tire for a 2.45 Hutchinson Jumbo. Need a new crank (race face evolve with BB,s and gold cups) and RockShox PIke fork | | Bottom Line: | I bought that bike in April 05 and IM totally addicted to it. If you ride it hard, you will have to change a couple of parts but this is so fun! I woud recommend it for everyone who wants a tough street bike that can handles downhill or freeriding (not with the original fork). If you like to customize your bike, you'll like this one!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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jordan macdonald
a Weekend Warrior
from oakville ontario
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | bromont Quebec and clarkson jumps | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | oakville cycle and sport | | Strengths: | frame, grips (alright), fork (OK) crank set | | Weaknesses: | pedals suk fork could be upgraded i dont recomend to do much serious dirt jumps on it if you have the fork that comes stok (upgrade to a dirtjam Pro or better yet a dropoff) | | Similar Products Used: | kona shred< kona stuff( frame) | | Bike Setup: | stok with upgraded bash guard | | Bottom Line: | great bike i would recomend it stok exactly if you dont want to do much big jumps but if you save up it is worth it to get a new fork | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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max
a Downhiller
from kelowna bc
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | powers builders | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | gericks | | Strengths: | sweet starters bike its fine | | Weaknesses: | rims bent them every day and bent the fork (should upgrade)snapped the stem and popped the tires a ton and broke the seat | | Similar Products Used: | rival tons of bikes are like this | | Bike Setup: | stock got new stem later | | Bottom Line: | sweet bike i was hitting huge every day i would do drops 8ft to flat and absolutly killed it still is a good bike would probaly get wolverine because they are pretty much the same thing you dont loose as much money when you sell it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Patrick Envik
a Weekend Warrior
from Burnaby, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | North Road | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | Caps Westwood Cycle | | Strengths: | 2006 Bigfoot Excellent hardtail has a good fork and excellent brakes | | Weaknesses: | Seat is not comfortable and should have included a chain guard in the back because without it it dents the frame | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Stump Jumper | | Bike Setup: | Norco bigfoot 2006, Hayes 9 disk brakes, marzocchi dirtjam comp with shamano alivio levers | | Bottom Line: | this is a excellent bike worth buying if you do buy it buy a foam chain guard for the back | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jordan MAcdonald
a Weekend Warrior
from oakville, ontario
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Bromont Quebec | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | Oakville cycle and sport | | Strengths: | Frame Crank set Grips ANd the fork is Alright it would be better with pros rather than comp coils | | Weaknesses: | the seat is un cumphy and the quik release tires aren't what i would go for because i like to jusmp | | Similar Products Used: | Kona shred | | Bike Setup: | Great | | Bottom Line: | Great bike lots of strengths, great frame good grips good enough fork but the seat and vrank set could be better | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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doug niclson
a Weekend Warrior
from cranbrok bc
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | c.o.p | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | bow cycle calgary | | Strengths: | good value good brakes(hydrolic) sweet shocks Dirt jam comp!!! sun rims kenda tiers and rad frame!! | | Weaknesses: | no weaknesses yet | | Similar Products Used: | norco sasquatch | | Bike Setup: | stock insept pedals | | Bottom Line: | this bike is rad its a good hard tail to start with if you cant afored a sasquatch or a manik its a fun reliable bike norcos rule!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jesse V
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, Alberta
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Redline @ COP | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | Bow Cycle | | Strengths: | VERY Sturdy Frame, Decent drivetrain, awesome brakes for price (HFX-9), decent fork, decent components. | | Weaknesses: | Seat very hard, bars. | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Sasquatch, Kona Shred. | | Bike Setup: | Stock 2005 Bigfoot with Dirt Jam Pro fork instead of Dirt Jam Comp because it was too stiff. | | Bottom Line: | Excellent Value for components...awesome bike.
Obvious quality, hey it's NORCO!
Made in CANADA!
Definatly for FR or Light DH, even aggressive XC.
Does shore trails very well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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John Conner
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | used | | Strengths: | (2005) Frame is awesome, and with the dirt jam fork and hydraulic disk brakes this bike is hella fun to ride. Deore rear derailleur has proven itself to be reliable | | Weaknesses: | None (pedals were pretty weak) | | Similar Products Used: | CCM cliffrunner | | Bike Setup: | All stock except new pedals and bashguard | | Bottom Line: | A great all round bike that won't force you to spend lots of money on top of the line parts, while still giving you close to top of the line performance. I would definately recommend this one to anybody, spend a little extra money for it rather than getting a bike you won't be completely happy with. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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cam matwiv
a Weekend Warrior
from coqutlam
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | 4 lost soles or the durit jumps | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | coqutlam caps | | Strengths: | defenatly the frame and the 8in roters there great for the trails and juck so are the kenda kanetics | | Weaknesses: | i broke the bottom crank shaft comeing off a jump so if possipal get it replaced wit a better one | | Bike Setup: | stock cept for a new crank shaft | | Bottom Line: | great bike for the money i payed, soon as i get a chance im gonna upgreade the fork.. any way good bike go out and get one, this revew was for the 05 bigfoot. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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josh hanson
a Downhiller
from valemount
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | none | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | used | | Strengths: | everything | | Weaknesses: | my best friend robin cracked the frame on a 40 foot gap | | Similar Products Used: | sasquatch | | Bike Setup: | original | | Bottom Line: | it is great for begginers | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Patrick
a Downhiller
from Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Mach one cycle and sports | | Strengths: | brakes, rigidity, frame strength, cost and wheelset | | Weaknesses: | fork, oem handlebars and stem | | Similar Products Used: | norco wolverine, norco saskwatch, norco 125 and norco kompressor | | Bike Setup: | marzocchi 66r 170mm, azonic ultracross bar, azonic aggro stem, azonic fusion pedals, 24" trailpimp rear rim, syncros 20mm hub, odi lock on grips, FSA the pig deep cut headset and the rest is stock | | Bottom Line: | great bike...definitly worth the money works good no matter what you use it for. frame is very strong and brakes are amazing. the fork would be good for dirt jumping but it is useless for dh and fr biking. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jamey Saggrif
a Weekend Warrior
from toronto ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: March 14, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | master cycle | | Strengths: | this is a great bike in all aspects, it has handleed anything i can get the guts to throw at it and i havent had to replace any parts or componants, i like the fork and the frame is very sturdy. this bike doesnt feel like it will break down under pressure | | Weaknesses: | I had to replace the seat it was very uncomfortable and hard, but other than that i haven't seen any other weakness | | Similar Products Used: | Norco manik | | Bike Setup: | stock -seat | | Bottom Line: | the bottom line is if your looking for a bike that can take alot of punishment get this one, it rides great and handles anything with ease, great bike for begginers and mediocre biker alike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Nick
a Racer
from Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay! | | Strengths: | Great bike, most of the stock parts are alright. Nice strong frame, quality components. | | Weaknesses: | STEM!!! Forks, Grips. | | Similar Products Used: | Giant Rincon | | Bike Setup: | CUSTOM: Marzocchi Dirt Jams, Hussefelt Stem, Easton Bars, Race Face Bashy, XTR shifter, Maxxis Holy Rollers (to be Lopes Bling Blings), Hayes HFX 9 HD front disc, Hayes Mag HD rear (on its way). ODI Ruffians. | | Bottom Line: | Its an awesome bike, with a few upgrades it will be a beast of a bike! I will be racing mine on 4 cross and downhill. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Tommo
a Weekend Warrior
from victoria, Australia
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Spring Gully | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | greensborough cycles | | Strengths: | Great strong frame which is also resonably light. Some nice components. Love thoses Hayes hydros, it probly doesn't need the 8 inch rotors... but hey they'll stop a train! Great value and a leader in its price range! | | Weaknesses: | The dirt jam pros are a little stiff and wont stand up to alot of freeriding. Had some trouble with the deore rear derailer, but its has copped a floggin'. The brakes will squeal and carry on if not maintained well. But overall no serious weaknesses. | | Similar Products Used: | 05 Norco Tactik | | Bike Setup: | Stock 05 Norco Bigfoot... but will be fitting some 06 marzocchi drop off 3 forks. Nice! | | Bottom Line: | This bike is orientated around agressive XC riding and light dirt jumping and thats what i bought it for! But now im diong a bit of freeriding so some upgrades are neccisary like forks and rear derailer. This bike is a great allrounder for beginners and well worth the money! But if you are a fairly confident rider who freerides alot spend the extra $$$ and get a Norco Rampge. The Bigfoot will survive all the hucking dropoffs and thrashing you could possibly give it but may not perform as to top standards. I love my Bigfoot and will keep it for years to come. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Nick
a Downhiller
from Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: January 9, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Great North Walk | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | EBAY | | Strengths: | Great components for price. Strong frame, can take a bashing. Reasonably light weight. | | Weaknesses: | Some of the parts on this bike are not up to serious abuse from a downhiller or freerider. This bike would be ok for the agressive XC rider or light Dirt jumper. Deffinetely not for DH or FR though. | | Similar Products Used: | Giant Rincon | | Bike Setup: | Dirt jam pros, hayes mx-2, deore gearing (to be replaced), Alex MX22 rims, etc | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the 04 Norco Bigfoot. This bike is good for the price, but I would pay a bit more to get a better Dirt jumper, free ride, downhill bike. As you can get reasonable bikes like the STP 2 from Giant that won't fall apart after agressive use. This bike wasn't designed for any "hardcore" stuff so don't try any. Its good on dirt jumps, but some of the components will need upgrading if you continue to do that. This bike is deffinetely suited for the more agressive XC riders or light dirt jumpers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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cam matwive
a Weekend Warrior
from coqutlam b.c canada
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | SAWBLADE or the duirt track at town center | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$989.00 | | Purchased At: | caps | | Strengths: | THe frame is amasing i broke befor it did
damn the 8in roters have saved my life at least twice | | Weaknesses: | damn uncofrotable seat | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | i to durit jumps and ride down hill and this bike does it all, well not as good on down hill but im not gonna complaine | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Quinton Wilson
a Downhiller
from Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: December 21, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | every down hill or free ride place | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Smith Cycle & more | | Strengths: | I own the 05 just so u know.the frame is as sterdy as hell! the brakes r great. theshifting works well. i like the fork could be bigger | | Weaknesses: | tires slide on surfaces like snow mud and dry sand. the grips and the seat is hard but i need to get use 2 it | | Similar Products Used: | kona shred and giant rainer and Ac | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | this is a great bike with the brakes frame and fork som things could be upgraded but overall this is a great bike to do any thing with and is easy to costomize | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Allan
a Weekend Warrior
from Sarnia Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: October 8, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | 8 inch HFX9's Dirt Jam Front fork 120 mm, fairly comfortable seat well built frame, gearing | | Weaknesses: | hf9's can be problematic, shimano shifters/deraillers (go SRAM if possible) | | Similar Products Used: | Warrior disc (owned) Kona Stuff(tested), Kona Scrap(Tested), | | Bike Setup: | Stock w/ Vcut rotors | | Bottom Line: | Amazing even in my short test i found that the bike was everything that i wanted maybee not as good as what truly want but it does everything well, well balanced all around, tough but not to heavy good braking and decent drivetrain (again not Sram), handles well, shifts fairly well, fork is a bit soft for me but it can be stiffened and would be a good base to make a really good bike out of. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 11, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Don Valley/Seaton/Blue Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$750.00 | | Purchased At: | cycle solutions | | Strengths: | rims/frame/brakes/ | | Weaknesses: | stem/bars/forks and some drive components/tires suck | | Similar Products Used: | Kona stuff/Norco sasquatch | | Bike Setup: | truvativ hussefelt dh stem and bars/maxxis holyroller tires/demolition bmx pedals | | Bottom Line: | excellent bike for the $$$$/tough as hell/
