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- I've been wanting to try out some older bikes for a while now, and this year I figure is the time to have some fun with this! I don't have sponsorship obligations, which is nice, because I always like to be more free. I credit my Patrons for giving me the opportunity to do this, because they keep me free and funded to do fun projects like this!
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I hope you like it, I put a lot of work into this video! And I am so stoked to have this Norco A-line that I dreamed about back in the day! It's a heavy bike and I could really feel it haha! Also those skinny handlebars were interesting! I would love to make this into some kind of series where I do upgrades and see how well I can shred with an older bike like this!
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I put a lot of work into this video so I hope you all enjoy it! I've been wanting to explore this sort of video idea for a while now and I'm so stoked on this! Big thanks to my Patrons for helping me out! www.patreon.com/JordanBoostmaster
Luv u bro
No way I just got a heart
Ther is nothing better on youtube
This is so cool
WOW amazing video! Those 2-3 minutes in the end well deserve a NWD segment!! 🔥🤟🏻🔥
OH MAN those wheels just brought me back! I had a bunch of those (I went through a lot of rims).
haha thats awesome! Ya I love the way they look!
Yeah have those exact rims on my iron horse yakuza 👍🏻
I had those on my brodie devo 2006, dh bike was heavy as hell but fun!
Damn I still have a pair of these, a pair of the totally crappy Ditch Witches and a pair of Double Tracks complete with the original Holy Rollers with the dice on them in my garage in almost mint condition!
Also a mint pair of the amazing looking completely red DT Swiss E2200 with the „RIDE FREE“ slogan on them!
They look so sick on my blue/white 08 Kona Stuff with red grips and red pedals!
I still love using that vintage bike as a do it all Trail Hardtail (I went two sizes up on the frame so it works surprisingly good, keeping in mind it was somewhat designed as a Dirtjump frame)!
I have a Coil Pike U-Turn on it which lets me infinitly adjust the travel between 95-150mm(stock was up to 140mm, but with some work on the internals I got ten extra mil out of them).
I just love these „vintage“ bikes of my youth so much and plan on getting a full suspension too!
Maybe a Rocky Mountain RMX(7/9), Santa Cruz V10 or a Kona Stab/Stinky.
These where the legends of my youth and of course far outside of my reach back then.
If you went through a lot of rims…maybe it’s time to get a different bike that fits beefier rims?
Hopefully you’ve got better rims now. Bigger fatter wheel maybe?
Wild how far we've come in 12 years. Super cool rig!
2008 is 12 years ago dang
12 years ago?! Oh frick i am old 😐
Me on my 2008 demo 8 that I bought used bc im broke asf
@@markobosnjakovic4952 ay bro you ain’t that broke my dad cheaped out and got me a 80s cannondale, absolute dookie bags but lots of fun
Im still riding a 2006 Cannondale rush. Lefty gang!!!! And a 93 canondale rigid frame, I forget the model # id have to look but its the lightest mtn bike ive ever seen.
i still ride a 2006 specialized so i’m glad to see the classics
Still ride my 2002 Rockhopper even though I have a modern bike :)
I just got a 2007 Specialised Stumpjumper for £360. Barely ridden, effectively new. I love it. I've never had a modern mtb and if I was told it was built last year I'd believe it.
I ride a 2006 santa cruz vp free dh bike
I still ride a 1996 Santa Cruz Heckler, rim brakes and all. Your bike is much to modern in comparison to be called a classic.
2007 Jamis dakar XAM-1 here, nice to see older bikes still riping through trails and stuff
its amazing how far geometry has come
Wait 5 years this bike geometry will be revolutionary
hill climber nah don’t think it will
It's... almost as if it doesn't actually matter
@@youtubeaccount9058 Haha. Its not about the bike
@@3mtech this geometry is like riding a bmx
Isn’t it obvious? Next year you have to ride a line on it!
of course!!
@@JordanBoostmaster Please do a video on taking this bike to whistler! that would be soooo sick!
Everybody should have an old school bike. Mine is a 2008 Specialized Bighit and i love it.
