louis2468routier
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Male / 24
Member Since: Jul 11, 2002
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Bike I ride: Norco Team DH Full Custom,
Favorite Trails: Mont Sainte Anne, BROMONT!..
Products Recommended: SRAM X9 Rear Derailleur Short | Gamut P30 | Mavic EX 823 Disc | Shimano Saint Brakeset. | Norco 2011 Team DH
Companies Supported: Manitou | Norco | Turner | Hayes | Race Face | Specialized | DT Swiss | Gamut | Mavic | Marzocchi | Maxxis | Straitline | e13 | Transition | X Fusion Shox | Shimano | Scott
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louis2468routier commented under IanHylands's blog ( Jan 12, 2012 at 19:22 )
Hey Medic, Yea its 160mm travel but like I said, Has nice nice pedaling platform for the ups but it just rips on the downs. I'm having a hard time choosing which I want, The Sight or Range.... The sight weighs abit less and IMO looks abit better, but the Range is abit funner to ride... ah choices!! hahah Having ridden RS forks up until this year, and then FINALLY decided to make the move to a Marz 888 RC3 EVO V2 on the big bike, can't say I was sad when I mounted the 888 up to the bike... So freaking plushhhhhh!! I hear ya on the elka stuff, been riding Elka rear shocks for the past 4 seasons now, truly amazing stuff! Now only if they'd try making an Air version of the Stage 5!! hah I've been recently turned onto the X-Fusion bits from a close friend of mine, was definitely surprised when I took the Vector Air out of the box and mounted on the bike, feels really close to a coil shock but has this nice "support" in the mid-stroke. Really nice stuff overall. I wish I could've found a Large size in the 4xxxx when it was cleaing out, cuz with the Marz 4x RC3, the front end duties felt dialed and the whole build, with Gravity light crankset and sram drivetrain, avid brakes all mount on rather light and strong SRingle Equaliser 21 wheelset. The bike had the best spec around, IMO that large size but with something like a KS Supernatural dropper post would've been a fun little trailbike setup. Come to think of it, we did sell quite a few Empire SE to smaller 5'5 and under folk looking for a bombproof trailbike setup... Our bread and butter this season at the shop TBH was the most more aggressive side of things, ALOTTTTTT of BMX and 5+ dual suspension bikes (incl. 4xxxx and Empires). :beer:
louis2468routier commented under IanHylands's blog ( Jan 11, 2012 at 20:46 )
Hey The-Medic, Having ridden the Sight 1 quite abit during the 2012 Product Launch. However I did like the Range quite abit... Travel and weight are abit more over the Sight but that isnt a necessarily disadvantage... Climbs almost as well but hauls abit more tail on the descents and is overall a funner(read: mini-dh feel without the mini-dh weight and shit pedaling) ride. I really wish Marzocchi would have a 20mm option in the 44 range! Im not entirely convinced on the 15mm stuff... A Vector Air would also be a sweet option for the rear end duties!.. Last thing I heard on the slopestyle project, is that it was essentially just a prototype. Allthough now seeing Hopkins on one too... I can only figure this might grow into a permanent offering. One thing though, back in 2010 and 2009 the 4x and Empire series didnt sell, they later(this past season) had to get rid of the bikes on closeouts. We were selling Empire 5 SE for around $1500 compared to their $3200 retail figure back in 2009. Keep your fingers crossed and annoy your local shop or rep... hah :beer:
louis2468routier commented under louis2468routier's photo ( Jan 11, 2012 at 15:49 )
Definitely will!!

posted in "Canadian Fox suspension dealers" ( Jan 10, 2012 at 12:15 )
louis2468routier commented under mikelevy's blog ( Jan 10, 2012 at 8:06 )
Cant wait for this to come out on DVD. Palmer is a f**king badass!!!
louis2468routier commented under louis2468routier's photo ( Jan 10, 2012 at 6:30 )
Haven't had the chance to ride it much quite yet. Cold and snowy outside these days. But in setting up the shock, it doesn't feel like a traditional air shock, as it seems to be abit more plush in the first 1"-1 1/2". Cant wait to shred some runs.

louis2468routier commented under IanHylands's blog ( Jan 9, 2012 at 18:59 )
Yea, I wrote that and then I realized I missed a couple people!! haha We were talking about it at the shop today. Norco has quite a few sick riders... Hopkins, Bryn, Jill, Ben Reid, Dan S., Dueck, Hoots, Geddes, Leach... List goes on! Heres to next season being one of the greats!
louis2468routier commented under IanHylands's blog ( Jan 9, 2012 at 8:42 )
Available to buy, last time I checked Norco still had some in stock. Get in touch with your local Norco dealer, they¨will be able to hook ya up!
louis2468routier commented under IanHylands's blog ( Jan 9, 2012 at 8:09 )
Norco is on top of it this year!!! Two killer racing teams riding the Aurum, and now Hopkins!!! 2012 is guna be a gooooooood year!!! Stoked
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bushleague wrote
Jun 6, 2011 at 8:40
Haha ya man!! Thanks

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hucker93 wrote
Mar 24, 2011 at 4:19
August I think

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hucker93 wrote
Mar 23, 2011 at 18:53
uhm i think ill be down there around the week leading up to the 14th and either a week before or a week after. not entirely sure yet. parents havent decided yet.

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hucker93 wrote
Mar 23, 2011 at 17:32
ya man thats what im hoping. im hoping ill be able to do a race.

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hucker93 wrote
Mar 23, 2011 at 17:05
ya man for sure. I think i might be coming your way this summer to visit family. I'll have to see if maybe I have time to ride and you can show me some trails.

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hucker93 wrote
Mar 23, 2011 at 15:57
hey man just thought id let you know that now that ive used the knee pads I absolutely love them and am pissed I hadnt gotten them earlier haha. thanks again!!!

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MCsession7 wrote
Mar 6, 2011 at 15:35
Mang, I'm in love with your bike.

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