a few custom changes and upgrades and bobs yer uncle | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Curtis
a Weekend Warrior
from Victoria, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | anything at Hartland | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | it was used but still looked brand new | | Strengths: | The brakes are amazing, you can stop so fast! The frame is very strong, Alivo/Deore drivetrain, the fork is perfect. | | Weaknesses: | The only thing i didnt like was the deore doesnt shift as well as my alivo on my other bike. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Shred05, Rocky Mountain Flow 1.0 05, Kona Scrap05. | | Bike Setup: | stock 2005 Norco Bigfoot. | | Bottom Line: | This is the best bike you can get for about $1000!!! Everything is great on this bike. It is good for everything (cross-country, freeride, dirtjumping, a bit of downhill) Any body doing that should get this bike!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Eric Jurski
a Weekend Warrior
from Mississauga Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Path | | Strengths: | *UPDATE* After wearing in my brakes the back brakes do not squeak any more and they work perfectly. | | Weaknesses: | No real weaknesses | | Similar Products Used: | Rocky Mountain flow 1.0 KOna shred | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | Brakes are amazing. The bike is solid and can take alot of abuse. I would recomend this hardtail over any hardtails in the same price range. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Patrick Lessard
a Downhiller
from ontario,canada
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | anything fast | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | mach one | | Strengths: | this bike is solid you can take it off anything.I took an 8 foot flat drop and the bike survived without any damage. the brakes on this bike are sweet aswell. | | Weaknesses: | the grips wear out in no time and it could use a better stem and set of bars | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Wolverine, Specialized bighit (crap),own an A-line
| | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | this bike is an awsome bike and its worth the 1000$ (canadian). its great for xc riding as well as freeriding but the marzocchi dirt jams arent very good for dh. bottom line if you really wanna dh buy a dh bike ( the a-line is sweet) but the bigfoot is a great bike for urban/freeride | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Eric Jurski
a Weekend Warrior
from Mississauga Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Hardwood Hills | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Path | | Strengths: | The RIMS! These things are crazy strong i went off a 7 foot drop and (about 18 feet long) and my back tire landed on a log and there was no damage done to my bike and tires wat so ever which was very suprising since i was going about 30k and hit that log hard. Anyways... The grips are sick, lock on is the way to go. The disk brakes are amazing 8 inch hydros are sick. Frame is solid.Tires are alright too they have a nice tread pattern | | Weaknesses: | The seat is pretty damn hard but watever ill get used to it. The back brake squeels like mad if u slowly apply pressure on the brake but i mostly use the front brake so its not big deal. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Shred, Rocky Mountain Flow 1.0. | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | Its a sick bike!I chose to get this hardtail because i couldnt afford a decent full suspension but this bike seems to get the job done greatly. THis is a great bike for those of you who enjoy a little bit of everything such as: drops, jumps, trails,xc,and street. I would recommend it over the kona hardtails because it looks alot better than the konas and is better. But most importantly the Norco Bigfoot is Canadian! Ill update this later on if i find any thing important to update since ive only had my bike for 5 days | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Ethan
a Weekend Warrior
from SHORE
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | CBC | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | John Henry | | Strengths: | nice solid frame, bulletproof rims (survived whistler more than once), hydro brakes, nice tires, lock-on grips, great geometry, dirt jams=solid
| | Weaknesses: | brakes squeel(but hey they could stop an SUV), slow on pavement, the forks bottom out on a 7 foot drop~, | | Bike Setup: | Stock 05 norco bigfoot(its built for here, and it works here) | | Bottom Line: | THis bike is probably the best bike for under a grand that you can buy, norco got this one perfect when it comes to meeting the knarly trails of the shore, or any trails in and around bc and the world. the matte grey and the huge disks just look awesome. this thing handles tough technical trails like no other, and works great for xc. My brother won the bc champs with his....
overall amazing and truly great value, and to top it off... CANADIAN!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mr. D
a
from Lincoln, England
Date Reviewed: July 18, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1110.00 | | Purchased At: | www.leisurelakesbikes.com | | Strengths: | Bomb proof frame, excellent 'budget' Marzocchi forks, the brakes really bite after not much running in, though after using Hopes I depsair at their overall quality and adjustability.
Very "dialled-in" feel, despite the tyres.
Excellent price, the best of which goes on the brakes, forks, frame and the cranks - quality stuff. | | Weaknesses: | 'Poor' componentry as far as cassette, chain (snapped it on its second day riding!), and rear hub - but then I was used to far better and pricier parts. Tyres can get a little skatey on loose surfaces, but this also makes it easyish to drift with some confidence.
Bars are a little narrow for DH, fine for aggressive XC, however as stated before stem is a tad short for comfortable XC riding / climbing duties.
Saddle made me sore! (wimp! :P)
It's a heavy beastie! (I'm only 10st!) | | Bike Setup: | Stock, considering new tyres, cassette, chain (-rings), rear hub and bars but only because Im rather fussy. | | Bottom Line: | Excellent 'starter' extreme-machine, be it for aggressive trail use or light DH work or freeride. I rode trials for 3 years and occassionally felt the need to ride my local trails. Needless to say I nearly died on more than one occassion and decided a 'proper' bike was required. The Bigfoot fulfilled my adrenaline seeking urges and has given me boundless confidence, except occassional lapses from the tyres and drivetrain. Soaks up drops and stays nailed on line, so long as you point it well and there's enough grip!
