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Submitted by
scambler
a Cross Country Rider
from Vancouver Island BC Canada
Date Reviewed: November 16, 2009 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Strengths: | real fun.. cheap!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Weaknesses: | disk brakes heat up easily, but not too bad | | Bottom Line: | good bike for a good price, upgrade the grips because they will brake. upgrade the seat, too cushy. preforms as well as anyother hard tail mountain bike under 800$ great value.
Good buy for a mountain biker not wanting to spend alot of money, good intraductory bike | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jacob
a Weekend Warrior
from ontario canada
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | minessing | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$489.00 | | Purchased At: | smith cycles | | Strengths: | frame,forks and bars brakes | | Weaknesses: | deraileurs axles spokes rims tires grips pedals | | Bike Setup: | chrome moly axle and difrent pedal getting grips soon | | Bottom Line: | decent bike for work dont jump it if you do get better axle cause they brake so easy and watch out for the derailleurs rubbing on the spokes | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sub11
a Weekend Warrior
from Santiago, Chile
Date Reviewed: August 23, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Alpes :) | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | Belda (Norco Chile) | | Strengths: | -Stiff frame, nice design and color
-Good brakes, excellent braking power
-Rims ok but a little heavy
-Charming aesthetic | | Weaknesses: | -Tires
-7 speed gear, hate it but it's a cheap machine so it's ok
-components too much heavy! | | Similar Products Used: | Only customs :P | | Bike Setup: | Completely modified: Revelation 426 fork, easton XC two wheels, kenda nevegal/excavator tires, SLX/XT 9 speed gear, KCNC/Easton components, Fizik Gobi | | Bottom Line: | Original bike is functional, works great for its price, if you love the frame as much as me you'll upgrade your bike soon... the only thing really hard to accept is the shimano 7 speed gear, for God sake it's 2009!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
NathanStruthers
a Cross Country Rider
from Frankford, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Calabogie | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Doug's Bicycles | | Strengths: | Strong Frame, Rims, Handle Bars, Pedals, Crank, Headset, etc. Very light. Great Cross Country hard tail. Very durable, and able to climb very easy, Good price for quality of bike. | | Weaknesses: | Hand Grips, Pedals, Tire Tread. | | Similar Products Used: | The Scrambler is a much higher quality of the Pinnacle but they are simmilar. | | Bottom Line: | Great bike. A deffinant buy for any beginar X-country biker. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Wolfman988
a Downhiller
from London , ON. CANADA
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Road | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | first cycle works | | Strengths: | Frame : light weight and VERY strong. I am 300 lbs and 6'3 i ride to work every day and have been in 2 biking accidents one involving a car. and the frame has held strong.
Handlebars: good height and riding position again I'm 6'3 and have a 20' bike and it is very comfortable to ride every day and night.
Brakes: Amazing! I love to FLY downhill and at a moments notice the brakes respond and can stop you fast, some times too fast.
Tires : Good. but not the best out there, I have left the front tire and upgraded the rear to a 65 psi tire for street use. much better but loss of grip is VERY noticeable. Front tire is just fine.
Gears : Meh. So far they have done an OK job but the sprockets have actually Lost some teeth and the shifting is very tricky I have actually lost some gears from time to time from the derailer getting too close to the rear spokes( pos. crash related) but it gets the job done. And Plenty of gears to chose from. | | Weaknesses: | RIMS : Upgrading soon. the original double wall rims are STRONG but weight is a factor and @ 300 + they will bend and lose true quickly. but for regular riders they should be ok.
Grips: SUCK!. Get new ones ASAP!
Seat: SUCKS !. Again get a new one ASAP.
peddles: Cheep. But they work. use $ to get other stuff first.
Shocks : Cant say. they worked good for the month i had them but they got totaled in crash with car. | | Similar Products Used: | other bikes priced might be similar.
But i have tried the Canadian tire and Walmart bikes in the price range they don't stack up even close. | | Bike Setup: | Frame: stock 6061 aluminum.
Shocks: ROCK SHOX dart 1
Tires; Front Stock. Rear KENDA K-rad 65psi. Street tire.
Seat: Serfas E-Gel
Gears: Stock (upgrade Soon)
Grips: Comofo 3 Gel grips. AWESOME.
Brakes: Stock
Rims: Stock (upgrade) ?
