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NORCO
Cycling is our sport, our relaxation, our meditation, our escape. It's our friends, our family, our people, our culture. It's our state of mind, our way of belonging. Cycling isn't just an activity, or even a lifestyle; it's a way of being and thinking, a way of viewing the world that is uniquely shaped by two wheels.
Your Norco bike will change your life, never doubt that. It will turn your friends into your family, reshape your priorities, and transform the way you approach the challenges of life. We understand; we ride too.
For almost as long as Canadians have been riding bikes, Norco has been making them. For greater than four decades, Norco has been reinventing how Canadians look at bikes – and how they ride them. In order to keep ahead of the pack, we draw on the knowledge of our factory team, staff riders, and design team to create bikes that we simply love to ride.
There aren't too many places in the world where on your doorstep you can freeride down world-class trails, do a 200-km road ride, take a cruiser along the sea wall, or get dropped by a float plane into remote areas for an All Mountain epic. Being based in the Pacific Northwest, our backyard is both our playground and testing facility.
Many would think that with all the possible riding opportunities available, nothing would ever get done. Sure, we ride...a lot...but we're equally passionate about making quality bikes for real-world trail conditions and riders. Every minute that we spend out on the road or on the dirt goes into making wise decisions on the product we build.
Just take our line-up of Dirt and Street bikes for example. They were originally developed because a core group of staff riders would hit the park and dirt jumps every free moment they could find (including lunch hour missions to the local secret site just down the road). The same goes for our Thursday night road crew, a group that heads out for road rides through the Fraser Valley. The evolution of both cycling and cyclists has created the 2010 Norco lineup. Continuously pushing the boundaries of tradition has resulted in the new Forma, our women's specific line that includes both freeride and hardtail bikes. Look closely and you will see continuous refinement and improvement on all our models.
If you were to ask any of these Norco staff why they do it, they'd probably just shrug and say it’s because they love riding. But, it’s really more than that. It's about commitment and heart. Whether it's creating award-winning bikes, bringing innovations to the industry like front-suspension geometry designs, or supporting grassroots and trail building initiatives, the people at Norco have always maintained the same spirit – Cycling is dynamic; pushing the traditional boundaries of the sport allows for continuous innovation and a superior bicycle product. At Norco, it is all about the ride.
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