I would recommend for anyone seeking to break into the extreme side of trail riding or as a bridge to DH riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Teschke
a Weekend Warrior
from Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | i like em all | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$160.00 | | Purchased At: | bike show | | Strengths: | I purchased just the frame because i had many of parts hanging around after breaking two Geee-ant frames
The frame hasn't given me any problems. Only annoying thing is that the 7005 i'm not used to and kinda rides a little rough, but that also makes it perform well,sacrifice comfort for control | | Weaknesses: | i havn't found a weakness yet. I will post it when i find one. | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Fluid, Giant Warp, Giant Rincon, Proflex 856, Specialized FSR | | Bike Setup: | Bigfoot - Manitou Stance Flow, Truvativ DH BB, Truvativ fiveD, LX drivetrain, Avid breaks, single track front, 317 mavic rear, Axiom stem/bar, wellgo cheap pedals, blackspire bashguard. | | Bottom Line: | this is one of the best jumping bikes i've ever had. it's a little heavy, but it makes up for it with how solid it feels
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Submitted by
Dron
a Downhiller
from Tula\ Tula region \ Russia
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Very GooD | | Bottom Line: | Norco Bigfoot-forever | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
allan lee
a Downhiller
from Aisa
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Aisa Aisa | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$100000.00 | | Purchased At: | Aisa bike shop | | Strengths: | very crapy | | Weaknesses: | crap | | Similar Products Used: | crap | | Bike Setup: | crap | | Bottom Line: | crap crap crap!!!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
allan blah
a Downhiller
from coquitlam
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | funky | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$1300.00 | | Purchased At: | caps bike shop | | Strengths: | crap | | Weaknesses: | real crap | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | none | | Bottom Line: | i used the bike once and then it fell a part and now its crap!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
allan blah
a Downhiller
from coquitlam
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | funky | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$1300.00 | | Purchased At: | caps bike shop | | Strengths: | crap | | Weaknesses: | real crap | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | none | | Bottom Line: | i used the bike once and then it fell a part and now its crap!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex
a Racer
from Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date Reviewed: June 23, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Funky singletrack with shore | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1100.00 | | Purchased At: | Melbourne Bicycle centre | | Strengths: | Bombproof frame, qaulity components for the price. Easy to upgrade if wanted - the frame will outlast you! | | Weaknesses: | Tyres are crap. They hook up badly, chunk up with mud and dirt, and slide around like theyve been lubed up.
Hayes brakes squeal like a donkey on ice skates, but hey, you get what you pay for, right?
The lack of a big ring on the front also gets annoying, especially on XC when everyone else charges down the hill and you cant keep up. But for $30 its not such a problem to fix up. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialised P3, Avanti Hotdog, Giant XTC, Giant Boulder SE, Shogun Prarie breaker expert(years ago)... | | Bike Setup: | 2005 model - Stock except for CB mallet C's, better seat and ODI ruffian grips. | | Bottom Line: | I wanted a bike that I could do everything with - XC, DH, FR. Not at a massivly competitive level, just local club races and a fair few 8, 12 and 24 hr enduro's.
I wanted a bike that I could ride XC with, but then still take to the local DH and 4X tracks and go hard without worrying about breaking the bike.
The bike is heavy, more oriented to FR and DH than XC, but it is ok for XC and gets me round ok. Ive put some better tyres on it and clipless platforms and it makes a big difference.
basically for me it came down to a choice - I had 1300 to spend and could either get a hardtail, good qaulity and well specced, or a duallie, low quality and low specced. I chose the Hardtail option as it got me a better bike and fitted my budget.
Im really happy with the bike and would recommend it. If you are into a bit of everything and dont want to worry about breaking things(including the bank), go the bigfoot. It will take your punishment time and time again and you will love it.
I have thrown mine off 9 foot drops onto flatland, 20 foot tabletops, wall rides, 24 hour enduro XC races, 4X racing, massive stair drops and street rides, and it laps it up. If I was going to do more XC than im doing, I'd get a longer headset - the FR one that comes as stock puts you ina tight position, not much good for XC, six inch rotors on the brakes, an extra ring on the front and maybe a lighter wheelset. But at the end of the day its a freeride orientated toy.
On a side note, its an awesome looking bike - like its ready to go to war or something.. pair it with a black fullface, and you are bonafide bighit ready... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Curtis
a Weekend Warrior
from Victoria, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Skull Trail - Hartland | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$995.00 | | Purchased At: | Russ Hay's The Bike Shop | | Strengths: | This is a review for the 2005 bigfoot. Good fork (Dirt Jam Comp), shimano deore and alivio derailers, good frame, fairly light, hayes hydros, nice fat tires, | | Weaknesses: | Noting! | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Shred, Norco Manik | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | It's a Norco what do you expect!! It's an awesome bike for what your paying. If your an intermediete rider get this bike!! NORCO ROCKS!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Zweki Zweki
a Downhiller
from Croatia, Karlovac
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Anywhere i can get hurt =P | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1033.00 | | Purchased At: | Straus | | Strengths: | I got the '05 bigfoot. Awsome bike, this bike can handle everything, decent suspension, great brakes, good components for the price. | | Weaknesses: | Nothing | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Sasquatch | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | This bike is awsome, a true FREERIDE bike.I would suggest this to anyone pro or begginger who wants a hardtail that can ride anything. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
TMC
a
from Montreal
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Anywhere i can get hurt | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$970.00 | | Purchased At: | follow up to past review | | Strengths: | Everything is good...with a few upgrades this bike is awesome and unbreakable | | Weaknesses: | deraillers are cheap...but what do you expect for the price | | Similar Products Used: | kona and specialized | | Bike Setup: | stock except Jack Sh*t pedals, SRAM X9 Deraillers, SRAM X7 trigger shifters, Diabolous stem and handlebars | | Bottom Line: | I've been riding this thing for just over a month and I love it....Solid - Solid - Solid describes this bike. With the upgrades Ive put into this bike, it's indestructable for a hardtail. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Curtis C
a Weekend Warrior
