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Description:frame: Strategically shaped al tubing, square to round tapered mainframe, disc mount
fork: Suntour XCT-75, 75mm travel
headset: CH-281, threadless
cranks chainguide: Suntour XCC-150, 42/34/22
pedals: Wellgo LU-P9 DX, resin
chain: KMC Z-72
freewheel: Shimano HG 30, 7 speed, 11-28, Cassette
front changer: Shimano FD-C050, 31.8
rear changer: Shimano TX-51, direct mount
shifters: Shimano EF-50
bar: MTB riser, 30mm, 25.4mm
stem: Short reach alloy
grips: Norco 130mm Krayton
front brake: Hayes MX-4, mech, 6" rotors
rear brake: Hayes MX-4, mech, 6" rotors
brake levers: Shimano EF-50
front hub: KT disc, 36 hole
rear hub: KT disc, 7spd cassette, 36 hole
rims: Weinmann double wall, 36 hole
spokes: UCP black 2.0
tires: Vee Rubber, 2.35
saddle: Norco Adventure X custom
seatpost: Norco alloy micro adjust 2 bolt, 27.2, 300mm
sizes: 12.5, 15, 17, 18.5, 20, 22"
colours: N/A
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Submitted by
Josh
a Racer
from Perth, Western Australia
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Goat Farm | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Melenium cycles | | Strengths: | Nice frame, Sick disk brakes. pretty much everthing exept for the suspension. | | Weaknesses: | Front Suspension | | Bike Setup: | 2008 Norco Katmandu with snafu pedals. | | Bottom Line: | Great bike but suspension needs to be replaced for a serious rrider | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Dan
a
from Canada
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Fresh Air Experience | | Strengths: | Good Overall Ride, Nice Frame, Good Price For people with a budget. | | Weaknesses: | pedals, more beginner fork (looking to upgrade to a Rock Shox or Marzocchi Fork), Derailleur (looking to upgrade) | | Bottom Line: | If you have a budget but want a Norco Bike this is what your looking for. It would need upgrades for a Freerider or Dirt Jumper. Overall Good Bike But looking to upgrade | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Matt Brus
a
from Red Deer
Date Reviewed: October 13, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | kananaskis DH | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$450.00 | | Purchased At: | United Cycle | | Strengths: | strong frame, good geometry,good for the everyday bike around town person.Awesome Hayes MX4 mechanical disc brakes | | Weaknesses: | plastic pedals were a bad idea. Bars are weak and they bend after too much DJ,drops etc. i can bottom out my forks easy. | | Similar Products Used: | none im a 12 yr old beginner but i have demo'd my friends specialized P3,KHS DJ 50 and a Kuwahara Anvil | | Bike Setup: | Katmandu with 2005 marzocchi dropoff triples (sweet forks) | | Bottom Line: | People say that the bike completely sucks but really its not bad depends on the riding you do. it is a good bike for the person who doesn't dirt jump, freeride, downhill,street, or any hardcore riding. Like i said I am 12 but i can bottom out forks easy.doing 4 ft drops is not comfortable with forks that bottom out super easy. If you have the money and time replace forks, bars, pedals and any other problems.do it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Erik St-Gelais
a Downhiller
from Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 23, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$405.00 | | Purchased At: | Sportwheels | | Strengths: | First ill mention its a 2007. I got it because I was on a budget, I do some dj and it can handle that. I'd consider it almost bomb proof for XC. It's taken anything I can throw at it, even more than I can handle lol | | Weaknesses: | We'll, nothing really, its a Norco, what can I say? | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Mountaineer | | Bike Setup: | Stop, except for a chain stay protector | | Bottom Line: | If you want a cheao bombproof XC bike, and dont mind that it weighs 34lbs, go for it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Matthew
a Weekend Warrior
from Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Eagle Place/Cockshutt Bridge Area Single/Dual Track | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | Cyclepath, Brantfrod | | Strengths: | Good frame, brakes stop bike on a dime, fast tires with good grip on dirt and gravel | | Weaknesses: | Noisy derailer, uncomfortable saddle, slow on pavement | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | stock so far | | Bottom Line: | Fun bike to ride, but don't expect to be doing too much in the way of jumping or extended descents. Made for riding trail, and does a nice job of it. Pain in the rear to ride on the road however. Change the saddle if you plan on doing a lot of extended rides. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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a Weekend Warrior
from York Region,on,CA
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | High Hills | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$518.00 | | Purchased At: | Spoke O Motion | | Strengths: | very light weight, good disc brakes, good for begginer fork, smooth gear change and more | | Weaknesses: | pedals are plastic and no guard protection | | Similar Products Used: | more than can name | | Bike Setup: | very simple | | Bottom Line: | this is a great bike to buy for anyone. its built to strangle the toughest terrian and i love it. its perfect for a trail rider who pushes a bike to the limit, is cheap to buy, and just plain perfect. I would recommend it to anyone. You shouldnt buy it you want to go cliff jumping or some intense dirt jumping. the go with a full suspension or an upgraded version | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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brandon
a Downhiller
from halifax, nova scotia, canada
Date Reviewed: September 29, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | fitz patrick mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | sportwheels | | Strengths: | it was 2006, so it was pretty good. i like the frame, nice and strong. kenda kinetics are good. seat is comfortable. also pretty good rear derailer. | | Weaknesses: | handlebars bend like a madman and stem is pretty bad too (changed), pedals plastic (changed), fork is only good for XC and i use it for mostly dj and FR (changed), rims are bend (changed) can't put back disc brake on it. it could've came with better front disc barke (changed)
crankset(changed | | Similar Products Used: | wolverine, rival, ryde, havoc (all better) | | Bike Setup: | 2007 katmandu frame
truvativ hussefelt stem and bar
front wheel: sun ringle single track, shimano deore hub, kenda nevegel, avid juicy ultimate disc brake
back rim: sun ringle double wide rim, shimano deore hub, kenda nevegel, Avid single digit ultimate V-brake.
