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I guess you are right about this I forgot the range wasn’t the same set up. Whoops.  Never claimed to be the smartest in the room...

I guess you are right about this I forgot the range wasn’t the same set up. Whoops.  Never claimed to be the smartest in the room lol. At the end it’s still just a high pivot. Weather is 4 or 6 bars it’s super similar. 

“In the end it’s just a high pivot”?


What are you on about? It’s either high pivot or regular pivot. Do you want a pivot below the bottom bracket?


In the end, it’s just a bike, it’s super similar. 

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I did, but that’s just all marketing talk. It uses the same suspension system.  So in theory, it is just an updated Norco range  The range...

I did, but that’s just all marketing talk. It uses the same suspension system.  So in theory, it is just an updated Norco range  The range never accommodated a 75 stroke shock so I bet you they just made some pivot adjustments.  There’s 1 million designs you could do for a bike. It just seems odd to me that they settled on the exact same design as the Norco range.

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"From afar, the Team DH resembles the Range - the bike Norco used as a stepping stone to enter World Cup racing again. Norco appreciated the...

"From afar, the Team DH resembles the Range - the bike Norco used as a stepping stone to enter World Cup racing again. Norco appreciated the Range's rearward axle path, but the four-bar linkage limited how much travel was possible before the progression went above their desired levels. A high main pivot and idler wheel remain, but other than that, it's an entirely new linkage system."

Range was a 4 bar, the Team DH is a 6 bar. 

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Looks like a Sender

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This is apparently  a.i.'s best direct comparison. They look pretty similar to me, except the Norco has much taller stack and the frame is aluminum (Let's go Norco!). 

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This is apparently  a.i.'s best direct comparison. They look pretty similar to me, except the Norco has much taller stack and the frame is aluminum (Let's...

This is apparently  a.i.'s best direct comparison. They look pretty similar to me, except the Norco has much taller stack and the frame is aluminum (Let's go Norco!). 

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Do you really trust the ai to put the two stack heights in proportion when it couldn't hit even one other detail correctly? 

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This is apparently  a.i.'s best direct comparison. They look pretty similar to me, except the Norco has much taller stack and the frame is aluminum (Let's...

This is apparently  a.i.'s best direct comparison. They look pretty similar to me, except the Norco has much taller stack and the frame is aluminum (Let's go Norco!). 

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Primoz wrote:

Do you really trust the ai to put the two stack heights in proportion when it couldn't hit even one other detail correctly? 

Not at all. Just trying to add a low effort visual aide to what I was thinking when I first saw the new Norco😛. Also, if it's my money, I'd much prefer to buy an Aluminum DH bike over Carbon.  soon as I saw the new Norco, I felt like the chainstay in particular had an uncanny resemblance to the Canyon. Overal, I feel like the two designs are very similar. Please feel free to school me on the differences in leverage rate/progession/FC:RC balance as I usually don't dig that deep, but I like to know the difference either way🫡

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This is apparently  a.i.'s best direct comparison. They look pretty similar to me, except the Norco has much taller stack and the frame is aluminum (Let's...

This is apparently  a.i.'s best direct comparison. They look pretty similar to me, except the Norco has much taller stack and the frame is aluminum (Let's go Norco!). 

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Primoz wrote:

Do you really trust the ai to put the two stack heights in proportion when it couldn't hit even one other detail correctly? 

Not at all. Just trying to add a low effort visual aide to what I was thinking when I first saw the new Norco😛. Also, if...

Not at all. Just trying to add a low effort visual aide to what I was thinking when I first saw the new Norco😛. Also, if it's my money, I'd much prefer to buy an Aluminum DH bike over Carbon.  soon as I saw the new Norco, I felt like the chainstay in particular had an uncanny resemblance to the Canyon. Overal, I feel like the two designs are very similar. Please feel free to school me on the differences in leverage rate/progession/FC:RC balance as I usually don't dig that deep, but I like to know the difference either way🫡

Oh god......they finally found this place.

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Can someone please explain in detail the main differences between the Canyon and the Norco then? Extra points if you can articulate which bike is better for someone riding the bike to 50% of its potential, i.e. the average consumer.🤣 I'm just saying they look pretty similar 🖕

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You can still delete this slop.

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AgrAde wrote:

You can still delete this slop.

Nah, I'm good. I'm just saying two bikes look like they have a similar design. It's a better discussion than the tire compound/brake bite point/dot vs mineral oil  repetitive BS that you guys argue about all the time on here.