from Victoria, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Skull Trail - Hartland | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$725.00 | | Purchased At: | Oak Bay Bikes | | Strengths: | The two Hayes discs, the fork is ok for more begginer riders, the deore derailers, the weight. | | Weaknesses: | The fork is not good for dirt jumping. The seat hurts at first but once you get used to it, it is fine. | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Wolverine04, Norco Manik05, Specialized Hardrock04,05, Giant Rainier03,04, Norco Bigfoot05. | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | Great bang for your buck! Awesome bike overall if your not really that much into dirt jumping. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Terry
a Weekend Warrior
from Montreal
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$970.00 | | Purchased At: | Paul Cycle & Sports | | Strengths: | Extremely well built bike, decent suspension, great brakes, good components for the price. | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Rockhopper, Various Konas | | Bike Setup: | Stock except Kona Jack Sh*t pedals, and soon to be XT deraillers | | Bottom Line: | Solid bike for the beginner to intermediate rider, a few well placed upgrades and good enough for the Hardcore riders. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Wilson
a Downhiller
from Canada
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Iron Worker | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$850.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Land | | Strengths: | Awsome bike, this bike can handle everything. Just point and shoot no problem, the 8 inch Hayes HFX 9 rock and are sick brakes. The Marzocchi Dirt Jam fork is out of this world and can take anything and just come back for more. All of the parts are excellent and are all made for the job. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Sasquatch, Norco SX, Kona Stinky, Kona Coiler. | | Bike Setup: | Mostly stock. | | Bottom Line: | This bike is awsome, a true FR bike. I have the 05 and it rocks so get one. I would suggest this to anyone pro or begginger who wants a HT that can ride anything. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Weekend Warrior
from Midland, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Dirt Jumps | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Georgian Cycle | | Strengths: | Kick Azz Bike. Sweet Ride. Everything is pro. | | Weaknesses: | Pedals are poop. i bought a truvativ box guide, took off my of crankset, and it works great. the gears are a bit shatty... like they rub, but otherwise it is awesome. | | Similar Products Used: | 2004 fuji panic comp | | Bike Setup: | normy.... except i got Snafu Pedals and took off my old crankset, and put on chain guide | | Bottom Line: | sick azz bike..... dont pay over $1100 wit taxes. just an awesome bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
randy
a Downhiller
from near Brantford, ontario, canada
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1059.00 | | Purchased At: | cyclepath | | Strengths: | i got the '05 bigfoot,,,this bike can handle anything- jumps, drops, stairs and a car even backed up over my rim and it didnt bend! its got hydraulic disc brakes, marazochi fork and is the best bike u can get for a grand! | | Weaknesses: | nothin yet | | Bottom Line: | this is a great bike for whatever u do. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brandon Graham
a Weekend Warrior
from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 16, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | anything, mostly urban, dirt and free | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1050.00 | | Purchased At: | Gericks cycle | | Strengths: | I dont think i have the same bike its the 2005 and its a grey and a few diff parts like hydros, Dirt Jam fork, truvative blaze cranks | | Weaknesses: | first week snappend the BB in the middle of the spline | | Similar Products Used: | specialized hardrock | | Bike Setup: | hayes 8" hydros, marzocchi Dirt jam, truvativ blaze 22/32 lexan bash guard | | Bottom Line: | i hit up everything as big and hard as i can the BB was waranty and i think will be a good bike for me i like it. the bad thing is that the blaze is on a diff spline which is called power spline and ISIS wont fit :( | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mulakka
a Weekend Warrior
from medicine hat
Date Reviewed: March 2, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | anything single track | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Purchased At: | Gravity sports | | Strengths: | Tough frame,the marz for never gave me any trouble I just felt I needed to upgrade, the Rims are very strong. The bike handles very well on back road trails,shifts very smooth. | | Weaknesses: | The seat.......buy one as soon as you buy this bike axiom freeride saddle is hard as hell,shimano hubs,pedals very slow on pavement, the nylon kenda tires wear easy....pinch flats greatest enemy. the marz for is a little stiff but for the lowest model marz fork it runs well. I bent the crank arms within a few months......but its a cross country crank so I wouldnt worry about doing that if you ride it nice. wellgo pedals also bent after a few months usage...did I mention that I weigh 140 lbs? | | Similar Products Used: | Stp,P2,Scrap | | Bike Setup: | Dnm usd-180 fork,front sun rynolite rim laced with formula hub, rear rim stock,tires 2.5 tioga DH factory kevlar tires,mosh pedals titec berzerker saddle, raceface isis cranks w/bashguard heim chain guide.the rest stock | | Bottom Line: | A great bike,after a year of usage I had put over 500$ into it,so if you are into heavy crosscountry and light freeride you are gonna have to step this bikes components up to scale.I wish I would have just bought a sasquatch! but I am happy with my bike and I learned that you just cant cheap out if your gonna ride hard. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Racer
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Glentress. Innerleithen | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$665.00 | | Purchased At: | Internet | | Strengths: | AMAZING. For its price it has amazing parts! Better than all similar priced set ups by the likes of Specialised etc.. Its geomatry is great and is lovely to handle. Also it is very tought. | | Weaknesses: | Forks are not too gd, I upgraded. There is not rlly a need to but you could change the cranks as they are an XC model. | | Similar Products Used: | Kona stuff, firemountain. Specilised bighit, stumpjumper | | Bike Setup: | All stock except for. Manitou Black 120mm forks, raceface northshore XS cranks, e thirteen bashguard and a front hope mono mini | | Bottom Line: | This is an excellent bike. Even if you were going to spend more then this outpreforms most of its more expensive rivals and if it is within your budget then you can be shure that it will be the best thing to go for. Do not get me wrong it is not a street or jump specific bike so dont complain if thats what you do. It does what it was amde for, trails and freeride, and if thats what you do then it is the best. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Nayman
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 6, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | DVP | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclepath | | Strengths: | HELLA STRONG FRAME! Not bad stock components. Front shocks are decent but brakes leave a little to be improved upon. Good stock wheels and tires. Surprisingly light-feeling for such a heavy bike. | | Weaknesses: | Front shock is a touch short. Seat is a touch hard. | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Sasquatch, 125 | | Bike Setup: | Added Lexan Bashring, 8 inch Hayes mechanicals to the front, replaced chain after awsome blowout! | | Bottom Line: | Man, what an awsome bike. My first true love. If you are into dirt jumps (under 13 feet) and a nice mix of downhill and trail riding, this bike is for you. The 2005 is nice, but the 2004 is forever in my heart (and sternum... watch those landings) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dylan something
a Downhiller
from canada B.C.