Other : X-TRA DRY mud guard.
| | Bottom Line: | This is AN AWESOME bike!!. As in most products " you get what you pay for." If you can afford a $1,000 bike go ahead and get it but for the regular rider that needs a good bike for work and back. (And the occasional romp off road. This is it! Again I'm 300 + lbs and 6'3 I ride to work with an extra 30 lbs on me and this bike has held up AMAZINGLY!!! i have honestly gone through other bikes in a week! and this is my second season on this bike.
Norco is a good brand and no mater what you plan to do with it you can always slowly upgrade it piece by piece. if something is not good enough, upgrade it. I got my bike for $500(CAD) I think. and 250$ to fix/upgrade after a crash. i'm still well under $ 1000 on my bike and i have easily got a bike that is worth every dollar.
GOOD BIKE GET IT>! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kyrillos
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 25, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$389.00 | | Purchased At: | The Cycle Shoppe | | Strengths: | Excellent maneuverability, great fork and a lovely frame shape. Breaks have ample power and are very smooth. Long pedal cranks provide lots of power. Rather lightweight for a bike with disc brakes. Low rolling resistance tyres, yet grippy enough on trail uphills. | | Weaknesses: | Slow shifting mechanism. Another gear wouldn't hurt (it comes stock with only a 7-speed Shimano hub). | | Similar Products Used: | '02 Norco Katmandu | | Bike Setup: | Stock w/ steel pedals. | | Bottom Line: | Great beginner cross-country inspired bike. Even though the fork is only 75mm travel, it's more than enough for the bike's intended use (which is mentioned on one of the shock towers: "Leisure Cross Country ONLY"). So if you're looking to catch some big air or hit the trails really hard, this is not a bike for you. I use it for some spirited cross-country biking and the thing I love most about it is how maneuverable it is! Got it on sale for $399CAD down from $499CAD because it's an '08. IMHO excellent value for the price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Carmen
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver BC
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Central Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | used, off Craigslist | | Strengths: | I'm 5'4" and this bike has a fairly upright riding position, which I find preferable to being hunched over. | | Weaknesses: | It's a bit heavier than I care for, but that doesn't slow me down once I'm riding. | | Bottom Line: | I bought a 2006 17" scrambler via Craigslist. For its intended use (city/light trail) this bike is great --- the ride is smooth, the front shocks take out the small-to-medium bumps, the gears give you lots of options for dealing with hills or going full-speed, the tires are smooth enough to not slow you down on pavement yet grippy enough for everything up to forest service access roads, and the brakes stop you good and quick. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Martha C
a Weekend Warrior
from Newfoundland
Date Reviewed: May 21, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$449.00 | | Purchased At: | TNT Bicycle | | Strengths: | None yet, haven't had a chance to use it yet! | | Weaknesses: | Seat and pedals. | | Similar Products Used: | Raleigh and Schwinn | | Bike Setup: | Had tires changed to 26x1.75 Nokian's at the shop. Glad I did after reading your reviews and hope these are better than the ones that came with the bike. | | Bottom Line: | At Norco's website they mention the Scrambler's usage of light/trail city (5 stars) and moderate/trail city (2 stars). This bike seems to suit me as I won't be doing anything extreme, mostly road going. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
miguel branco
a Downhiller
from calgary, alberta, canada
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Hawkwood ravine, Canada Olympic park | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$580.00 | | Purchased At: | Bow Cycle | | Strengths: | Fork, light good frame, reliable tires(their temporry) | | Weaknesses: | -the petals need to be replaced with the steel
-seat could be better
-handlebar
-grips wear fast | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Katmandu, Bushpiolit, Bigfoot, kompressor | | Bike Setup: | Shore freeride seat, specialized enduro grips, crome wellgo petals, Marzochi dirt jumper 160 mm trave fork
Kenda Nevegal tires, Del noche handlebar, Suntour rims, mortar seatpost...... basicly pimped except the frame and yea... | | Bottom Line: | A good beginner bike. in total, i spent around 2000 dollars pimpin' this thing and now it rides better than anything out there and i';m not kiddin'. Just try to make some improvements on it like i did and not mine is better than a: norco rampage, Manik, bigfoot, kompressor, Kona Scrap,shred, specialized rockhopper comp disc..... you probably get the pioint. if you don't wanna spend alot on pimpin an 'ok' bike, than i sudjest a SPECIALIZED P.2 | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nathan ...