I have a Specialized bighit3 2006
2004 Giant NRS.
2004 Gary Fisher Marlin
2009 commencal supreme v2
2007 specialized P1 that is my main bike, can't afford a better one, but steel is real baby
I’ve been riding mtb since the early 90’s and bought my first “real” mountain bike in 95 - a Trek 950, so when I hear you refer to 2008 as “old school” I have to chuckle just a little! I do remember drooling over bikes in mountain bike magazines, though, and am really glad we’ve made so much progress technology wise with our bikes.
They be like “2003 is old” when I’ve been riding my 80s hardtail cannondale for 2 years and am just now getting a new bike
I’m still riding my 2011 intense 951 not as old but still pretty old haha
I ride a 1093 stone bike.
im riding a 2010 rocky mountain slayer and it still sends
I have a 2012 951 as well. I believe that’s my oldest bike currently. 14 m9 and 16 trance 2 are the others. Change up from 2002 dt dhi race and 2002 trek bruiser ii.
@@bry12341000 lol. 2008 diamondback overdrive
its so interesting how the older DH bikes just simply didn't care about weight at all. either the manufacturers didn't care or didn't have the technology to make the bikes lighter. it really puts into perspective that a DH bike nowadays can weigh as little at 32 pounds. what a difference time has made
It helped that riding went from a 20ft huck to flat to a 20ft huck to prime landings
Materials change, production gets refined, structures get optimized in shape, stiffness and weight.
Natural evolution. 🤙🏼
@@noodlzthesouthernpolarbear7293 It really does have a LOT to do with trail building. When I started riding, most trails were built for hiking. Today's long wheelbases are miserable on trails like that. But they are amazing on modern mountain bike trails.
@@tobyvision absolutely back in the day i remeber clearing take offs and landing on crap just to send it big, trail building has a huge role in changing bikes as well as the rising it self
It was funny that his "old school trail" was instant landscaped rock sections and lumber features. Yeah... No.
This video is sick! Showing that oldschool bikes can still rip!
Devon Spike I was riding a orange patriot until about a month ago, it was one of the fastest bikes in the woods
A fucking 2008 bike is not oldschool lmfao 90's or 80's is oldschool not late 2000's.....
A few summers ago i got a 2010 RMB flatine that was ridden maybe a dozen times for 900 cad and i love it . Even if its a large it still feels short compared to todays standard but its so easy to flick around for a dh bike .
The dream of mid-2000s freeride is alive with Jordan & Wesley! Love to see it
My dream bike back in 08 was a transition blindside. Got a 20 patrol now
The 80's soundtrack was perfect ool
Loved that part ! :D :D
Agree
First song is by Prizm.
80s soundtrack for a bike that's only 12 years old
Which Sony was that?
I had a 2012 Demo 8, I absolutely loved that thing. It was a park ripper, could throw that thing anywhere I wanted. Super playful. By far the best bike for fun ive ridden.
Taking "26 never dies" to a whole new level. In Boostmaster style. Love it.
This thing is sick. I am an 04 kid but i LOVE old school freeride bikes! I have an 09 Norco Sasquatch and the thing is sick! It felt to small at first but that changed the exact same second i slapped some gold 780mm bars on it.😅
My dad rides the 2009 Norco A-line and it still shreds!
One thing that's cool about older bikes is modernizing them... I got 2005 GT Avalanche 2.0 and 2008 Santa Cruz Nomad and I got to say, wider bars and shorter stem makes a HUGE difference. Sick vid! Keep em coming and shred safely!