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | road | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | 2000.00 | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | everything | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | crap | | Bottom Line: | i useed it for a week then everything broke evrything! peice of crap!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dylan M
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: January 3, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | urban freeride | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | colour looks great, very strong, agile frame, almost bombproof wheels, killer stock bars and stem, good shifting group, exellent all around bike | | Weaknesses: | cranks, broke them in a few months, forks are totalled, broke something in my front hub(not a skewer) headset cracked, dont like the kinetics,completely stripped the bottom bracket, pedals wear down fast, brakes need some adjusting to get a good feel | | Similar Products Used: | hucker, stp2, wolverine | | Bike Setup: | 2004 bigfoot, hussefelt cranks, soon will have manitou stance flows, dual hookworms, fr bb, new aheadset, possibly 26/24 doubletracks kona grips, evil supercharger | | Bottom Line: | the bottom line is this is a great bike, sre ive broken alot on it, but it is a adventure bike, not a huck bike, its a great beginers bike, for jumping and freeride, stock, its an xc bike. it will be set up for some serious street/freeride when im done with it, i suggest you replace cranks and forks if you want to freeride, cause they are xc, you will break them, and if you let the forks go broken too long they break hedsets and axles(i learned the hard way) overall a great begginers bike that will take 3-4 foot drops to flat out of the box, but you will want to eventually upgrade, this is a follow up to my earlier review | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
donato bisceglia
a Weekend Warrior
from port coquitlam, b.c., canada
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | flywheel (only trail i've tried so far) | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$950.00 | | Purchased At: | Cap's bikes | | Strengths: | Beefy,burly frame.You can tell right away that this thing can take alot. Nice geometry and standover height. Some people mention that the forks suck but they don't, at least for what they're meant for! They're for xc so don't be surprised if they can't take an eight foot drop or less without exploding! The rims are good for the price tag as well as the tires. The deore setup is nice and the cranks are so-so but i wish that it came as 2-ring bashguard. Again, it is an adventure bike according to Norco so the third ring is better suited on it. Brakes are average for the price but for me they have very limited stopping power and aren't good enough for what I'm currently doing. | | Weaknesses: | The seat hurts but all it really needs is some getting used to. I thought that the pedals were going to bend and warp on a four foot drop so that needs a change. Grips suck when you first get them but the more they're used the grippier they get! Don't change the handlebar it feels so right for the geometry and fork compared to others I've tried.The rims are on the weaker side so you might need to true the rims a bit more often. | | Similar Products Used: | '04 Wolverine, '04 Sasquatch | | Bike Setup: | Stock. I'll replace as parts break or wear. | | Bottom Line: | A good bike for the category it's in and a good beginner's bike getting introduced to easy to moderate jumping, xc, and freeride. I personally had the Bigfoot as my first mountain bike and as a beginner, I found that it was so easy to learn with and I learned so much stuff so fast that I looked at all the upgrades that I would have to do to match my skill level. I said to myself that if I'm crazy enough to put $800 of upgrades into this thing I might as well get a whole new bike. This resulted in getting the '04 Sasquatch which is like the Shore hardtail better cousin of the hardtail family. I love it and I recommend both of these bikes but mostly the Bigfoot because without it I would have taken twice as long to learn what I do now which would lead me into a new season with a bike that wouldn't be up to my standards. Ten flamin' chilis for this one. It deserves it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
hans
a Weekend Warrior
from perth australia
Date Reviewed: December 1, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Strengths: | My son has a 03 model so the 04 was an obvious choice for me, love the handling and climbing | | Weaknesses: | Few of the standard bits, fixed most of them, wheels heavy but look unbreakable so they can stay for a while longer | | Similar Products Used: | This is my first bike with suspension | | Bike Setup: | SPD's, continental explorers (wow what a transformation), selle italia seat, new bars | | Bottom Line: | VALUE++, never looked back or had any regrets and love it, fits me perfectly, 6'2" and 190lbs | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ian Smith
a Cross Country Rider
from Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 12, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Purchased At: | Olympia Cycle & Ski | | Strengths: | -tough, burly frame and rims
-excellent cornering
-shock is very good, stiff, but not too stiff
-you'd never think riding it, that it was a heavy bike
-discs stopping power is great, even with a heafty guy like me
-quality Deore derailures and levers
-awesome looking bike in rootbeer colour | | Weaknesses: | -the stock Kenda Kinetics are very high rolling resistance so they don't like hardpack and ashphalt. They also don't do gravel.
-hubs aren't Deores
-rear hub went way out of alignment after a month, but replaced under warranty
-it isn't very light, but you barely notice when riding
-discs go out of adjustment after wipeouts, but then, just don't wipeout!
-discs are noisy, but you get used to it
-paint chips easily
| | Similar Products Used: | Trek 4300 (my friends)
Giant Iguana (lighter, but doesn't do corners and the shock is way too soft) | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Norco Bigfoot in rootbeer with Shimano Deore derailures, Marzocchi MZ Race shock, Hayes Mech. discs, Alex MX-22 rims, IRC Mythos XC 2.1" tires | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for at a bike in the sub $1000 CDN range, take this one out for a test spin. Whether you are into XC, trekking or even free riding this is a great bike. Of all the bikes in this price range, it has some of the best quality parts. It's tough and burley so if you ride hard or are a big guy (like me), you don't have to worry TOO much. However, if you are into XC or are forced to ride on that ashphalt stuff more than you'd like to, like me, get faster, lighter tires. Overall, this is a great bike, hot at 5 chilis. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Weekend Warrior
from London Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Boler Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Two Wheels | | Strengths: | Awesome shock
dise brake took a while to brake in but in about a month they were tight.
