2013 Norco Sight 3 Review

Norco Sight 3 $1885 MSRP. When the trail is ups and downs as far as you can see, you need an uber-capable rig like Norco’s Sight 3. Its hydroformed aluminum frame and 140mm of Fox-powered A.R.T. rear suspension combine to create a ride that scales steep, techy grades and surges down gnarly descents. Dial in your perfect ride with a RockShox Sektor Solo Air fork and rally through rock gardens with a grin. The 10-speed Shimano Deore drivetrain shifts with precision in all conditions and sturdy Alex rims and meaty Continental tires tackle the tumultuous terrain. A wide Norco handlebar and short stem increase control and dial up the fun on this great bike. Throw a leg over a 2013 Sight and see for yourself.

Ride and handling :

Grab the monster 760mm bars and appearance down at the bulging two.4in tyre and you recognize all you would like to grasp concerning the Norco’s intentions. This extremely may be a bike that begs you to travel quicker, push a little tougher and check out stuff you would possibly not be entirely certain concerning.

Although the Sight’s tubes look quite slender compared to some bikes, there’s no shortage of chassis stiffness to back your silliness up. The X-King tyres aren’t the foremost sharply treaded, however they’re fairly grippy underneath most conditions. lots of volume and a friendly rounded profile means they’re terribly sure, that counts for lots.

There are not any tricks or gimmicks to the suspension, with an easy, gently-progressive feel that balances performance over tiny bumps and management on massive hits whereas still holding a helpful mid-stroke. The Sight three isn’t quite as spirited because the dearer two – a number of that’s the less complicated shock, though the additional few pounds is a minimum of as vital.

We dear last year’s Sight, and therefore the most cost-effective model in 2013’s vary is good too. Norco has unbroken all the key qualities of the Sight at a lower cost, and still managed to come back up with a great-value components verbal description.

Frame and Equipment:

Norco use identical frame across the full Sight vary, though they don’t all get identical shock. the three features a Fox unit with a CTD lever, however it lacks the Boost Valve found on the dearer models.

The main tubes area unit as swoopy as most up to date bikes, however the foremost helpful tube shaping may be a very little less obvious: the seat tube is heavily manipulated, incorporating a rocker pivot and clearance for the direct-mount front mech on the chainstay, whereas maintaining sensible seatpost adjustment (it’ll go all the method down with alittle trim). There area unit guides for a pipet post too.

You find a good a lot of refined little bit of tube shaping at the ends of the seat and chainstays, with clevis-style pivots fashioned into the stays themselves, instead of welded on. A compact rocker linkage drives the shock, that is mounted to the most frame simply higher than all-time low bracket in a vicinity that’s already beefed up for pedalling. There’s conjointly a series guide mount down there for straightforward fitting of chain guides.

The Sight three comes with a triple chainset; during this case the Deore-level Shimano M552. The Shimano theme continues across the transmission, with principally Deore kit bar the SLX front mech. 2.4in Conti X-King tyres provide lots of volume and a decent mixture of high grip and low rolling resistance, though they’ve got wire beads that doesn’t do the load any favours. Still, the Sight sneaks in underneath the 30lb mark (with lots of scope to travel lighter), that is spectacular for a £1,650 140mm bike.

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