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@larrytate1657

4 жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks for the vids. I have the same rear shock on my new Cannondale Habit, I’m a heavier rider 235, was big into lifting a long time before biking. Anyway my sag is going down past the 40 Percent marker a lil. They recommend 20 to 25 Percent. I tried adding air but my stupid shock pump only goes to 150 psi but the shock says it can go up to 325 psi. Think it’s just matter of continuing to add more air to get less sag? I just ordered a new shock pump that goes up to 300. Thanks

When is the sponsor norco vid coming out

I love how you're casually chatting (12:40) as you cross one of the most amazing features I have ever seen in a biking video. That skinny/line/bridge is incredible!

@mrvwbug4423

4 жыл бұрын

That says a lot about the bike if he's calm enough to have a casual conversation on that feature.

@conundrum196

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Looks so epic, even on video!

@nicom4996

3 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@51249ca

2 жыл бұрын

Check out 14:02 too

Sight: *has 160mm travel* “Hopefully they’ll make a long travel version.” Me: *cries in 100mm*

@mojaverc1585

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Jones same haha I need more travel I and bottoming out on every little thing😂 but thats fine. I am very happy with my bike.

@stevenbrideau3741

3 жыл бұрын

Me on my Trek Marlin lolol

@abccanada6248

3 жыл бұрын

@@mojaverc1585 that could be set up. I bottom out my 200mm gt fury downhill bike more then i bottom out my 150/160 yt jeffsy (trail bike) both of them are on factory suspension its just set up differences

@mojaverc1585

3 жыл бұрын

@@abccanada6248 yeah i need some of those spacer thingos or whatever to make it harder as it goes through the travel. But i am considering upgrading to a fox 34

@EthanAdey

3 жыл бұрын

Mine is half a inch in back

There are lots of bikes you should have bought 😂

@cooperwinter852

4 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Livermore exactly what I was thinking 😂

@themagicillusions

4 жыл бұрын

There’s no bad bikes these days so really every bike in the Enduro/trail category should be the one he bought

@noahward9445

4 жыл бұрын

The correct number is N+1.

@VanCan

4 жыл бұрын

Noah Ward N+10*

@thepedalsadvocate7389

4 жыл бұрын

Nice looking bike. NORCO is a brand on my top 3 radar.

cleared the skinnies so casually, crushed the downhills. great riding and commentary (as always)

That was good. Casual coffee chat while absolutely shredding. All the norcos are very nice this year. Theyve got a hell of a design team. Sight is definitely a standout. GL with your choice

That’s absolutely awesome. Please keep it coming! I always enjoy your content!

Amazing skills! Love that you keep calmly talking while riding incredibly fast over the big stuff 😂 Great videos!

Im loving watching u try out different bikes n seeing what u think of them instead of what bike companies want u to think. Handy for me since we have similar terrain and riding style.

Shredding! Love the commentary mid line when you weren’t talking at 14:00 I was like this is gonna be pretty heavy and it was great review all round making it look really fun

My wife and I just bought our first bikes from Kinetic Cycles. Both aluminum sights 😋

I've got a 2020 Sight C2 29, and its the best bike I've ever owned, pedals really well, descends like nothing else, so stable, very poppy when I need it to be, plows through everything when I need it to. Also I've put the STFU chain dampener system on and its dead silent now

13:26 my bike with negative grip: so, you have chosen DETH

@AbideinChristFully

4 жыл бұрын

looks like 2x speed

I love that you are talking calmly as you are doing death defying features

Started watching you recently and I love ur vids, keep it up 👍🏻

Cool review! I just ordered a Sight from my local shop and it's an XL 29er but it's running the fork at 170mm so it has an even slacker head tube angle (Norco's enduro racing team did that this year) and in the women's C2 colour even though it's a men's XL

Enduro chattery? Wow... mine has a 38 and dhx2, set very close to Fox rec's and it's a magic carpet that floats over everything. The traction on loose baby-head filled trails is incredible.

Nick, I thought I was indecisive until I started following you on KZread! Damn man lmao 😂

Bike even sounds solid, love that. Always messed my mind when I could hear things on my bike, mental game when I raced.

You are an amazing person and I believe you will surely overcome the challenges before you. Good luck.

I almost forgot to pay attention to what you said about the bike, cuase I was so amazed watching the trails. And you are such a good rider, it's amazing how you continue to chat like your sitting at the coffee table while going down the most gnarly terrain 😎 And starting at 13:20 I first thought you sped up the movie ... boy that's fast!

Those trails look awesome! I love my Sight, it does everything so well. I liked it so much I bought a second one for the Mrs!