fork: rock shox pike 426
pedals: odyssey JC pedals
cranks: race face diabolous DH
fork: 2007 marzocchi 4X
shifters: sram X.7 trigger shifters | | Bottom Line: | i was a beginner at start and i was kid, so it was good for me. the thing i like about it is the frame, so all the people who are beginners, this is the bike for you. because the specs are good, until you grow out of it. then they're not so good. now that i built up my bike, i'm loving it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
steve
a Racer
from alabama
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | walmart parkin lot | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | skiis and biikes | | Strengths: | the fact that it moves | | Weaknesses: | everything, the brakes scream like a bag of cats being swung against the wall, the frame snapped in half so I ductaped it back together it works even better than before | | Similar Products Used: | 2003 canadian tire x-volt (sweet bike), 2005 supercycle hooligan | | Bike Setup: | 2004 norco krapmandu | | Bottom Line: | i've riden canadian tire and walmart steel frame beasts that are better than this pile of crap i dont know y i even bought this lemon I guess it was the slick salesman at skiis and biikes that talked me into buying it | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dawson Clark
a Weekend Warrior
from Coaldale, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Coulee's | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$430.00 | | Purchased At: | Ascent Cycles | | Strengths: | Frame, Front Disc, Shifters, Rims, Tires, Handlebar,seat, Back V-brake,Chain. | | Weaknesses: | Pedals, Derailers, Forks | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing im a begginner | | Bike Setup: | Stock But with Odyssey jim Cielencki pedals. And Altus rear deraileur | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for any begginner. After a while the plastic Wellgo bmx pedals break. So you have to get new ones. The stock 2006 comes with tourney derailers so you have to replace those. I've got Altus so okay but i am going to upgrade to an Acera or Deore.
FORKS.
These are the only things i am not happy with the suntour XCU need upgrading. Im thinking Marzochi MZ II's
Really Bottom line: Great Bike for beginners Once upgraded great bike for anyone. Cheap and sturdy | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Scott Roder
a Weekend Warrior
from Ohio
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Amesh Paridise | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$350.00 | | Purchased At: | Bob's Norco Store | | Strengths: | nothing | | Weaknesses: | everything
including forks | | Similar Products Used: | crappy $100 bikes | | Bike Setup: | bad preassambald | | Bottom Line: | it suck, forks bottem out on me 1st day, even the $100 dollar dyno bikes last longer then this crap, will go minues in rating, but can't. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jonathan Parkin
a Downhiller
from B.C.
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | lost oakley | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Shop | | Strengths: | Nothing that is stock. | | Weaknesses: | Derailers, forks, tires, everything else.... | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing. | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Norco Katmandu with dirt jumper 3's and hydralic 8 inch disc brakes. | | Bottom Line: | It is only good if you make it good. Get new forks and brakes and derailers and you can turn it into a o.k. dirtjumper. I really like my combo of stuff and it was pretty cheap. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Damion klavinsky
a Weekend Warrior
from Lethbridge,Alberta,Canad
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Coulee track | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Ascent cycles | | Strengths: | Frame,Rims,Tires,Chains pretty good | | Weaknesses: | Shifter, Forks,Derailers, pedals and grips | | Similar Products Used: | nothing | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | Definetley needs new shocks bottemed them out jumping so definite replacer. The 2006 model has tourney derailes those definitely ned upgrading. Apart from that an excellent bike for begginers with a relatively low price | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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jim barnard
a Downhiller
from arkansas
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | cow field on my farm | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Strengths: | nothing | | Weaknesses: | everything | | Similar Products Used: | cow | | Bike Setup: | horse | | Bottom Line: | totally disregard DON MACMILLAN'S review because it sucks. I've bin ridn this bike for more than 3 years and its awful. I thru it in the waterin hole. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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John Billage
a Weekend Warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: February 9, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$380.00 | | Strengths: | Durable kenda tires pretty good shifting system, isnt really heavy | | Weaknesses: | The fork couldnt be much worse this thing will bottom out anytime. Im tall and the frame angle doesnt help. Plastic pedals | | Similar Products Used: | Norco Mountaineer | | Bottom Line: | This bike isnt very good in i think is strictly for beginners or flat trail riders. If you get this bike upgrade the fork as soon as possible because its junk. Dont go off jumps unless youre really good because the fork would be able to handle it. You get what you pay for | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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don keyhotee
a Racer
from My backyard
