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Sight 3
A 26″ full suspension trail bike with upper mid-range components.
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$2,350| Suspension | Full, 140 / 140mm |
|---|---|
| Fork | RockShox Sektor |
| Shock | Fox |
| Wheels | 26″ Aluminum |
| Drivetrain | 3 × 10 |
| Groupset | SLX, Deore |
| Brakes | Avid Hydraulic Disc |
Summary
The Norco Sight is a versatile trail bike praised for its poised and agile handling, dynamic geometry, and effective suspension that often feels more capable than its travel suggests. It excels in technical climbing and descending, offering a fun and flattering ride that encourages aggressive trail use. However, some reviews note issues with rear suspension support, weight, and component reliability, leading to a mixed overall impression.
Poised and agile handling
Effective suspension performance
Dynamic geometry for confident cornering
Competitive price and good value
Lightweight frame in some builds
Rear suspension lacking support or feeling blunt
On the heavy side
Component issues like fork reliability
Delicate paintwork
The unwilling shock takes the edge off what’s otherwise a really good bike.
BikeRadarNorco are doing great things with their suspension bikes.
Flow Mountain BikeThe Norco Sight 2 is fun and flattering, combining efficiency with strong handling and playfulness.
MBRThe 140mm of travel feels like 160
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Jul 2014
In the back corner of my local bike shop sits a 2007 Norco A-Line, a colossal black beast of a bike with 9 inches of travel, a massive dual crown Marzocchi fork, and enough metal framework to support the space shuttle—a bike built for kids who grew up watching low res video of Bender, Schley and Simmons flinging themselves off any cliff they could find between the North Shore and Moab.
Feb 2014
The Norco Sight Carbon LE FS is a versatile, well-rounded all-mountain trail bike that is perfectly suited for technical terrain with plenty of vertical.
Sep 2013
Norco are doing great things with their suspension bikes. The last couple years have seen the Canadian mob release many finely balanced dual suspension bikes with unique and cleverly engineered designs. We loved their downhill bike, the Aurum, the first variant of the 26″ wheeled Sight and more recently the first generation of 650B wheel sized …
Best looking Norco ever. Lightweight frame and dialled geometry and components to attack corners and tricky trails with confidence.
Not the liveliest rear suspension. High price tag. Delicate paintwork.
Jul 2013 · Alan Muldoon
The Norco Sight 2's well-chosen specification makes it excellent value as well as great run to ride. Read MBR's review here
Jun 2013 · Mike Davis
Well… Spend the same money on a 26in-wheeled Sight and you get a lighter, better-equipped bike – crucially, the 26in bike has a Fox shock rather than the X-Fusion unit here.
Oct 2012 · MBA Action
While mountain biking can be divided into countless sub-genres, the bulk of mountain bikers consider themselves trail riders. "Trailbike" is definitely a
Aug 2012 · Staff
The Norco Sight is a 140mm trail bike introduced at Sea Otter last year and made official at Norco’s 2012 launch in Whistler last fall. We’ve been ripping one around our local trails in NC and VA for about nine months under a few different riders. We’ve played with 650B wheels on the bike, too, …
| Frame | 2013 SIGHT frame (140 mm travel) |
|---|---|
| Fork | Sektor TK solo air 140 mm travel 15 mm axle Travel: 140mm Spring Type: Air |
| Shock | Fox Float CTD ( No BV) Travel: 140mm |
| Bottom Bracket | N/A |
| Headset | FSA #57B ( tapered internal ) 1.5" to 1-1/8" |
| Stem | Norco trail stem 60 mm XS,SM 70 mm M/L 80 XL |
| Handlebar | Norco rise bar 740 XS/SM, 760 mm on M/L/XL |
| Saddle | Norco design XC / Trail saddle |
| Seatpost | Norco alloy 2014 double bolt seatpost 30.9 Type: Rigid |
| Pedals | Norco alloy flat pedal Steel insert pins |
| Grips | T-One lock on grip |
| Rear Derailleur | Shimano Deore long cage Shadow (10 speed) |
|---|---|
| Front Derailleur | Shimano SLX E type chainstay mount FD |
| Crank | Shimano M552 10 speed 42/32/22T |
| Shifters | Jagwire LEX housing |
| Cassette | Shimano HG-62 11-36 10 speed cassette |
| Chain | SRAM PC 1031 |
| Chain Tensioner | N/A |
| Brakes | Front: Avid Elixer 1 hydraulic disc brake, Rear: Avid Elixer 1 hydraulic disc brake Type: Avid Hydraulic Disc |
| Brake Levers | G2 CS 180 mm 6 bolt rotor |
| Rims | Alex DC25 double wall 25 mm wide rim |
|---|---|
| Front Hub | Formula alloy DC 51 w/disc 15 mm axle |
| Rear Hub | Formula alloy DC 22 rear 135 x 10 with QR axle |
| Tires | Continental X King 26 x 2.4 wire bead |
| Disc Rotors | N/A |
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Last updated July 10
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