Maybe it's just my imagination, but haven’t seen you shreddin' with so much fun for quite some time - you could really feel that instant confidence w/ the Sight 😎 Anyway, just leaving a big 'thank you' for all that great content and you being so humble 🚀🚀🚀

Love your videos keep up the good work mate 👍

Next Video...Norco, my new frame sponsor! 😂 great video as always! 👊🏼

Nice ride. NORCO is on my top 3 bike company radar.

i really like your vids. they help me inprove on moutaine biking i also ride vancover and i love mt seymour

I just bought the Norco Fluid, which is similar but for trail riding novices like me. 120/130mm travel is just fine as I don’t see myself doing any Park riding or major hits at all for a while

Sick trail , sick rider , respect!!👍

I have a 2018 norco range, I think these new norcos look amazing and would love to get one in the future... maybe a new range as you said 🤔😌

I prefer the gimbal view. Great video! Your skills are progressing BiG tIMe!!!!!

I can’t believe the length of that ladder towards the end. Great video mate. I have a 2020 sight.

Norco Sight geo seems very similar to the Transition Sentinel which I love. Great riding!

I like the look of that Norco, reminds me a lot of the Transition look.

Quick thing, you said it was a 63.5 head angle but the 29er version is 64

Norco has done amazing work this year

Was looking at the Enduro, but as most of my riding is all mountain, plenty of flats / climbs / descents, that peddle ease sounds good. Want something that hits harder than an XC on the down but still moves.

I agree with many points the author makes in this video. Same size bike and it loves the down hill and is buttery smooth. I am 220 lbs. The only drawback is ground clearance issues even with the shock at max air pressure. I'm thinking about a coil shock with a beefy spring.

I have an optic and a sight, the optic is great at climbing and snappy trails, but the sight, my glorious sight, built it with fox float and factory and the thing just trucks downhill completely embarrassing bikes that cost 2 or 3x as much. It climbs reasonably then chews up every chunk or speedy singletrack I can find. Fantastic bike and do recommend.

I got 1 last week, so far I’m loving it.

Those trails look so fun

I just got the Norco range a2 2020 and it has 180mm in the front and 160 in the rear (27.5 version) and it runs so good, you should really check it out

Happy Birthday, hope you have a great day riding trails

Love ur vids

Liking before seeing the vid

I also have a new enduro and when I first got it I found it to be pretty chattery, I sped up my Rebound quite a bit and i find it felt a lot smoother and quicker or more playful than with slower rebound.

Good riding footage

Dream bike! Aluminum version for me hopefully soon

I have one , or should I say had one. Waiting on a new frame atm . Sure hope it holds up better then the day and a half of riding I got outta the first one.

Love your channel

@VanCan

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Another informative vid 👍 would have been interesting to hear what you thought if you hadn't of known how much travel it had before hand 🤔

I bought this bike in May 😁 looove it

4:35 haha that's a good one i live in Arizona and its 107 Fahrenheit rn

Great job

You need to do a demo of the new norco shore looks like the perfect bike Van Can

Me personally for what I ride the rider I am I would be more suited to the optic but the sight is still nice 👍

Nice video man! Just wanted your thoughts as im looking at a Sight A2, im 176cm/75kg and cant decide between the medium or large.

Dude, you rode Boogie Nights like a pro there

I definitly think you should use more time to get your suspension dialed on your enduro. I have the enduro comp version with the rockshox super deluxe select+ and I had to max out the voume reducers in the shock and add a bit more pressure than recomended for my weight. The backwards axle path is pretty sensitive to how you setup your bike, and I've heard that if it has to much sag you will not feel much of the benefits of the design. I found the sweetspot at 28% sag but this might me different for your shock.

That was a great ride on the bike I'm seriously thinking about. Wow, your ride skill can only be described as some kind of Zen / Jedi ! @5:55 I just wish to confirm what your saying about the suspension set-up and "the ride line that you use" ??

Please do a video on a Capra 29. Would be so interesting to know how it compares both to your old Capra and to the enduro

VanCan could entertain me while he is eating.

@judyzilinski7163

4 жыл бұрын

he has hahaha

Haven ridden both the Warden and Sight which would you prefer if you were going to run 27.5 wheels(I know you only rode a 29er Sight but 27.5 is also an option)

I'd suggest trying setting it up anyways with the Norco ride aligned then ride it like for a bit. Then redo it from scratch but set it up with how you would set it up. Then ride it for a bit. Worth looking at doing that

2020 sight is epic I have one

Have you thought about putting a Fox Float X2 on your Enduro? I’ve heard great things about that combo 👌🏼

I'd love to have those trails at home😍

Go get a forbidden druid and see what you think. I've been going nuts trying to decide what my next bike should be. Really like the norcos this year but the druid just talks too me.

@mrvwbug4423

4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't really have enough travel for the north shore. If you really are interested in the Druid, that is what Eric and Yuka are riding this year, it's taken some getting used to for them as they were both on Norco Ranges previously so going from a 180/180 travel enduro monster to a 130/140 travel trail bike.

@ianw3811

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrvwbug4423 Lewis Buchanan races EWS on it. Unless you're pushing for Strava times 24/7 or racing, "not enough travel" shouldn't be a problem as long as you can have fun riding. Even if you're racing, if Lewis can race on it, it shows the bike is up for the job. Also, the 140mm rear will feel like it has 10mm more travel with its high pivot suspension design as the rear axle moves out and away from the BB. Slap a 160mm fork on it, and you're set for almost any terrain.