light but strong frame | | Weaknesses: | Awesome bike, no weaknesses. | | Similar Products Used: | kona Shred
Norco Sasquatch
Norco Rampage | | Bottom Line: | good bike for street some cross country
easy for going up hills
awesome bike to just go have fun on it after work or whatever and thats the bottom line!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dane Conlon
a Weekend Warrior
from Edson
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Blank | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | united cycle edmonton | | Strengths: | frame, handle bars, brakes , and derailers | | Weaknesses: | forks and seat | | Similar Products Used: | specialized P2, oryx ______ | | Bike Setup: | factory setup see www.norco.com 2004 adventure | | Bottom Line: | Wow great bike i have yet to break anything but am looking to puchase better forks i have bottomed the mz race forks from marzocchi but they only have 100mm so ya. the customer service is good and i enjoy my bike, over all this is a great beginers bike! (im a begginer) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dylan M
a Weekend Warrior
from ontario canada
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | urban | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | frame rims shifters bars pedals brakes colour(rootbeer) | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | p.2 hucker, giant stp2 | | Bike Setup: | 2004 bigfoot(rootbeer) hussefelt cranks with e.13 bashguard maxxis hookworm(rear) maxxis highroller(front) lizard skins frame protecter contenental tubes kona grips and drop off triple forks with 8" hayes in front 6" in rear also a fsa pig pro downhill headset | | Bottom Line: | this bike rocks! this is a just a follow up to my other review, the bike still works awsome, but i have put new forks brakes cranks tubes tires and headset on it and this thing is a 4x/freeride/urban/dirtjump/dual slalom/ect machine! awsome on the sets, jumps, trails even, the bike is a perfect bike for a step up beginner because the bike(stock) will take a beating for quite a while until you upgrade, then it will do anything you want it to! for the people who say this bike isnt any good for jumping or drops, they are liars, even stok i can do 5 foot drop on it or a 13 foot gap dirt jump and the bike holds up, i would recomend replacing cranks first, then forks, then just make it yours! an awsome bike for almost any kind of rider! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
robbie c
a Weekend Warrior
from edmonton, alberta, canada
Date Reviewed: September 13, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | klondike cycle | | Strengths: | Frame, rims, bars, shifters, derailuers, tires, pedals | | Weaknesses: | Fork, cranks could be better, seat is kind of hard, but thats really not a big issue | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Wolverine | | Bike Setup: | '04 Norco Bigfoot, dark green/black, Fox Vanilla fork | | Bottom Line: | This bike is pretty much the best hardtail you can get for under $1000.... people say its not meant for jumps, my ass! thats all i do really, a lot of urban assault, and moderate trail riding. I hate the fork it comes with...Marzocchi MZ Race, its too stiff and according to Marzocchi its a XC fork. I replaced it with a Fox Vanilla 125 RLC, and it makes the bike 10X better than it is. The double sidwalled rims are so strong, i hit 4-5 foot drops and never had a problem with the rims. or the whole bike for that matter. I can honestly say that the worst thing that has happened was the chain fell off. wow, big deal. Overall, awesome ass bike, easily comparable to Kona DJ series. Putting on a bashguard and an 8" rotor on the front. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Me
a Weekend Warrior
from Van Isle
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$825.00 | | Purchased At: | Experience Cycling | | Strengths: | Shocks, Frame, Discs, Derailer, rapid fire shifting | | Weaknesses: | Bit heavy, not too fast on the road, Seat hurts a lot. | | Similar Products Used: | Pinnacle, Mountaineer, Katmandu, Scrambler, Wolverine, Chaos, couple Konas. | | Bike Setup: | Fenders front, rear. Otherwise stock | | Bottom Line: | People say that the weakness of this bike is that it cannot do 5 foot drops. My Honda couldn't go 4x4ing, ITS NOT A WEAKNESS, Norco rates this as an adventure bike, as in come nice trail riding, and a few small jumps. This is not a jumping bike, if you want to fall off buildings dont get this bike. If you love to go down to the river for a swim, or goto your fav park and ride, this bike rocks. I use it on the road too, and altho its not too fast, ITS NOT A STREET BIKE!!.
Bottom Line: >> This bike is awesome, good quality parts, good price. Dont let the kids used to $4,000 bikes bring your thoughts on this bike down. Its fun, go test one out! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Cam
a Downhiller
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: August 5, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$977.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Solutions | | Strengths: | Beefy frame, strong rims, 27 speeds. | | Weaknesses: | Cranks suck, no bashring, barely clears a 2.35 in the back. | | Similar Products Used: | too many | | Bike Setup: | stock except RaceFace Evolve DH crankset. | | Bottom Line: | Really good bike for the price, and if you're into freeriding, change the cranks, i stripped both arms. This frame has terrible tire clearance. the stock tire barely fits, I am planning to change to a 24" MTX rim with a 2.5 blue groove tire. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Greg Ferrara
a Weekend Warrior
from Grand-Falls, New Brunswick, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | jumps and bumps | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | toner bicycle shop | | Strengths: | The Frame is very solid,hayes mechs provide awesome stopping power,crank, big tires. | | Weaknesses: | The only weakness I've round with it was the fork. The MZ race is not made for jumps ,drops or freeriding.I did a 5 foot drop and I broke the fork right at the crown. | | Similar Products Used: | Hardrock pro, rockhopper,giant ac-1 | | Bike Setup: | dirt jumper 3 fork, bash guard, lizard skin frame protector, xtr crank. | | Bottom Line: | The only thing I didn't like about this bike was the fork and it has been replaced by a dj 3. It makes all the difference in the world and improves the bike imensely. This is THE best bike for the price . if ur looking for a solid ,reliable bike, the bigfoot is it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Phillip
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary
Date Reviewed: July 22, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Nose Hill | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$683.00 | | Purchased At: | Bow Cycle | | Strengths: | VERY strong frame, great components, comfortable riding position. | | Weaknesses: | Some riders may think the fork is a weakness. If they take 10 foot drops and such, they're right. So, if you're into that stuff, you're gonna want to upgrade the fork.
I'm not an extreme rider at all. I just ride all kinds of trails, don't do any tricks or anything extreme. So, the fork suits me just fine.
Besides that, nothing that can be adjusted. | | Similar Products Used: | My previous bike, a KHS crest. Specialized Hardrock Comp, Kona Stuff, Caldera, Norco Charger. | | Bike Setup: | Stock. | | Bottom Line: | I wanted an all-rounder. A bike that could handle anything I would throw at it. I got that bike. This bike is great for uphill, trails, even that trick sh** some of my buddies tried on it. I got this over the hardrock comp mainly because it had better components all over the place. The kona stuff didn't really satisfy my need for an all-rounder. It's a dirt jumper, which I imagine it's great at, but that's about it. The caldera was more of a XC bike, so it didn't satisfy the all-rounder requirement of mine. It was also too expensive considering the components. The Norco charger was a great bike, but the price was a bit too high, and I like the frame on the bigfoot more anyway. If I had the extra cash at my disposal, I would've gotten it.