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I'm still waiting for one of you nerds to explain how the Sender and Norco Team DH are so different.⌛️

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I'm still waiting for one of you nerds to explain how the Sender and Norco Team DH are so different.⌛️

Well, one is made by canyon and the other made by Norco. 

It’s not this threads or this community’s mandate to cave into your demands and outline a spreadsheet of the differences between bikes. 

Calling us nerds and demanding we do your homework is just high school-ish behavior.

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Can someone please explain in detail the main differences between the Canyon and the Norco then? Extra points if you can articulate which bike is better...

Can someone please explain in detail the main differences between the Canyon and the Norco then? Extra points if you can articulate which bike is better for someone riding the bike to 50% of its potential, i.e. the average consumer.🤣 I'm just saying they look pretty similar 🖕

According to your own brilliant AI post (which I understand you may not have been able to read), here are some similarities vs. differences:

Shared between Norco Team DH & Canyon Sender

  • Frose
  • Stock
  • High-Pivot Domn

Differences, Sender vs. Team DH, respectively:

  • Long: 125mm vs 41SMM
  • Root Pivot: 927MM vs S67MM
  • Ligh Pivot CB vs Low Pivot SD

And some specs that may help differentiate between them:

Sender:

  • Tech Sper 18.0 min
  • High-Pivot Layout: 72.5mm
  • High Pivot Layout: 830mm
  • RRID8T: 325mm

Team DH:

  • High SSFR: 7S.8mm
  • Tean-Pivot Suspension: 2S.5mm
  • Tean-Pivot Suspbnrti: 36Smm
  • Rull DK18K2: 13S Shops

Now please stop posting.

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I mean I use ai... I try to be tasteful at least... but this... Vsauce2 on X: "this thumbnail is me as bottomless pit head ...

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adios friends. Thread is garbage now; I’m clicking “stop notifications.” It’s been fun.

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adios friends. Thread is garbage now; I’m clicking “stop notifications.” It’s been fun.

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Glad I wasn't the only one asking why you would do this. Yeah, they look kinda similar, cool. 

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Glad I wasn't the only one asking why you would do this. Yeah, they look kinda similar, cool. 

Dont tell him about a crab bike. He would lose his shit...

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yahmon wrote:
According to your own brilliant AI post (which I understand you may not have been able to read), here are some similarities vs. differences:Shared between Norco...

According to your own brilliant AI post (which I understand you may not have been able to read), here are some similarities vs. differences:

Shared between Norco Team DH & Canyon Sender

  • Frose
  • Stock
  • High-Pivot Domn

Differences, Sender vs. Team DH, respectively:

  • Long: 125mm vs 41SMM
  • Root Pivot: 927MM vs S67MM
  • Ligh Pivot CB vs Low Pivot SD

And some specs that may help differentiate between them:

Sender:

  • Tech Sper 18.0 min
  • High-Pivot Layout: 72.5mm
  • High Pivot Layout: 830mm
  • RRID8T: 325mm

Team DH:

  • High SSFR: 7S.8mm
  • Tean-Pivot Suspension: 2S.5mm
  • Tean-Pivot Suspbnrti: 36Smm
  • Rull DK18K2: 13S Shops

Now please stop posting.

Help, I think I'm having a stroke 

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I like the Norco. 
I like the demo. 
I like race bikes and I ride them to about 80 percent of their ability when I’m at 1000 percent of my own, with my kids, making shapes in the park. 
We get to ride factory race bikes on Saturdays at home. And they don’t try to kill us like moto gp bikes or super mx bikes. 
Pretty neat. 
I’d quickly have a norco team DH and know some dads that jumped for the demo - right after we balance a check book, throw some at the Roth, make sure the honeys SUV payment is made and move a couple old kids bikes they grew outta. Real talk. Race bikes are funnnn asssss heeeehck.

fwiw:
Norco is faster than a canyon and more complicated than a v10x simpler and looks bette than a demo and all are awesome pick your flavor. 
And yeah, reach is too short needs an s6 option for just me . 

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Nah, I'm good. I'm just saying two bikes look like they have a similar design. It's a better discussion than the tire compound/brake bite point/dot vs...

Nah, I'm good. I'm just saying two bikes look like they have a similar design. It's a better discussion than the tire compound/brake bite point/dot vs mineral oil  repetitive BS that you guys argue about all the time on here.

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