even then, i talked to one of the guys who is in charge of norco; i asked his if i should replace this frame with how old it is. he said these frames last forever especially compared to other frames made these days. he sees people ripping down whistler on 10 year old frames all the time without a crack anywhere. i was still encouraged to buy a new frame though only from peer pressure, so i got a mongoose ec-d. i only got it because it is what my shop carries and it's the best bang for the buck. if i could have gotten any fame, it would have been a new norco. it's so sad to say goodbye to the norco family. i never even got to go to a VPS fest
even then, i talked to one of the guys who is in charge of norco; i asked his if i should replace this frame with how old it is. he said these frames last forever especially compared to other frames made these days. he sees people ripping down whistler on 10 year old frames all the time without a crack anywhere. i was still encouraged to buy a new frame though only from peer pressure, so i got a mongoose ec-d. i only got it because it is what my shop carries and it's the best bang for the buck. if i could have gotten any fame, it would have been a new norco. it's so sad to say goodbye to the norco family. i never even got to go to a VPS fest
man if i were u id have kept that old norco part swapped and kept it
Edit: I just had a stupid idea, What if we tried to get a VPS bike one from every year, Oldest we can find on pinkbike through to 08/09, and make some sort of timeline? To see just how much Norco has progressed in 9-10 years?
you have a sweet idea try and set that up it would be awsome
planekid wrote:
Hmm 00' VPS 2
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I thought i had the oldest, but alas a 99
Monocoque FTW!!!
Edit: I just had a stupid idea, What if we tried to get a VPS bike one from every year, Oldest we can find on pinkbike through to 08/09, and make some sort of timeline? To see just how much Norco has progressed in 9-10 years?
heres my winter build its a 2000 vps1. i love the nice old school vps's
https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1628923/
i need some help i am missing the brake mount for the back pictured below my lbs cant help as always so if anyone can help me that would be appriceated
https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1628928/
this being a vps thread i thought id post my super old school 1998 vps1 frame sorry its not built up im afraid if i build it up it will explode as soon as i sit on it
Well i finished The timeline, A little Cheesy and Crappy seeing as i used paint to make a fast one, If someone was to do a proper photoshop it would greatly enhance the message.
About as old as vps gets https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1249083/ Anouther 99' vps 1 got the frame for free last year and rode it for a year unill i retired it to my closet only seen one other one like this one out there
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/photothing2006/IMG_0703.jpg heres my 04 fuse for your timeline if your going to make a better one, burly
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/photothing2006/IMG_0703.jpg heres my 04 fuse for your timeline if your going to make a better one, burly