Overall, this bike is great. Excellent value. Western Canadian made (that makes it ok... as long as it isn't made in the east, we're good), better components than similarly priced kona's and such. A great all-rounder. I highly reccomend it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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scott
a Downhiller
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$915.00 | | Purchased At: | Alpine bikes - Tisos | | Strengths: | bloody strong frame, nice ass rims and discs good forks for the money. | | Weaknesses: | Nothing realy, but a bash guard would be a nice touch. | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Sasquatch, Haro 8.2, Specialised Hardrock pro... | | Bike Setup: | Standard spec with husslefelt bash ring and tioga DH stem. | | Bottom Line: | Kick ass bike for not a bad price. I got this bike for DJ's and DH, basically freeriding, and that is what i would recomend it for. A hardcore bike built to last but the quality is obvious...it says "NORCO" on the side!
Ohh yeh and if you dont recognise the shop its in Scotland, a great Scotish firm with great service!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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brad hart
a Downhiller
from chilliwack, bc, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | something at Vedder | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Jacks Cycle | | Strengths: | Everything | | Weaknesses: | Nothing found yet | | Similar Products Used: | nuhtin ive tryed | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | this bike kicks ass. I am abeginner and just went out and bought the cheapest half decent bike i could find and i am amazed at the quality of this bike. Norco is the BEST and even better is they are made right here in canada | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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TOmac KINKAPU
a Weekend Warrior
from mississauga ontario
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | syntex(dirt jumps) | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | spokes 'n' slopes | | Strengths: | Descent frame (bike is 2002) nice seat and stem descent bars. | | Weaknesses: | Cranks, brakes (vee brakes), rims are very weak
| | Similar Products Used: | specialized p2, iron horse mach 5 | | Bike Setup: | single crown marazochi shivers on front, shimano disc brakes back and front, supra rim on back, 2.6 tire on front, Formula front hub, lizard skin frame protector. | | Bottom Line: | with all these products the bike is great, but a nice crank would really do it good along with some hayes meachs, or hydros. the bike is a good trail bike and a pretty stable dirtjumper/ urban assault. (we were doing 12 sets yesterday and it felt great!) overall the bike is for a gigger person looking for a great all around bike! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Brad
a Weekend Warrior
from Perth Australia
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Good frame, forks seem strong and reliable but not enough damping for serious cross country. Rims have'nt bent with 98kg to carry. Bottom bracket and crank seem ok; grease six monthly. Good value for money. | | Weaknesses: | Broken spokes on back wheel even though bike mechanic tuned the spokes a couple of times. Replaced back spokes with DT Swiss. Pedals supplied are'nt Wellgo in Oz but VP and I think they'll bend on a big drop off. | | Similar Products Used: | Old chrome moly Shogun. | | Bike Setup: | DT Swiss Competition back spokes with pro-lock brass nipples. Maxxis 2.1 inch back tire. | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for the casual trail rider. Good components and this frame is seriously strong, you can throw on better parts as you wear out stock gear. I recommend it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Philippe
a Weekend Warrior
from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Velo2Max | | Strengths: | EVERYTHING! From the back disk brake to the front one, nothing has given me much problems right now. | | Weaknesses: | The MZ Race fork makes me screams from time to time but it depends on how you use the bike, it does an extremly good job until you test someone else's bike with Dirt Jumper 2 or 3. You just don't buy this bike for the fork (who would anyway), and it wasn't made for you to think like that. | | Similar Products Used: | None yet | | Bike Setup: | As it sells | | Bottom Line: | For anyone who starts this is an *excellent* bike. Try not getting too hardcore in urban, I don't want to know what this bike would turn into. Definately the best bike of it's kind and price range, I highly recommend it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
william chen
a
from richmond,bc,canada
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | B LINE | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Cap's | | Strengths: | frame,brakes,everything | | Weaknesses: | colour | | Similar Products Used: | Kona Scrap,Norco Wolverine, | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | Extremely good bike because everything is strong especially
for the frame.Fork doesn't get bottomed out easily and
the price is really low for a bike like this.I might get Drop-off 2's maybe.but might not.This is the bike for the price all right.This bike is awesome!!!!!!!I will probably not get a new bike for 8 years maybe.Buy It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Will parker
a Downhiller
from Fort McMurrar Alb
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | the North Bush | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$825.00 | | Purchased At: | Sports Wize | | Strengths: | Beefy bike, tough, the shock dont bottom out easly | | Weaknesses: | the shocks could get a bit softer | | Bike Setup: | What it came with | | Bottom Line: | This is the best bike for under $1000. I would recommened this bike to anyone who is serious into biking hardcore, but doesnt want to spend a crap load of cash | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Brent Carsc.
a Downhiller
from Sudbury, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 29, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$929.00 | | Purchased At: | Pinnacle Sports | | Strengths: | Beefy frame, solid welds, HAYES DISC BRAKES, pretty much everything | | Weaknesses: | none so far, a little heavy but thats what you get with a beefy frame | | Similar Products Used: | None in this price range | | Bike Setup: | stock, planning on upgradin fork to a marzocchi JR T and maybe even the frame to a devinci hucker, but might not because this bike is awesome | | Bottom Line: | This is a top of the line bike at a mediocre price..... solid frame and amazing price, how can you go wrong, its a solid ride that has the amazing name of NORCO branded on the side, all norcos are solid and efficient. I love it, forks fine for what i do with it but the rims might give out on big drops. Not really slowed down by massive 2.35 tires. NOt really familliar with bike lingo seeing as its my first "big boy" bike that isnt from crappy tire.
NORCO has outdone itself in producing a solid beginner freeride, trail and shore riding, for a low price, i still cant believe it. GO NORCO!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Weekend Warrior
from Saskatoon, Sk
Date Reviewed: February 22, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Kona Cup | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$870.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Doctor | | Strengths: | Solid Bike, great Value
Good all around do everything bike | | Weaknesses: | No bash Ring, not the greatest cranks or fork, but for the money they're still good | | Similar Products Used: | Haro Escape 8.1 and 8.2, Kona Dj's | | Bike Setup: | Stock W/ ring god bash ring | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for the price, I'd recommend it for anyone who rides fairly hard but still wants versitility
And go to Bike Doctor! They back up this fine product with good service. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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