Who else loves old school dh bikes? I have an ‘06 Specialized BigHit3 with offset bushings to change the geo
i got a 2004 norco six north shore with 2006 888 and a dhx 4 DREAMS🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
i got the 2010 demo 8
My dream still is a Kona Stab Supreme and Deluxe, and that general area of Kona. Love their stuff, especially the ones that people put the same shocks on, but I suck at riding and don't have the cash for bikes like that
so you are basically making back end lower, losing some suspension travel, to get more slack front ? I found that just removing too much preload on the back I was too low, couldnt pedal without any angle without hitting the ground. wasnt worth the tiny difference in head angle
have you tried angled headset too ? and did it really make a difference ? my head angle is 68, shorter stem 100mm > 40mm definitely felt more comfortable downhill
@@geemy9675 i havent tried angleset yet but i will be soon, i want to get my head angle to around 63°. Offset bushings dont remove suspension travel as your not changing the stroke length of your shock
My head angle was 66° and is 64.5° with the bushings, i didnt really feel much of a difference on the flats/mellow up/down hills but felt a massive difference on the steep fast down hills- gave me a big confidence boost. However it did make my bike less agile but i can get used to that
Ive got high rise bars and a 40mm stem and the reach feels pretty dialed. I think my BB dropped about 16mm- havent smacked my bash guard yet so ive been lucky😅
When my front and rear bottom out im left with about 150mm of room between the bb and ground. Not much but im be able to get away with it with all the trails near me
Jordan, love the video bud! I actually had every year Monster T made from '99 to '03 and the '03 was my favorite. Also, I weighed it and it came in at 8lbs with oil, heavy but didn't feel so bad.
I still rock my 2002 Super 8 with Avalanche suspension from time to time. I'll never sell that relic!
The giant doesn’t look dated at all!👌
It kinda does...
This thing is so sweet! I used to love these back in the day as well. I have an 06 Bigfoot now that I put wider bars and a layback seat post on and it made a huge difference.
That bike looks weird but cool at the same time. Riding is insane in this video!
I ride a 2007 Specialized, it had been in a box for 10 years until 2017 when I bought it! Have put over 3.000km in it and after some maintenance it feels like new, so good!
Such good times my Dude !
yes my dude!
I am currently restoring a Santa Cruz V10 MK1, it is the legacy of a friend who died in a professional XC career, I started with the pure frame and all that remains is to paint and assemble, it is a work of engineering well ahead of its time
you know quarantine is bad when Jordan has nothing else to ride except older bikes, I loved the video!
haha!
I just got a 2007 Specialised Stumpjumper. Barely ridden, effectively new. I love it. I've never had a modern mtb and if I was told it was built last year I'd believe it.
I ride my 2005 A line every week! Thing is a beast.
I just picked up a 2001 Norco VPS and I’m in love with it. Such a blast from the past
hey, Jordan I hope you love this bike and it's well, I thought because you love freeride you could check out the new Norco shore freeride bike. love your channel
😳 that THICC Marzocchi fork 😍
I remember watching guys ride these in early new world disorder videos, sending HUGE drops.
I have the black e thirteen bashring on my bike from around 2008.
love for oldschool im riding a 2005 spec sx trail one with marzocchi bomber rcv66 and dhx 4.0 on the rear it took me really amazing places :D
I in love with my 15 year old Kona Dwang Delux. It's a crawler out there compare to others and pure joy to ride it literally over all but tracks..
Man this is siccccckkkk!!!!!! Era correct sounds and rattles too!! So rad enjoyed much!
I still ride this norco frame but from 2006. The suspesion isn't good enough to ride downhill trails but if you are doing very huge gaps or jumps this bike is like sofa. Definitely the best bike i ever had
It Was Great Shooting Together! Amazing work on the video Jordan!
thanks man!
In 2008 I was a senior in high school, and worked at a bike shop, rode this bike in the dark gray color to my prom. I had the s/m and wish I had the m/l , so cool to see this! Still have my OG blk Mrkt MOB tho! Serial number 11
I JUST saw one of those in a shop yesterday. Kinda makes me wanna hang onto my 2010 SX Trail a little longer.
Sx trail is a classic. Keep it. Amazing bike!
I ride a 2011 pivot Phoenix. Its super fun and I dont think ill ever get rid of it. Older bikes sre still fun and with some wider bars and better breaks and tires, they still have alot of life left in them. Don't be afraid to buy that early 10's late 2000's bikes guys!
That's my dream bike nowadays!. Well, that and the Norco shore.