@lubbas666

4 жыл бұрын

Would also love too see some more reviews on this beast

@altank8

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrvwbug4423 I disagree, the suspension design makes it much more capable than the numbers would suggest. I know bcpov and yuka have had a stiff fealing but their bikes far from tuned and the suspension platform really comes alive at speed from what I've read, also the frame is suppose to be super stiff, that sort of stuff takes abit of getting use too. Anyway, This not enough travel thing is irralivant as soon as someone jumps on a hardtail.

@deanemberley2333

4 жыл бұрын

alan coster hard tails don’t make sense on a lot of rough technical trails. Many like myself started on hard tails and moved up to FS. As an older rider they simply beat you up.

The Enduro feels chattery partly because it has really high anti-squat numbers (something like 120% through most of the travel). That will mean it will give lots of feedback through the pedals when going over bumps (i.e. it will feel chattery). The upside of the high anti-squat is that it climbs well. Interestingly, since it has anti-squat over 100%, it will actually bob up on each pedal stroke. I have ridden an Enduro a couple of times and it's definitely more chattery than my Remedy, but it also climbs much better.

You should try some short travel bikes!! I have a dh bike and a trail bike, i love riding both (although nothing beats a dh bike in pure speed)

ive been smashing a used 2017 norco aurum and its just been perfect

If you get a chance to try an Orbea Rallon I'd love too see a video of it, best bike I've owned so far.

Thx

Nice vid mate, would you prefer the Carbon or Alu?

You certainly have skills! I think with different bikes and travel, there is a compromise some where. Ideally, we should all have 4 mountain bikes: A hard tail, a trail bike, an enduro bike and a DH bike. Since that is not always possible, the first compromise is to have a DH capable Enduro. Still need that trail bike.

Great video, if you can now do a comparison with a transition sentinel. That would really help me. 🤣

@armata6530

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@judgeschmales33

4 жыл бұрын

Been on the sentinel v2 for a few weeks now, took some getting used to, but after a pnw road trip (I'm in Tahoe), it's now an extension of me. Seriously leveled up on the trip, hit features (drops mostly) that I've been eyeing for awhile but couldn't work up the nerve for. The new rig brought serious confidence, new hits feel calm and collected.

I was waiting for a video titled like this from you. I get the feeling the Enduro isn't panning out to be everything it was hyped to be? You've been demoing a lot recently and I don't think that's just for content for the channel 😉

I love my sight. It shreds

What suspension do you like better. Your fox set up on the enduro or the rock shox lyric/ super deluxe on this Norco sight?

Where are you riding? Those trails look amazing 😍

good review, good riding but I can't see myself looking that trail.

Yeah you should've gotten it, my friend got the 2020 specialized enduro and I just got the 2020 sight, honestly the sight is way better priced and better ride

@eden4x4

3 жыл бұрын

What makes the Sight better? (I'm asking as a 2020 Sight A1 owner)

I rode the Norco Sight at Outerbike in Bentonville in 2018. It was one of my top two favorites. I just struggle with the question: “Was it the bike? Or was it the ride/particular trail I road?” Great bike either way.

@VanCan

4 жыл бұрын

This is the new one! Pretty much a completely different bike than the 2018 model.

Accidentally found the coolest thumbnail if you freeze frame at 13:39 (when the bike is tilted under compression)

Hi VanCan, how would you compare this and the Capra you had?

I bought a Santa Cruz megatower and you should of got that instead because you can throw it around and it really agile.

What mountain is this? And what trail starts at 12:40 (the big skinny) and the one following (flowy with berms/jumps)? I must go!

I've got a 2005 Norco Bigfoot. I'm happy with it. 😄

“The bike I should have bought” More like the bikes I should have bought

How do you cleat that big table on pingu? I always gone up 2 meters short

13:20 Wow, nice run! Seemed like a couple close calls but you are a very skilled at those high-speed berms. Looks like you may have bottomed on that big jump? It was fairly harsh but you recovered well. Again, very nice.

I literally know nothing about bikes, I started doing xc biking like a month ago and I’ve just used some bike my dad gave me. yet this is still super interesting in a weird way

Have you been able to check out the 27.5 Sight? I think that requires a video too

It makes more sense for you ride to be on a Canadian bike built for those trails. Just saying I think it's a good fit!!

Great vid man! I love the sound of the Optic and I'm thinking of getting one but then I watched this and am now like "ooo, just a bit more travel... maybe I need that!" Tough call but I think I'll go the sights way. We don't have much to compare to a double black here in western Sydney 😭

try the bold unplugged🤘🏻🔥

Did you ever try a bike from propain? They are a German brand and started selling bikes in the US and Canada. I would be interessted what you think of them :)

Get a new shock for the Enduro. I'm running the Fox float X2... Feels way more plush than the DPX2.

Could you please compare the Rocky Mountain Instinct BC edition?