![]() But that doesn’t guarantee that all bikes with this layout have good curves it can still generate terrible curves and suspension traits. Generally, the Horst pivot rocker link designs put all the suspension curves in a good starting range at the beginning of a bike's development. The yellow dots represent the pivots of the bike and the red the IC. The instant centre moves around in space as the links that define it move with the rear wheel. This ability to move the IC around in a bigger window opens up more options to adjust and balance all the suspension characteristics. As we move through the travel, this IC moves around in space, as opposed to being a fixed main pivot on the frame like the Commencal. With the inclusion of the Horst pivot it now means that the rear axle moves around a virtual point in space, called the instant center. Something that can make some faux-bar suspensions systems look like the four-bar system like the Sight, but have different curves and options for the engineers to achieve their suspension goals. Compared to last week’s single-pivot suspension design, there's a disconnect between the mainframe and the rear axle with the Horst pivot. The Sight uses a Horst pivot rocker link suspension layout, something tried and tested and also fairly common in its usage today, but with good reason. These changes work to keep the rider’s mass more balanced between the contact patches both when stood and seated. ![]() This is a standout point for Norco and the other manufacturers doing this. As the frame size grows, the chainstays get longer in 5mm increments and the virtual seat angle gets steeper. Norco is one of only a few manufactures to evolve their chainstay length and seat tube angle as the sizes change. The MetraSCAN is a 3D scanning solution aimed at shop floor condition in industry, where repetitive scans jobs are needed and potentially with much larger volume parts. ![]() Seeing as we had multiple bikes to do, one after another, Creaform’s MetraSCAN 3D was the tool for the job. But ever since a certain patent expired, we’ve seen a lot of companies adopt this design and there are good reasons behind this that we can see from the suspension characteristics it gives.įor the Sight, as well as the others we'll be doing in the future, we filled a van with test bikes from our local bike shop, The Factory in Fribourg, Switzerland, and headed off to Creaform’s French office in Grenoble. The Sight may look like a lot of other bikes at the moment from 100 yards, and that’s mainly down to the layout. Few brands do this, and Norco deserve a tip of the cap for it. They even steepen the seat angles as the sizes grow to keep the rider’s weight in a more balanced position when seated. Dubbed Ride Aligned, there is a focus on keeping a front to rear balance for all the sizes by growing the chainstays as the front end lengthens. One standout feature that Norco does is evolving their geometry as the bike size changes. Their Sight was bumped up in terms of travel and size for 2020, and it points more at the aggressive, downhill side of trail bikes. Norco is one of the larger brands in the industry to be adopting the properly long and slack mantra that many other companies say, but don’t deliver to the degree of Norco. If you’d like to go back and see what we looked at for our first trail bike, check out the Commencal Meta TR 29 analysis. Heading into round two of our Behind the Numbers trail bikes we have the 2020 Norco Sight. Maxxis Disector 2.Behind the Numbers is made possible by Creaform Portable 3D Measurement Technologies RockShox Super Deluxe Select+, RT DebonAir 2, MegNeg Air Can, Custom Tune, 210x55mm Shimano RT-EM600 203mm, Integrated Sensor Magnet SDG Thrice Lock-On, Thin (S, M), Thick (L, XL)įRONT: Shimano HB-MT410, 15x110mm Boost, Center Lock / REAR: Shimano FH-MT510, 12x148mm Boost, Micro Spline, Center Lock ![]() RockShox 35 Gold, 160mm Travel, 44mm Offset, 1.8 Tapered, E-Rated Shimano BR MT420, 4 Piston, Metallic Pads Conquer any obstacle with the powerful brakes, adjustable front/rear suspension and rapid shifting gears. Experience the thrill of the trail with Norco's Sight VLT A2 full suspension mountain bike! Equipped with the Shimano latest EP8 motor, you will be able to soar over the terrain with ease.
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