I had a 2009 shore until a few months ago. Kept it, and rode it all the time haha. Just sold it
Im still rocking the Norco shore one from 2010, over the years i upgraded pretty much everything including suspension and its awesome!
I got this same bike a couple of years after it came out, with a RockShox Domain fork. I still ride it and love it!
This is one of the highest quality videos I’ve seen in a while
thank you!
I've got the 2005 norco a-line, one of my favorite bikes I've ever ridden, modded the hell out of it and can now out pace my mates one their modern bike!
Ancient evil, huh?)
Hey, now you can do all the tree gaps.
Jordan, I ride a 2011 yeti 575 enduro and it rides just perfect. I had to swap and replace the suspension with a fox 36 and a fox float in the rear, and had to put new tires on it. With those changes it makes the bike feel like a brand new bike.
Its fun you could guess the age of the bike just by listening to it!
Super cool bike, take care of it🔥🤙
I have an intense m9, the bike came with relatively modern parts. But just modernizing the contact points brought it to today. The only old things about it is the weight (which does not effect it when being pointed down)and wheel size, 26 ain’t dead!!🤘🤘🤘
That is such a crazy bike I love it
I finally bought a 2005 Kona Stinky... A bike my local shop had in as a window attraction, and boy did it attract me. Weighs more than my motorbike, bottoms out if you take a speed bump on the road too fast and feels like its going to fold in half if you ever land a little flat and I LOVE it! Can't imagine spending the original RRP of £1700 back in 05 though haha
Im still rocking the Norco shore one from 2010, over the years i upgraded pretty much everything including suspension and its awesome!
I have an 06 Giant Faith 2 with Junior T's I got in 06 and rode till 2010 then put in my back room for a decade. I didn't ride MTB until 6 months ago so I never rode a modern bike that decade but just got a 29er enduro that I love but I will say when I came back to ride my 06 a few times before my new bike I put on 780 bars and it was night and day difference and I really like super tight rough trails on that bike! Wes's Giant Glory was my dream bike back then lol. Aloha 🤙
Question: does Wesley film/upload?
edit: OMG lol finally, i dont recall wes being shouted out before but that was hilarious, thanks Jordan.
I can’t believe this is old school. My bike is a 2006 and it’s the dream. I can’t wait to try a newer bike in the future
Yo Jordan!!! Saw this on Insta and couldn’t wait
I was heavy into Mountain biking in the early 1990s to the 2000. I just got back into it this year as my young kids are riding and I grabbed a 2019 Santa Cruz 5010 v3 carbon. When I went back to the shop to get fitted for the bike and pick it up, I asked the sales guy where the second chain ring was, and if I could get a seat post adjustment ring. Everyone around us thought I was joking but I had no idea that everything is a single chain ring and the right thumb shifter is actually for the dropper post....noob! I also thought that 27.5 inch wheels were huge vs what I was used to 26 back in the day and the handlebars were crazy wide. The geometry on the 5010 is pretty incredible too, playful has been used to describe it and then I ended up on 5001’s channel. Very cool progression in the last 20 years.
Hey Jordan, you mentioned that the bottom bracket height was a bit high for you, but this is a feature by design (sorry if someone has already mentioned this) and it is for rolling over rock. The Norco Shore series of frames advertised this as a new feature to give your bottom bracket and chainrings some extra clearance and maybe Norco kept it in the Park series frames as well? It's funny that you mentioned the bar length because I remember when the north shore was just up and coming, (while Ryan Leech was the face for Norco) and this style of riding was what everybody wanted, but from this, riders used shorter bar lengths to get through trees because single track was narrow and lines were built in very precarious places where long bars would catch - I bet if you watch the trees as you fly by them on some of the older lines, you will see gouges taken out of trees through the tight areas because bars were too long.
Wow, that was step back into 2000s - thanks for the journey!
Also, if you want to really dig out some nostalgia, put a 24in wheel on the back of that aline and sender for all of us oldtimers.
