A lot is expected of modern trail bikes. Long-travel bikes climb so well these days, and short-travel bikes have progressed to the point where, most of the time, the rider’s the limiting factor on all but the biggest features. It’s cutting a fine slice to create a bike that climbs better than a modern enduro bike and descends better than the latest crop of downcountry bikes. But Norco may have come close with its new Fluid.
Yes, your 160mm gravity-bully will punch through the chunk better, and your taut 100mm-travel rig will eat vert until your face freezes into a gurning grin, but they’ll never live comfortably in each other's worlds. It's in the centre of this Ven diagram that the Norco Fluid excels; the Fluid feels like it can go everywhere.
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