{"id":130797,"date":"2026-09-25T13:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/norco-spent-five-years-racing-its-new-team-dh-before-releasing-it\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:01:22","slug":"norco-spent-five-years-racing-its-new-team-dh-before-releasing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/norco-spent-five-years-racing-its-new-team-dh-before-releasing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Norco spent five years racing its new Team DH before releasing it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Norco has spent the past five years chasing fractions of a second with its World Cup downhill team. Now the rest of us can buy the result.<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. brand officially launched\u00a0 the new <a href=\"https:\/\/teamdh.norco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team DH<\/a> this morning. According to Norco, development started with a straightforward goal: build the fastest bike possible to help build the fastest race team.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s obviously the marketing department talking. But the Team DH has spent a lot of time between the tape.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Minnaar, Gracey Hemstreet, Danny Hart and the wider Norco adidas Race Division have all been involved in developing the platform. Norco says it went through countless design iterations and hundreds of test days over five years, with engineer Kirk McDowall giving the production bike its final sign-off after racing it himself at the YongPyong World Cup in May.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Built for Speed \u2013 The Making of the Team DH\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/koS0ZpRB68w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Five years of racing<\/h2>\n<p>Much of the Team DH\u2019s development happened between Norco\u2019s NEST facility in British Columbia, local test tracks and World Cup venues around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this level, riders notice everything. A few millimetres, a small change in stiffness or the way the bike settles through a gnarly section can make a difference at the finish line,\u201d Norco product development engineer Kirk McDowall said. \u201cHaving the race team involved throughout development meant we could make those changes, put them straight back on track and iterate on what actually made the bike faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The result is a 200 mm travel downhill bike built around Norco\u2019s High Virtual Pivot Six-Link suspension, or HVP6.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-2-Fox-Silver-Blue-Side-View-NDS.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Endless adjustability<\/h2>\n<p>Norco chose to use their HVP6 linkage design on the rear suspension. They say this gives engineers more freedom than a four-bar design to independently tune all kinds of riding characteristics; axle path, braking characteristics and leverage curve.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also adjustable suspensions progression. Flip chips at the shock eyelets offer two settings, P+ and P-. P+ increases progression by 2.5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Using patented technology licensed from i-Track,\u00a0 an adjustable idler gives riders another two settings for anti-squat. Moving from AS+ to AS- reduces anti-squat by 20 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the adjustability in the headset. Reach is adjustable by five millimetres in either direction from the neutral position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148544\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-960x1440.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-5301-MR-1120x1680.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Built for everyone from Gracey to Greg<\/h2>\n<p>Norco needed the same bike platform to work for athletes with dramatically different heights. So it comes in five different sizes, S1 through S5. They\u2019re designed to perform in a similar way throughout the size range. And every size is a mullet running a 29-inch front wheel and 27.5-inch rear. Travel is 200 mm front and rear.<\/p>\n<h2>Aluminum up front, carbon out back<\/h2>\n<p>They didn\u2019t go with a fully carbon frame. The Team DH uses an aluminum front triangle and a carbon rear triangle. Norco says aluminum gave its engineers more flexibility while tuning geometry, frame features and stiffness. The lighter carbon rear end was tuned around traction and responsiveness.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also some practicality built in. Oversized bearings, simplified pivot hardware, top-hat spacers and external cable routing all make the bike easier to work on. Norco says no special tools are required for routine servicing. Amen to that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148546\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MY27-Team-DH-4866-MR-1120x747.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Three flavour options<\/h2>\n<p>Norco is offering two complete bikes and one frame kit.