Short wrot the hole bibl
I had an 06 Norco Shore around 2008. Thing was a beast, super short and steep and weighed a ton, would just plough anything you pointed it at.
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I remember seeing these in the shops. There was a red one too, with a single crown fork?
The guy who taught me how to ride MTB had that exact Glory.
That bike is so sick!
I love the old school look of the bike, all the different colors, bikes these days are too smooth and clean
"Oldschool" hehe... Early 90s is oldschool ;). Wheeler 5900.
That fork, oh the memories. I stopped mountain biking in 2000 after breaking my neck. (Only got back into it in 2018) what I miss and you see it on this bike somewhat is actual usable smooth travel. I couldnt get over how stiff and overly 'poppy' bikes are now (granted its the first time Id riding air rather than coil) but going from an 8 inch travel bike to a 150mm r and 160mm f air sus was like going to an xc bike. Took a long time to gst used to. Though the geo of bikes now are amazing.
Always remember its the rider not the bike!
My brother owned this bike in a m/L back in 2010 or so and it was awesome for it's time. I was able to take it out on local trails and it was more than capable. Stock, this bikes a beauty. Looking forward to seeing this thing shred again! 🤙
Getting famous off comments day 183, so I can live the dream, hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving!🤙🍗
Hey, Jordan sick video dude keep up the good work. I myself also have an old-school bike like yours, I have a 2003 Rocky Mountain rm7 with monster t's as well and I cant get enough of the bike, it might be a bit heavy by man does it shred.
Need to take the A-line down A-line next season🤙🏻
Im still rocking the Norco shore one from 2010, over the years i upgraded pretty much everything including suspension and its awesome!
been using a 1998 specilized frs full suspension been a blast for the past few years... sent my personal biggest jumps on it glad to see the old bikes
Yeah, new video🤟
I had a 2009 Specialized Epic trail bike with 26" wheels. I recently broke the frame, and Specialized paid me for it, as they didn't have a frame to fit the components. I bought a 2022 Pivot Mach 4 SL. On the same ride I do daily at the age of 60, I'm now beating my best times on the old bike by 5 minutes consistently in 10.78 miles. My average time by around 8 to 10 minutes. If I were racing myself, I would finish over 1 mile ahead of myself just by changing bikes. Newer tech is impressive.
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Makes perfect sense
How I feel when I roll up to the bike park with My Santa Cruz Bullit With Marz Jr T's, Deep Cove Jersey , Roach Shorts and 661 Pads. Love it
Epicccccccccc
i'm still smashinig uk dh tracks on a 2004 orange patriot 66 and it's amazing. Wish I could afford a new bike but I got mine for 500 and all I've replaced are the bearings
I used to rock an old Banshee Morphine Hardtail with a Monster T. Beast of a bike! Used it for Downhill racing back in the day! Most plush fork I have ever ridden!
I used to have a Norco World Cup Team DH with lots of upgrades. That bike was a beast back then.
Dude! You got that Monster T you were after! I have a 2007 Azonic Avenger with a 2003 Bomber ZR150 Freeride, I need to take a trip up there for some old school riding!
Great bike, I had an Atomik from the same year, I regret selling it. It's good that you bought a revised version of the frame. At the beginning the 2008 frames had a hole next to the head tube, it looked very nice but it was cracking, so Norco started a replacement action - I replaced mine with no problem. Unfortunately, not everyone did it and now it's hard to find a frame without a hole where I live (Poland).
To this day, I look back to Norco from those times... Likes the video, man :-)
Wow, this one resonated with me haha! This was my dream bike in 2008 when I was in middle school... poured over the magazines and everything.
You can totally see the different riding style in the footage... that turn radius alone with the old school fork. Really interesting to see on a modern GoPro
its so loud haha good thing for clutch derailleurs. i still have my 1995 GT backwoods (my first real bike} & my 2004 Specialized Stumpjumper HT. I had a 2009 Specialized Enduro S-Works but i sold that a couple years back.
Older bikes definitely have a unique appeal. You can grab the high end bikes from the early 2000s for cheap these days and their parts do the job just as well.