Date Reviewed: February 2, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | albemarle tract | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint (where price is NOT the point) | | Strengths: | none
PIECE OF SH*T | | Weaknesses: | -frame is crap
-fork split apart
-seat post broke and i went anal on me (hint hint)
-handlebars snapped in half at stem
-cranks and wheels bent and teeth on gears broke
| | Similar Products Used: | Norco VPS Team | | Bike Setup: | not the katmandu, that's for sure | | Bottom Line: | -you have to to a complete and utter idiot who gets sucked in by slick sales guy at your local Skiis and Biikes to buy this f*ck fest
-you have to be about as sharp as a sack of wet mice to buy this because every part on it broke
-spring for the extra 200 bucks and at least buy a Norco Storm or Rival
-I would have rated it negative chilis but the lowest I could go was ONE FLAMIN' CHILI! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Don MacMillan
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Strengths: | Really comfertable seat ok v-brakes, pretty good cranks. | | Weaknesses: | The fork is awful and the frame is heavy. Bad frame angle | | Bottom Line: | This bike is ment for mostly moderate cross country riding as well as light all mountain. Dont buy this bike if you do jumps because the fork will probably bottom out. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan Cook
a Cross Country Rider
from Port Coquitlam BC Canada
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Crystal Falls | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Strengths: | Frame, Brakes, Tires, | | Weaknesses: | Handlebars Bent After 2 Weeks, Rims, Derailleur, No Bash Guard For Chain Ring, Forks | | Bike Setup: | Stock Except Handlebars I had To Replace (Easton EA50) | | Bottom Line: | Good Bike But Definitely Needs Upgrading, The Frame Is Very Strong And Light. Definitely Change The Handlebars, Rims And If You Can Afford It The Forks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
luke
a Downhiller
from sussex, nb , Canada
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Bluff | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$425.00 | | Purchased At: | darlings island bike shop | | Strengths: | the frame isnt bad | | Weaknesses: | the front fork!the axles | | Similar Products Used: | gary fisher bigg'ns | | Bottom Line: | if you are looking at this bike thinking that u can get this bike as a cheap jumping bike, well ur right about one thing, it is cheap, too cheap!! the bikes fork is way to soft for the size of it. and the quick release axle, well lets just say that i broke it jumping off a curb.im not into xc but i tell you, that should not happen. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Bryan
a Weekend Warrior
from Brandon canada
Date Reviewed: March 7, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Brandon hills, Crocus, River trail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$465.00 | | Purchased At: | A&L | | Strengths: | bike has a beefed up frame that can withstand almost anything. only 31 ibs. the bike is great for jumping and trikin' around on. has a resonable price. and because its so light it is very easy to get "BIG AIR" off the smallest of jumps. | | Weaknesses: | the fork that the bike came with sucks big time and is for strictly beginners or panzies. you should probably put bigger shocks on if you are tryin bigger stuff. the sr suntour m-3000 can handle not much i personaly used the suntours for about a year and by the end of 'em i was bottoming them off 3-4 foot drops - not good so i ripped em off and put on a marzocchi exr pro which are great but cost $360 canadian - ouch | | Similar Products Used: | trek 4300
trek 3700
norco wolverine
| | Bike Setup: | norco katmandu with marzocchi exr pros and bash guard. near seat aswell | | Bottom Line: | this is a great bike for people who ride a lot and for beginner riders but if "souped" up this can be a great bike for anyone especially those who try everything they see! great for dirt jumps and also can be used as a cross country mountain bike with panzie riders.
put a new fork on or you may get hurt tryin anything good. frame and new 100mm + fork can take an 8-9 foot drop before breakin and thats the shocks. the frame will never break and if your crazy enough to try any thing big enough to brake it you shouldn't be riding this bike you should be riding a bike that i sure cant afford. lol i rate her 4 out of 5 but with my marzocchis shes a 5/5.
DEFINITELY NEEDS A NEW FORK
(:!!!!have fun with her!!!!:) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve Hamm
a Weekend Warrior
from Saint John
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Darlings Island Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Durable aluminum, durable tires (kenda kinetics), easy shifting between gears, breaks work well when wet, looks great, great price! | | Weaknesses: | once in a while the gears make a funny sound (between 1 and 1), brakes squeek a little bit (not really that noticable), paint scratches pretty easily, BMX flatpedels ( they are plastic). | | Similar Products Used: | Mele, Norco Kokanee, just about any Rocky Mountain. | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | Overall great bike. i really love it and ive only taken it out a few times. I got it for a great price because it was on sale. The store forgot they had it because when the got it, it was behind other bikes and no one saw it. anyway, it looks great. i got it in grey because, well, it looks really cool. i plan to buy new parts for it, including Marzocchi Dropoffs (which i believe will do it a great deal of good). anyway, go see for yourself. its affordable, works well, and you will always see people walking by staring at your bike :D | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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