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Sight is going to be a dedicated platform rather than shared with the range. I'd have to think the current sight is going to get cut.
If you're using a multitool on every ride you need to improve your maintenance routine.
I think I use my multi tool once or twice a season... What are you using it for on every ride? I'm genuinely curious.
Its going to be the Sight with the Bosch CX motor.
The current Sight/Range ebikes were made in very small quantities because of the weight issues, should be out of stock soon.
This feels like subtle hint Transition is making a sidecar.
Blink twice if that's true.
That will be weird as making a mold for a bike that will be in market for less than a year is very much unheard of (though those bikes are hideous imho).
No argument on needing to improve my maintenance routine...a lot of the on trail adjustments I make should totally be things done at home
But it's still pretty often...probably most often is me tossing my multi tool to a buddy that needs it...then things link adjusting things after a crash, checking some bolts, adjusting seat height, adjusting b tension, tightening a spoke, etc
If I had to guess, this would be the new Bosch system giving them a hiccup. Information probably wasn’t made available to them by the time they had the 2024 bikes in production.
New system uses a completely different battery. 800 MAH for this new Sight, and this bike is supposed to be significantly lighter. Almost 10 pounds lighter than the current model! (Claimed)
Were the old Bosch motors + batteries super, super heavy, or was it just Norco's bike design? I've heard that the new SC with same gen5 will be 22-23kg, and that's with a 600wh battery. That's 48.5-50 lbs, so the same weight range as the current Heckler EP801 with 720wh battery. So it doesn't seem like the new one is particularly light. Maybe the new form factor is problematic too (would explain SC going to 4bar)?
It’s my understanding that this battery being so large and significantly lighter, allows them to integrate the frame design a little better. The current Norco’s are designed where the battery slips out right under the motor.
These new ones you have to remove the motor to get to the battery. At 800 MAH, the reasoning is most people won’t want to swap batteries mid ride with that much range.
New Sentinel
Assuming not much is changing besides frame storage on carbon models?
But when?
The last rumor I read said 9/25, but that was yesterday and was clearly wrong.
I think it’s the last bike I’m waiting for before I decide what I’m gonna get.
Enhanced
its more the fact there isn't a member to connect the chainstay and seatstay at or near the seat tube, meaning the rear isn't a triangle that gives it away
You should post what you know about the bike then
Dropout pivot above the rear axle, like Rocky's Smoothlink designs from 10 years ago (the years/age doesn't infer a dated design...). I wonder if we still hold the patent for this feature.
You guys kicked off the steep seat tube angles with that bike. Remember putting a 36 on one of those?
The real reason for in frame storage....
I'll just leave it here.
Everyone -"SC are just so boring and generic these days"
Santa Cruz-"Hold my protein meal replacement shake"
"We know our e-bike customers don't care or even know what VPP is so here's a bike that says SANTA CRUZ on it."
(Am I too cynical?)
Is this suspension platform going to be exclusive to the e-bikes… or will the new Megatower have a similar layout?
I feel like a big driving force behind a lot of the branded suspension designs was the FSR/Horst Link patent closing off the use of the best layout to other brands; now that protection has gone a lot of brands have adopted that layout. It would not surprise me if more brands move towards the classic 4-bar layout as it's a versatile solution. Not sure if Santa Cruz will be rolling this out over the whole range just yet.
Seriously, the transparent marketing just hurts. SC makes nice bikes, VPP is nice, long link four bars are nice, but the cognitive dissonance in marketing messages is fatiguing.
Man I have never had enough cash to consider a santa cruz, but the fact this one has a "legendary collet axle" is really making me consider it.
All jokes aside, they are taking a huge decision to go 4bar, to "make the best ebike we have ever made", but couldn't be bothered to figure out how to fit the 800Wh battery that only weighs 1 extra kg in there?
is it close enough to the battery and/or motor that they act as a burrito warmer?
If true it's wild that the Sight VLT will have gone through FIVE different generations in the same time the YT Decoy's mould has not changed at all. (which is a testament to the fact YT got it right on the first try)
My 2020/gen 2 Sight VLT was a total POS. Broken chainstays, broken rear axle head, wire harness issues, horrible frame protection and paint, battery weight too high on downtube, too long chainstays (458 and they made them longer the next gen!). Hope they get it right because I really like Norco and they were great to deal with directly for warranty since my local dealer went out of buisness.
Ugh, SC using the term "pedal bike" as if cyclists weren't bad enough at naming things with things like "clipless pedals".
Bosch is dropping their embargo on the new motor on Monday. Get ready for a flood of new ebike launches for product you cannot buy for another 6 months.