Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Yikes thats a full 1.5kgs heavier than my xl Pole Evolink running 29er wheels.
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2020 Norco Optic C1
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moorey
call me Mia
I can’t help think that Norco are pranking us. Or using the frames to smuggle 2kg of heroin into the country, that they will retrieve at first service.
Spike-X
Grumpy Old Sarah
What the shit? My 2017 27.5 A1 is only 14.2 (taken from the very scientific method of standing on bathroom scale, then standing on the bathroom scale holding bike).Rode the new A1 tonight. Admittedly it wasn’t set up for my weight...and 29”....but it’s scratched my itch for a new bike. Was over 16.5kg out of the box, and while it was nice, it wasn’t what I had in my minds eye.
Daniel Hale
She fid, he fid, I fidn't
they’re canadian, surely it’s maple syrup
moorey
call me Mia
Made in Canada? I think not.
Duane
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Yes his 2019 27.5 was around 14.5. They obviously don't want any warranty claims for cracks, these new ones are beefy.
Jpez
Down on the left!
Good point! These frames are probably solidified maple syrup! Hhhmmmm maple syrup.
Assembled in Canada. The Taiwanese are a clever bunch. I’m sure they can make bikes from maple syrup.
So it's a touch over 12kg with hope brakes and xtr pedals. I'm a bit sus on the digital scale from Deal Extreme that's been kicking around in my tool box for a while, I weighed my Carbine 275 and that was 10.8 and I'd put it at 11.5 ish so maybe a realistic weight is 12.5 ish
Just did 25km on it and after setting the sag to 20% it's pedalling a lot more efficiently and feeling much less like my Gary Fisher Roscoe from 2006. The tyres are so slow up Hills with incredible rolling resistance, but fuck me they are good on the way down; I could just tip it in to corners that previously would be a bit squirrelly on my Spider 29.
Xtr shifting finally lives up to the hype but I still have to sort out the missed shift issue.
Xfusion dropper already fucked stuck in the up position, I'll have to pull it out and see what the story is.
Minion SS, Wolf tooth dropper remote and better grips arrive tomorrow so with any luck that will sort the rolling resistance and fucked dropper.
Just did 25km on it and after setting the sag to 20% it's pedalling a lot more efficiently and feeling much less like my Gary Fisher Roscoe from 2006. The tyres are so slow up Hills with incredible rolling resistance, but fuck me they are good on the way down; I could just tip it in to corners that previously would be a bit squirrelly on my Spider 29.
Xtr shifting finally lives up to the hype but I still have to sort out the missed shift issue.
Xfusion dropper already fucked stuck in the up position, I'll have to pull it out and see what the story is.
Minion SS, Wolf tooth dropper remote and better grips arrive tomorrow so with any luck that will sort the rolling resistance and fucked dropper.
Pedals on, I don't trust the Chinese scales either.
Litenbror
Eats Squid
Fill a bucket with 10L of water and see if it says 10kg, should give you an idea of if it's accuracy.
moorey
call me Mia
Don’t use a Chinese measuring cup.
Temperature plays a part in water weight. Albeit a bees dick.
Litenbror
Eats Squid
At what pressure? Post up the steam tables.
moorey
call me Mia
Litenbror
Eats Squid
I'm going to assume he isn't weighing his bike underwater or over 100 degrees C so will go with 1 atm.
Using the scientific water method at 23c the Chinese wonder scales are 15% under so it's about 13.5 kg which seems about right.
I'd like to get a kilo off it but short of filling the frame with helium I think that's not a realistic goal.
It must be a 6kg frame set from my calculations, no maple syrup or coke spotted yet but I'll keep looking
I'd like to get a kilo off it but short of filling the frame with helium I think that's not a realistic goal.
It must be a 6kg frame set from my calculations, no maple syrup or coke spotted yet but I'll keep looking