NORCO OPTIC CARBON C2
£3,595 / 29in / evanscycles.com
Norco’s latest Optic is a short-travel trail bike that aims to let you extract maximum fun from minimal travel. So even though it only has 125mm of travel on the rear, it forgoes any XC racing ambitions. Something that’s instantly apparent from the 140mm fork.
Less obvious are the lengths that Norco has gone to in order to balance the handling. Like Norco’s Ride Aligned concept, which aims for perfect balance regardless of rider height and frame size. As such, the chainstay length on the