a
from ontario
Date Reviewed: March 15, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | non other that the road for this bike | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$489.00 | | Purchased At: | bikeland | | Strengths: | descent 6061 aluminum frame and hays mx2 and mx4 discs. | | Weaknesses: | everything that i busted (spokes, rims, fork, derailer is snaped in half, pedals are a joke, and the rotars wear down realy quik). | | Similar Products Used: | sport check, walmart, and canadian tire bikes | | Bike Setup: | 2006 marzocchi dirt jam pro fork (fits the fram well), real peddals lol, alyvio derailer (mutch better than tourney yet still very inexpensive), all the rest was stalk. | | Bottom Line: | i only baught the bike because i was so overwelmed by the fact that norco sold a new bike for this cheap. however it is not a very good bike for its value. through out the winter i put a bit of mony into the bike just to get it bake in running condition for my dad to use as a light xc bike. if you want to get your moneys worth buy a used bike from pinkbike.com i just baught a costom built freeride/dh bike with a value of over 2000 new. i baught it used for 450 and its in near perfect condition. taking my addvice will save you time and money. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daryl
a
from Sashatchewan
Date Reviewed: October 10, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Strengths: | comfortable seat, good forks, good hand grips | | Weaknesses: | havent used it long enough to know | | Similar Products Used: | deparment store bike | | Bike Setup: | stock, i think.....
| | Bottom Line: | so far i like the bike and am glad i bought. i would recomend it to a friend | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ryan booge
a Cross Country Rider
from saskatoon saskatchewan canada
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Every Trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$460.00 | | Purchased At: | Phoenix Sports | | Strengths: | Frame, pedals, and the front suspension. | | Weaknesses: | Rim and spokes. Also my feet already slipped on the pedals when it wasnt even wet. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Factory | | Bottom Line: | I havent used the bike much but I like the lightness and the grippy handles. It is a bike for the average joe that likes to just go for a stroll. But if your a hard core biker that bikes almost every day I would suggest somthing worth a little more. I know I like mine but if I biked all the time I would go for something a little better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
oudzo
a Cross Country Rider
from edmonton alberta canada
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | river valley | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$421.00 | | Purchased At: | Sports Shack | | Strengths: | Definintely the frame | | Weaknesses: | Rims | | Similar Products Used: | Rode Raleigh, Giant, other Norco's | | Bike Setup: | 22" frame, replaced wheels, crankwheels, put on last year's mechanical disc up front. | | Bottom Line: | I weigh 221. I am 61/2 feet tall. I had put over a thousand kliks on before changing worn, bendable, low-end parts. For 420 bucks, this is a sturdy,upgradeable frame: -- having spent @ 700.00 on original bike AND upgrades, I now have a tough hardtail that I have raced and commuted upon for two seasons and really couldn't be happier with my decision. I couldn't find a "finished" bike for the money I've spent. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shawn
a Weekend Warrior
from Halifax, NS, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Sportwheels | | Strengths: | Solid frame. Best derailleurs in price bracket. Comfortable saddle. | | Weaknesses: | Rims. | | Similar Products Used: | Haro V1, Specialized hardrock. | | Bike Setup: | factory | | Bottom Line: | For less than $400 CAD, there was little else out there with components as good. Frame is real solid. At 6'3" 245lbs, the 22" frame didn't wooze to and fro like others i tried. That leads me to the rims...pits ... constantly bent. Definitely not a pro quality bike, but price is about the same as the tax of a high end bike. Overall, Great value, but rims need to be upgraded.
