We'd like to say thank you to Norco for joining us and all our viewers for taking time to join us and ask some awesome questions! Let us know if you'd like to see more of these live reviews and Q&A sessions with brands.
Supposed to pick up the A1 next week. Went in to buy an A2 and my LBS asked if I would be interested in the A1 if they could do it for the A2 price.. YUP! Never spent this much on a bike. In fact this will be almost double but I'm pretty excited about it!
Super interesting to hear from the product team and actual engineers on their passion behind the product. Big Norco fan (riding a Sight VLT C2 these days) was cool to hear it from the source.
Great video! I just got the Fluid A4. It was what I could reasonably afford. It is my first full suspension mountain bike. This is a serious machine at a very affordable price. You guys did such a great job!
Thanks Norco team for sharing your knowledge. Wish I caught the live! One question I have is why the cables exit so close to the rear shock. I have concerns about the cables running on the stanchion.
Hi, thanks for this great video. I just bought the Fluid FS A2 in Melbourne Australia. The cables also seem to be touching the shock. How can I tell if it's the old or new port cover? Unfortunately the bike shop guys didn't say anything about it. Thank you.
Looking at the bike in person its beautiful, I’m going to sell my bike and buy one soon. Don’t know why but its very difficult to get a xxl in NZ as of last week. At 6’5 I’m currently riding a XL ripmo af and with riser bars its been fine so may have to get a xl and put on 35mm risers bars.
I would buy this if it wasn't green. Give us another neutral color option if we are spending $4k. The A2 silver is nice but it has a hideous red fork on it.......
I would of loved to ask them why do mtb manufacturers keep changing their bikes every few years? for example in motorcycles a sports bike will have sports bike geometry, and it will always have sports bike geometry, because that's what works for sports bikes, and a cruiser will always have cruiser geometry because that's what works for cruisers, suzuki hasn't changed the geometry of their gsxr750 in about 15 years, yet a mtb manufacturer will make a new class of bike like a short travel 120mm trail bike with a middle of the road head angle of 66.5 degrees, so the bike is fun, agile and poppy, but can still handle very steep tracks, and the front end still feels responsive and good on flat corners, but then a few years later they completely change the bike by giving it 10mm more travel, making the head angle 1.5 degrees slacker, making it lower and longer and so on, so the bike is no longer a fun poppy short travel trail bike, its just a more aggressive trail bike, now so called cross country bikes are turning into short travel trail bikes, and trail bikes now have head angles of enduro bikes, suzuki doesn't make a cruiser and then change the geometry every few years to slowly turn it into a sports bike, so why do mtb manufacturers do it? is it just to try and sell more bikes?
I have a question for Norco . Why can’t you buy a bike directly from norco without having to go through a local bike shop? I recently tried to purchase this bike through the norco website and it directed me to a bike shop and then I tried through jenson usa and they were a nightmare as well I just want a bike without having to go through hoops
get a grip of yourself. you don't have to go through hoops. go to your local shop and buy it or if its to far pick up the phone or email them and order it to be delivered.
@@marcwilliams9285 not every bike shop has one in stock though and bikes aren’t super easy to just get at a shop these days, at least where I’m at. It’s a “if we don’t have it you’re waiting until next year” situation.
If anyone at Norco knows whats on the bike, Ill be surprised. I contacted Norco about multiple parts on my 2021 Fluid Fs and they either didnt know or didnt bother to take the time to answer the questions. Seemed like they didnt give a damn after I paid for the thing, so they won't get any more money.
I have the previous version of the norco fluid fs (2020). The engineering on that bike is a piece of crap, re. alignment, geo, and linkage design. Sadly, someone like Paul Aston did not Independently test it, so no solutions… Except to pay again in order to upgrade to a slightly less shitty bike. Live to repair sports ltd
We'd like to say thank you to Norco for joining us and all our viewers for taking time to join us and ask some awesome questions! Let us know if you'd like to see more of these live reviews and Q&A sessions with brands.
I love this q&a format and very cool to include viewers and engineers 👩💻
@@octodadmtbmartyrichards2862 Awesome thank you!
Thanks for having us!
Supposed to pick up the A1 next week. Went in to buy an A2 and my LBS asked if I would be interested in the A1 if they could do it for the A2 price.. YUP! Never spent this much on a bike. In fact this will be almost double but I'm pretty excited about it!
Super interesting to hear from the product team and actual engineers on their passion behind the product. Big Norco fan (riding a Sight VLT C2 these days) was cool to hear it from the source.
Awesome thank you for letting us know. We’d love to do more and glad the Norco team was up for doin this.
This recording was awesome to reference as I was looking to buy a new bike. Thank you! Im looking forward to the next one!
Great video! I just got the Fluid A4. It was what I could reasonably afford. It is my first full suspension mountain bike. This is a serious machine at a very affordable price. You guys did such a great job!
