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Norco 2001 VPS Shore

MSRP $ 2900.00
# of Reviews 7
Average Rating 4.71/5
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    Submitted by mark a from fort langley, b.c., canada
    Date Reviewed: February 22, 2006
    Duration Product Used:Less than 1 month
    Price Paid: $800.00
    Purchased At:private seller
    Strengths:rugged frame incredibly strong
    Weaknesses:tire clearance
    Bike Setup:Completly different front end. JT 150mm, Shimano Decore Disc brake.
    Bottom Line:Great bike nothing wrong with it except tire clearance, but one tire size smaller (currently 3.20] would make all the difference.
    Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

    Submitted by Craig a Weekend Warrior from Toronto
    Date Reviewed: November 5, 2002
    Favorite Trail:Disneyland
    Duration Product Used:1 Year
    Price Paid: $2500.00
    Strengths:Great frame, Stong components, telescopic seat post, great front fork, wants to go fast
    Weaknesses:Norco could have been a little kinder and added the RC instead of R, but otheerwise this bike is soild
    Similar Products Used:Kona: Stuff, Roast, Stinky Primo Rocky Mountain: RM7 Rm9
    Orange:222
    Bottom Line:Great bike. Tough strong and wonderful specs. When i bought the bike i was kinda sceptical, but now i am very happy with the product.
    Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

    Submitted by Paul Adams a Downhiller from Auburn,New Hampshire,USA
    Date Reviewed: August 20, 2002
    Favorite Trail:Fast and steep
    Duration Product Used:2 Years
    Price Paid: $1500.00
    Purchased At:Used
    Strengths:Stiff frame,plush ride, Nice and light front end for wheelie drops.
    Weaknesses:Wheels.Broke the rear swing arm downhilling.But no problems from Norco to replace it. Also crappy tires with no side grip.
    Similar Products Used:RM7,Pipeline,Kona Stinky
    Bike Setup:Stock except for Mobster 2.5,Double wide rims(rear).Grany gear/bash guard, taken off for downhill racing.
    Bottom Line:Great all around bike with the granny gear on it. It worked very well at Mount Snows NORBA downhill.
    Value Rating:5Overall Rating:4

    Submitted by SuperStar Skippy a from ontario canada
    Date Reviewed: August 6, 2001
    Favorite Trail:Waterdown East Side
    Duration Product Used:6 months
    Price Paid: $4000.00
    Purchased At:Factory Direct
    Strengths:no flex, lots of travil, almost zero peadal fead back, unbreakable, smooth travil, awsome parts spec.
    Weaknesses:crap rims, dumb ass stem (that aways moves on me when i do 10 foot plus drops), but other than that, u cant beat it.
    Similar Products Used:the vps family, santa cruze bulit, brodie 8 ball, Giant dh bike, balfa.
    Bike Setup:pritty much stock : super t's, funn stem and bar, grip shift 9.0, hayes 8", fox rear shock. Things i changed : profile cranks!! mavic d521 rims, and gazzilodi tiers.
    Bottom Line:the bomb. cant beat it. it makes a sweet ass freeride hucker bike, and yet i can still race it dh and win. it is not huge, but not small. eats all american bikes alive.
    Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

    Submitted by Dylan kisola a Weekend Warrior from ONTARIO.OTTOWA
    Date Reviewed: July 23, 2001
    Favorite Trail:Mother goose
    Duration Product Used:More than 3 years
    Price Paid: $4500.00
    Purchased At:NONE
    Strengths:frame is awsome.The shoxs can servive 20 foot jumps
    Weaknesses:none
    Similar Products Used:none
    Bike Setup:none
    Bottom Line:none
    Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5

    Submitted by Trevor a Downhiller from Prince George, BC, Canada
    Date Reviewed: July 15, 2001
    Favorite Trail:Learn to Fly
    Duration Product Used:6 months
    Strengths:Tough as hell-has a tendency to make you feel like superman. Handles better than a squirrel monkey too. Gotta love the Super-T, North Shore cranks and ESP shifting.
    Weaknesses:Those rims suck ass...not completely, but I hate them. For the cost of the bike I won't be replacing them for a while, but make damn sure your spokes are tight cuz they fold like nobody's business if there's the slightest bit of slack in even one spoke. Also check your cranks every ride cuz they have a bad habit of coming loose. DMR chainguide has a wimpy roller arm that likes to bend and make your chain skip, which is a huge piss-off when there's lotsa mosquitos around.
    Similar Products Used:2000 Norco VPS 2, RM Pipeline, RM6, Kona Stab
    Bike Setup:Pretty much stock except for new rubber(the motoraptors aren't bad but they wash out way too easy)-next year this bike will see the team DH linkage, doublewides and a bigger fork(not sure which one yet).
    Bottom Line:A killer deal. This bike eats up anything. Don't buy this bike unless you live in BC-the gearing and setup are perfect up here but will suck ass if you're gonna race DH or if you live in places like California etc...but man, this bike is awesome.
    Value Rating:5Overall Rating:4

    Submitted by Andrew D. a Downhiller from Richmond bc Canada
    Date Reviewed: June 5, 2001
    Favorite Trail:flying circus
    Duration Product Used:3 months
    Price Paid: $4800.00
    Purchased At:cyclepath
    Strengths:everything, wheelies, drops, dirt jumps, down hills, run offs, trials (althoough mushy) this bike will do it all, stiff frame, no flex, awsome warrenty, super t's with super heavy springs ++++ helps on those 12 footers
    Weaknesses:*poopy* chain guide, neva keeps te chain on, and i broke the rear swing arm on a 7 footer = ( , but it was fixed promtly
    Similar Products Used:bullit, big hit fsr pro, kona stab(sux), brodie 8ball, devinci max, uzzi slx, brodie devo, gt dhi, and all its vps bro's
    Bike Setup:super t's, better team dh swing arm for more tire clearance and travel, double wide rims, bigger tires( stock 2.4) and hard grips
    Bottom Line:this is a hard core canadian, american eating bike, it eats north shore like it were cake (hence the name), super stiff zero flex frame, weighs alot (i mean alot) but climbs better than ur neighborhood xc bike, bike rox, best birthday present ever!!!!
    Value Rating:5Overall Rating:5






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