That’s cool. I used to work at a shop and also raced DH in the 90s. Had a specialized S works USA built, extruded frame FSR-DH (think Shawn Palmer). Built it with Hayes disc brakes and Marzocchi Bomber and a set of Junior T for the DH stuff (back when everyone else was runny crappy elastomer based Manitou or unreliable air spring based Boxxers). Had a fox piggyback coil over rear shock. The bike had an “amazing” 4-6” of travel rear and like 5 1/2 front. I kept the bike and put newer wider bars (like the eastons in this video) newer front fox fork and newer Hayes brakes (similar to one on this video), got an adjustable rear linkage to get a little more travel and full sealed bearings at all pivots. haven’t ridden it much lately, as I’ve been doing other sports, and sometimes I hear how lame the 26” wheels are, etc. but sometimes I wonder how much the older tech really doesn’t hold one back. You guys sure seemed to have a lot of fun, I’m guessing on proper sizing, you would have felt even more confident!! Btw, skinny bars haven’t been cool since Tomac raced on HT back in the late 80s and early 90s 😉
Bro I’m 38 years old, we run trails with a bmx 20” only with the rear brake, love this video, reminds me that time when we can only see this bikes on magazines!
This was the most fun era to get into freeride & downhill. I had an 03 Cove Peeler DH on 01 Monster T's back in 08. Buying an 02 Foes The Fly on 01 Shivers. Cannot wait . New bikes don't have this kind of look or spirit
Still riding my '08 Norco 4x and very proud of it. Have done some enhancements into it such as 160mm travel Marzocchi 55R fork, Shimano Saint M810 rear derailleur and brakes. It's the best short-travel FS bike I've ever met.
If you're impressed with Marzocchi Monster T then you should probably try Marzocchi Super Monster with 300mm of travel capacity.
Love your bike!!! I really dig old school. I am 58 and still rock my 2003 Banshee Scream with some bad ass DNM forks. It's 56 lbs light. One of the coolest videos. Love it!
I ride a 1992 Trek 930 (solid forks) basically as an xc bike. I don't like jumps and most of the trails around here aren't rocky, so it actually works out great. Fun fact, my mountain bike at about 26 lbs is lighter than my road bike.
This was about the time I actually got out of mtb so I distinctly remember all this gear. The noise of those Hayes under braking too, there's nothing like it.
I HAD A 2007 GIANT GLORY! It was my first serious downhill bike!!! Thank you for taking me down memory lane :) I really miss that bike...
Just upgraded my dream bike from 08 after 12 years. Fisher Roscoe --> stumpjumper carbon what a difference a decade makes 🤯
This is so awesome! I used to want the Big Hit 2 when I was a kid. Now I’m shredding with a Trek. These old school bikes really kick it differently though.
That derailleur hit man, I really felt it even before the exclamation mark! I guess it’s just a reflex now
Love the old stuff! I’ve got an 05 RMX Canuck that’s even less ridden than that, and it’s a 19.5”. Monster Triple, Saint Rapid Rise, hubs and brakes, and lots of Diabolous. I’m going to bring it out to the shore next summer, if you’d be interested in checking it out. Let me know.
I'm 11 and I am really glad that I have this bike I'm 5'7 and this bike fits me really well because these other bikes I tried were missing something
This kind of video is an AMAZING idea and concept. There are still so many GOOD old bikes out there that may look outdated but could be an amazing option for new riders to get into riding without much cost.
Getting replacement wear parts for shocks etc will be an issue
That was sick. I have a 2003 Brodie Thumper with a RockShox Boxxer on it that I ride daily. It is a bit heavy but I love it. I trail ride the crap out of it since we don't have a lot elevation or downhill spots over here in the Maritimes
They look so darn awkward now compared to the new bikes. I love the camo wheels. We use to drool over the old bikes back in the day when they were new. I started mountain biking in 04 and first good bikes were 05 and 06. I really love my new bikes but really think mountain biking was so much better when bikes like this were new in the earlier 2000’s