Do you recall what colors the Fluid A4 came in?
Black or bright red
My LBS just did a sale and I picked up the FS A2, very excited to get this as my first FS bike!
Excellent choice!
This format was amazing!
Thank you much! Glad you enjoyed.
Loved hearing from the norco team! I just picked up the Fluid FS A2 and would have loved to hear little about it.
We hope you are stoked on the bike! For the most part the info dropped in this session applies to the A2 as well.
@@NorcoBicyclesOfficial The A2 is Incredible! Not only has it felt great on my local trails, it looks sick in Silver and Red.
Really enjoyed this thanks !
Thank you for watching and letting us know you liked it.
This was great! Very informative. Thanks!
Thanks Norco team for sharing your knowledge. Wish I caught the live!
One question I have is why the cables exit so close to the rear shock. I have concerns about the cables running on the stanchion.
norco has sent all dealers new cable port covers which will move the cables away from the rear shock.
@@thekernel114 good to know! I’ll follow up with my LBS
Hi, thanks for this great video. I just bought the Fluid FS A2 in Melbourne Australia. The cables also seem to be touching the shock. How can I tell if it's the old or new port cover? Unfortunately the bike shop guys didn't say anything about it. Thank you.
@@ziukito2837 if the cables are rubbing on the shock body you have the old port cover, the new port cover slots are angle quite drastically.
Thanks. I will contact the shop see if they can organise the new port for me.
Such a cool concept, gutted I didn`t catch it live. Still a great watch tho
Thank you!
Looking at the bike in person its beautiful, I’m going to sell my bike and buy one soon. Don’t know why but its very difficult to get a xxl in NZ as of last week. At 6’5 I’m currently riding a XL ripmo af and with riser bars its been fine so may have to get a xl and put on 35mm risers bars.
I would buy this if it wasn't green. Give us another neutral color option if we are spending $4k. The A2 silver is nice but it has a hideous red fork on it.......
I would of loved to ask them why do mtb manufacturers keep changing their bikes every few years? for example in motorcycles a sports bike will have sports bike geometry, and it will always have sports bike geometry, because that's what works for sports bikes, and a cruiser will always have cruiser geometry because that's what works for cruisers, suzuki hasn't changed the geometry of their gsxr750 in about 15 years, yet a mtb manufacturer will make a new class of bike like a short travel 120mm trail bike with a middle of the road head angle of 66.5 degrees, so the bike is fun, agile and poppy, but can still handle very steep tracks, and the front end still feels responsive and good on flat corners, but then a few years later they completely change the bike by giving it 10mm more travel, making the head angle 1.5 degrees slacker, making it lower and longer and so on, so the bike is no longer a fun poppy short travel trail bike, its just a more aggressive trail bike, now so called cross country bikes are turning into short travel trail bikes, and trail bikes now have head angles of enduro bikes, suzuki doesn't make a cruiser and then change the geometry every few years to slowly turn it into a sports bike, so why do mtb manufacturers do it? is it just to try and sell more bikes?
Excellent question.
WHAT color pedals do you put on this?... curious on what peep think? Gold, Black, Green or maybe purple?
It is a very cool bike !! nice job
I have a question for Norco . Why can’t you buy a bike directly from norco without having to go through a local bike shop? I recently tried to purchase this bike through the norco website and it directed me to a bike shop and then I tried through jenson usa and they were a nightmare as well I just want a bike without having to go through hoops
Simple, some brands just don't use a consumer direct business model.
get a grip of yourself. you don't have to go through hoops. go to your local shop and buy it or if its to far pick up the phone or email them and order it to be delivered.
@@marcwilliams9285 not every bike shop has one in stock though and bikes aren’t super easy to just get at a shop these days, at least where I’m at. It’s a “if we don’t have it you’re waiting until next year” situation.
Jensen USA is incredible … got my bike shipped and it came assembled ready to go
I want to change the shock, but i don't found a 210x50 eye to eye. Can i put a 210x60?
Are they going to release a frame only option ?
Whats the leverage ratio of frame and the antisquat numbers?
I'm 6 ft 7 if is big enough for me in on it
If anyone at Norco knows whats on the bike, Ill be surprised. I contacted Norco about multiple parts on my 2021 Fluid Fs and they either didnt know or didnt bother to take the time to answer the questions. Seemed like they didnt give a damn after I paid for the thing, so they won't get any more money.
About the proprietory brands. I hate them. I won't buy a giant cause they do stupid crap like that.
I have the previous version of the norco fluid fs (2020). The engineering on that bike is a piece of crap, re. alignment, geo, and linkage design. Sadly, someone like Paul Aston did not Independently test it, so no solutions… Except to pay again in order to upgrade to a slightly less shitty bike. Live to repair sports ltd
Wow? It couldn’t have been “that” bad? Was it?
I’m guessing you have a different bike now? What did you settle on? I’m interested to know.