overview
RockShox Tora fork, with U-Turn, 80-130mm travel, and external rebound adjust - Fox Float R rear shock - Shimano M-475 disc hubs with Alex DM-18 rims and DT Swiss stainless spokes - 30mm riser bar and Kalloy AS-010 stem - Alivio front derailleur and shifters with Deore rear derailleur
usage
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dh race
Bikes built for professional or highly skilled riders for DH racing, hardcore freeriding, shuttling or bike park riding.
full-on freeride
Hardcore freeride bikes built for skilled riders riding technical Shore style, big drops, jumps and stunts.
all-round freeride
Hardtail bikes built for Shore style trails; freeride bikes built to climb and for BC style all mountain.
shore-trails
These bikes would be built for all mountain style BC riding, medium travel and weight for climbing but still ready for any technical decending, just not for big jumps.
all mountain
Lighter duty bikes built for all mountain, enduro XC, 24Hr style racing or just back country trail riding. No jumping or extreme riding.
specs
The following are the latest updates of specs for this particular model. Please note however, these specs are subject to change at anytime.
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technology
True 4 bar Horst Link design
4-bar linkage rear suspension with licensed FSR technology. Optimized for efficient pedaling. Forged rear dropouts.
Adjustable rear travel
Adjustable rear wheel travel: 116mm – 143mm (4.6 in. – 5.6 in).
Tubing
Lightweight frame tubing. Hydroformed down tube.
Standover
Curved top tube for reduced standover height (all frame sizes)
What is Hydroforming?
Hydroforming is a way of shaping a malleable metal such as aluminum into lightweight, structurally stiff and strong frame tubes. Hydroforming is becoming more widely used in the cycle industry, which makes use of the complex shapes possible only be hydroforming to produce stronger, lighter, and more rigid frame tubes for bicycles. This technique is popular with most high-end bicycle manufacturers and is also frequently used in the shaping of aluminum tubes for bicycle frames.
Hydroforming is a specialized type of die forming that uses a high pressure hydraulic fluid to press room temperature working material into a die. To hydroform aluminum into a bicycle frame tube, a hollow tube of aluminum is placed inside a negative mold that has the shape of the desired end result. High pressure hydraulic pistons then inject a fluid at very high pressure inside the aluminum, which causes it to expand until it matches the mold. Hydroforming allows complex shapes to be formed, which would be difficult or impossible with standard solid die stamping. Hydroformed tubes can be made with a higher stiffness to weight ratio.
What is Horst Link?
The Horst Link is a term for a four-bar rear suspension which attached the rear axle to the seat stay instead of the swingarm. Horst Leitner, the link's namesake, discovered that the design separates braking and pedaling forces from the rear suspension. Instead of chain tension and braking, causing "brake jack" or pedal "kick back", the Horst Link allows the wheel to move freely in a vertical path. In fact, the Horst Link will cycle up and down with the rear tire locked nearly as well as it will when it is rolling, because the axle is on the seatstay and the seatstay is "decoupled" from the suspension. A Horst Link design is often referred to as a "fully active" system, meaning it's free to compress and rebound at all times, both when the rider is in the saddle and standing up. Not only is the suspension independent from chain forces under pedaling loads, but it allows you to maintain an efficient pedal stroke since the suspension action has no effect on it.
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in the press
ROAM IN THE LOAM - Comfortably Numb - Whistler - words by Lee Lau
"The Norco Fluid is categorized as an all-mountain bike. I'd been more then a little skeptical and dismissive of what I'd thought of as marketing jargon before I tried the Fluid, characterizing bikes in this category as being mediocre at downhill and uphill. I've changed my tune quite a bit since my initial reaction and have found that well-designed all-mountain bikes, with their tweaked geometry, slightly longer travel and added versatility, to be incredibly capable on all sorts of terrain."
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2008 Norco Fluid Four