<\/p>\n<p>The Team DH 2 Fox comes with a Fox 40 Performance Elite fork, Factory DHX2 shock, SRAM GX DH drivetrain and SRAM Maven Base brakes. They say the S3 weighs 41.9 pounds and will sell for $10,499 in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The Team DH 2 RockShox version swaps in a BoXXer Select D2 fork and Vivid Coil Base shock while retaining the GX DH drivetrain and Maven brakes. It also weighs 41.9-pounds in S3 and sells for $9,500.<\/p>\n<p>The frame kit includes the aluminum front triangle, carbon rear triangle and Fox Factory DHX2 shock for $6,199 Canadian.<\/p>\n<h3>Norco Team DH Frame Geometry<\/h3>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Geometry<\/th>\n<th>Size 1<\/th>\n<th>Size 2<\/th>\n<th>Size 3<\/th>\n<th>Size 4<\/th>\n<th>Size 5<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rider Height (ft.)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>5\u20191\u2033\u20135\u20195\u2033<\/td>\n<td>5\u20194\u2033\u20135\u20198\u2033<\/td>\n<td>5\u20197\u2033\u20135\u201911\u201d<\/td>\n<td>5\u201910\u2033\u20136\u20192\u2033<\/td>\n<td>6\u20191\u2033\u20136\u20195\u2033<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rider Height (cm)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>155\u2013165<\/td>\n<td>162.5\u2013172.5<\/td>\n<td>170\u2013180<\/td>\n<td>178\u2013188<\/td>\n<td>185.5\u2013195.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Frame Size<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Wheel Size<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>29\u2033\/27.5\u2033<\/td>\n<td>29\u2033\/27.5\u2033<\/td>\n<td>29\u2033\/27.5\u2033<\/td>\n<td>29\u2033\/27.5\u2033<\/td>\n<td>29\u2033\/27.5\u2033<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Travel (Front\/Rear)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>200\/200<\/td>\n<td>200\/200<\/td>\n<td>200\/200<\/td>\n<td>200\/200<\/td>\n<td>200\/200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Reach<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>413 \/ 418 \/ 423<\/td>\n<td>433 \/ 438 \/ 443<\/td>\n<td>453 \/ 458 \/ 463<\/td>\n<td>473 \/ 478 \/ 483<\/td>\n<td>493 \/ 498 \/ 503<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Stack<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>631<\/td>\n<td>631<\/td>\n<td>632<\/td>\n<td>636<\/td>\n<td>641<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Head Tube Angle<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>63\u00b0<\/td>\n<td>63\u00b0<\/td>\n<td>62.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<td>62.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<td>62.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Fork Offset<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Seat Tube Length<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>355<\/td>\n<td>370<\/td>\n<td>385<\/td>\n<td>400<\/td>\n<td>415<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Effective Seat Tube Angle<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>77\u00b0<\/td>\n<td>77\u00b0<\/td>\n<td>76.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<td>76.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<td>76.5\u00b0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rear Centre<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>440<\/td>\n<td>440<\/td>\n<td>442.5<\/td>\n<td>445<\/td>\n<td>447.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rear Centre at Sag<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>458<\/td>\n<td>458<\/td>\n<td>460.5<\/td>\n<td>463<\/td>\n<td>465.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bottom Bracket Drop (Front\/Rear)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>22\/2<\/td>\n<td>22\/2<\/td>\n<td>22\/2<\/td>\n<td>22\/2<\/td>\n<td>22\/2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Bottom Bracket Height<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>352<\/td>\n<td>352<\/td>\n<td>352<\/td>\n<td>352<\/td>\n<td>352<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Horizontal Top Tube Length<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>581<\/td>\n<td>596<\/td>\n<td>619<\/td>\n<td>638<\/td>\n<td>656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Wheelbase<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1221 \/ 1226 \/ 1231<\/td>\n<td>1241 \/ 1246 \/ 1251<\/td>\n<td>1272 \/ 1277 \/ 1282<\/td>\n<td>1296 \/ 1301 \/ 1306<\/td>\n<td>1321 \/ 1326 \/ 1331<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Standover Height<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>638<\/td>\n<td>638<\/td>\n<td>638<\/td>\n<td>642<\/td>\n<td>642<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Head Tube Length<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<td>105<\/td>\n<td>110<\/td>\n<td>115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Trail<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Maximum Post Insertion<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>145<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<td>175<\/td>\n<td>190<\/td>\n<td>205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Stem Length<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Crank Length<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<td>165<\/td>\n<td>165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Measurements are in millimetres unless otherwise noted.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t! 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