Designed with the serious all-mountain riders in mind, the Katmandu is definitely one of the most competent mountain bikes on the market today. Introduced by Norco Bikes for 2012, this all-mountain bike features a lot of new and impressive parts.

Built from a brand new 6061 alloy frame with a SR Suntour XCT V4 100mm fork, the Katmandu is guaranteed to be uniquely sturdy. To combine incredible strength and light weight, the frame features an integrated head tube, mechanically formed tubing, and round stays.

All-mountain trail riding is definitely exhilarating with the 2012 Norco Katmandu All-Mountain Bike. Whatever abuse the adventurous and demanding throw at it on the trail, the Katmandu can surely take it. This 14.31kg mountain bike also features a Shimano drivetrain, Kenda tires, and Alex rims.

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One of the best-looking fixed gear bikes on the market for 2012 is the Spade from Norco Bicycles. Weighing in at only 9.34kg, this fixie is very lightweight but is complete with high-quality components, such as its Tektro R310 caliper brakes and BMX alloy brake levers.

Built from a double-butted 4130 chromoly track frame, the Spade does not only offer nice aesthetics but guarantees reliable performance, as well. Maximum comfort is guaranteed by its Brev M custom saddle and its Brev M grip that comes with flange.

Purple anodized and looking great in a matt black and chrome color scheme, the 2012 Norco Spade Fixed Gear Bike looks very classy. Since its rear wheel comes with a 16T freewheel and a 16T fixed gear cog, the rider can choose to either ride single speed or go fixie.

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Norco has released a lot of exciting bikes for 2012, one of which is the Valence Road Bike. The Valence is designed for road riders who join Grand Fondos and charity rides instead of racing. While it is a high performance machine, its setup and position are more comfortable than those of a pure road race bike.

The new proprietary frame is designed to offer high performance with compliance for road vibration. Making the Valence a precise steering machine bike is a stiff chassis formed with an oversized downtube, a tapered headtube, oversized headset, and a proprietary full carbon fork.

Nicely refined and engineered, the 2012 Norco Valence Road Bike is an aluminum machine that comes with vibration-damping Applied Road Compliance (ARC) seatstays. It offers a beginner-friendly upright ride position and smooth inner surface, achieved through the EPS (ethyl polystyrene) mandrel system.

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A new downhill bike from Norco for 2012 is the Aurum. Carefully designed, the Aurum is one of the fastest bikes in the world that can tackle various races from local race series to the World Cup circuit. As what it is named after, the Aurum is made to help make its rider a champion.

As compared to the earlier downhill rigs from Norco, the Aurum frame is made even stronger, stiffer, and lighter. It also features three different levels of component spec and size-specific geometry. Pivot placement, rear centre length, and front triangle change according to the height of the rider.

With a minimal 200mm of front and rear wheel travel, the purpose-built 2012 Norco Aurum Downhill Bike is engineered to provide its riders with all the possible benefits on the race course. Along with the four different models to be offered is a team replica frame.

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One of the new bikes from Norco for 2012 is the versatile 140mm-travel Sight. During an all-day ride, the Sight will smoothen out every tad of trail noise, thanks to its very flexible rear end. It is filled with cutting-edge technologies including the Advanced Ride Technology (ART) suspension platform.

Like the rest of the 2012 full-suspension range, the Sight features a one-piece forged aluminum bottom bracket area that integrates the ISCG tabs, lower pivot mount and main pivot clevis. The Sight has a Syntace 142×12 bolt-through rear end as well like on most models.

Very versatile, the 2012 Norco Sight is ideal for riders who want to do a little bit of everything. This includes marathon-length events, backcountry epics, and even local trails. Efficient and light, the Sight will not take excess energy away after hours in the saddle.

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Designed for riders who are fond of long-distance endurance races, the 2012 Norco Revolver is one of the latest hot bikes on the market today. Aside from Shinobi, the Revolver has many other high-quality features as well. A trail-focused ride, the Revolver features 100mm of front and rear travel.

Its custom, hydroformed tubeset offers light weight and stiffness while maintaining solid and nice aesthetics. The seat tube of the frame’s tubing includes the link arm pivot, clevisless pivots at the chain and seat stays, and a considerably curved top tube that keeps standover at a practical height.

The 2012 Norco Revolver still uses Advanced Ride Technology (ART) to boost pedaling efficiency, braking performance, and square-edge bump compliance. ART also facilitates the achievement of a bottomless feeling suspension system. This is also for riders who enjoy peddling through rolling singletrack.

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For 2012, Norco is launching Threshold, the company’s first all carbon cyclocross bike. As a lightweight, strong and responsive cyclocross race bike, the Threshold is made to tackle mud and grass, and help racers achieve winning performance.

Made with versatile function, the Threshold has a 1320g frame that is highly technical. The frame is packed with a lot of great features, such as water bottle mounts, fender mounts, and replaceable dropouts both for single speed and geared drive trains.

While the 2012 Norco Threshold Cyclocross Bike is perfect for year-round-commuting and winter training, this machine is also ideal for weekend race series. Other features include high modulus carbon fiber, internal cable routing, and a tapered head tube….

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