Pros and competition guys stay away ... weekend fitness gurus lookin for some mud and trail without drops and jumps, its a great value. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ty
a
from Canada, Vancouver Island
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Blacks cycles The best shop around | | Strengths: | the tougness of the frame is unreal. Strong reliable and nice and light for good cross country riding. But also strong enough for some freeriding and jumping | | Weaknesses: | none | | Bike Setup: | scrambler frame, Manitou axel fork, shimano cranks derailers and drivetrain. Alex 101 rims and kenda tires blackspire big ring protector | | Bottom Line: | Great all around bike awsome investment | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dustin Seib
a
from Battleford
Date Reviewed: November 5, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Pee Gee Man | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Phoenix Sports | | Strengths: | Frame is light. grips aren`t bad. | | Weaknesses: | Brakes don`t stop great. Fork is extreamely stiff and has little travel. Tires do not have great grip and wear fast. | | Similar Products Used: | Cheap Wall-Mart bikes. | | Bike Setup: | 15' scrambler frame, alex x2100 rims, shimano deore rear derailer, acera dront, djIII fork, rapid fire shifters, free agent pedals, raceface evolve dh cranks, truvativ gigapipe bb, avid bb7 disk brakes. | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for getting into sport. Ok frame to throw parts on. I wouldn`t reccomend this bike to serious cyclers or freeriders. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ian morisson
a Racer
from alberta ontario canada
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | the trail by the park | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Purchased At: | gregs bikes | | Strengths: | there are not very many stregnths for this particular product the grips are ok and the seat is coushiny but this bike is a big disapointment | | Weaknesses: | the norco scramblerhas plenty of weaknesses the forkes and too lose they are no good for xc riding. the shifters and the derailers are total crap, i was extremely disapointed. the pedals are too slippery when its wet your feet slip too much every thing about this bike is a weakness. | | Similar Products Used: | gary fisher and cannondale | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | this bike is the biggest disapointment that i have EVER SEEN. never buy this bike dont even buy it if you get paid to. this the worst bike i have ever road in my life | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jason renolds
a Racer
from toronto ontairo canada
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | cock burn trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$550.00 | | Purchased At: | cyclepath | | Strengths: | i really did not like this bike it dose not reach my expectations of a hardtail xc bike | | Weaknesses: | who ever designed this bike should get fired it is worth nothing i would rather go to walmart and get a better bike | | Similar Products Used: | specialized p.street (loved it untill it got stolen :( | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | this bike can suck my sweaty balls i think that i am going to leave it on the street some day and get my parents to buy mea a new one. its not even worth stripping the parts off of because i might get $10 for them i wouldent be worth my time. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Stineburger
a Weekend Warrior
from New Hampshire, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | The Yellow Brick Road | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$567.00 | | Purchased At: | Spoke O' Motion | | Strengths: | Ummm....can't think of any. It has wheels which can turn and allow for some minimal rolling. | | Weaknesses: | Brakes, frame, front fork, back fork, handle bars, gears, gear shifters, pedals, front and back derailers, tires, rims and spokes. Pretty much everything about this a bike is a weakness. | | Similar Products Used: | Any bikes purchased at Canadian Tire, Sears, The Bay or Wal Mart. Some similar barnds are CCM and Super Cycle. | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | This bike is terrible. Overall it is no more than a piece of scrap metal on wheels. DO NOT EVER BUY THIS BIKE< IT'S A TOTAL RIPOFF! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike Eastwood
a Downhiller
from toronto ontario canada
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | the treasure trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | spoke o motion | | Strengths: | -none
- if you are lucky this bike can get you from point a to point b. | | Weaknesses: | everything this bike is horible if you want to use this bike for anything other then riding down the street to get to a friends house. you have mistaken. | | Similar Products Used: | canadian tire religh, and the ccm heat | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | This bike is a piece of crap i was a dumb ass to spend $500 on this bike all of the conponents are really horible you should save your money and get a better bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
yo yo
a Cross Country Rider
from creighton
Date Reviewed: June 15, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | none | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$420.00 | | Purchased At: | bike doctor saskatoon | | Strengths: | the frame | | Weaknesses: | the fork, derailler, crank, b/b, rims, tires, handle bars snaped and brakes dont work to well | | Similar Products Used: | bushpilot | | Bike Setup: | stock except rims are dm-18 | | Bottom Line: | the bikes good for anyone who doesnt jump or ride hard | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a Weekend Warrior
from Brandon
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Strengths: | Good Frame, light...ish, not bad componets | | Weaknesses: | Some of the components arent that good, Rims and tires have no traction, bent rims daily, Brakes slide in wet weather | | Similar Products Used: | Wolverine, Bushpilot, Katmandu, Scorcher | | Bike Setup: | Stock | | Bottom Line: | Not a bad bike for the price. I just bought it cause i couldnt afford a better one right away, so i used it for practical use. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
t y
a Downhiller
from vancuver
Date Reviewed: January 2, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Strengths: | nothin | | Weaknesses: | nothin | | Similar Products Used: | nope | | Bottom Line: | good bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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