Good writeup. I built up a Shore frame a week ago with a Boxxer and running the rear at 190mm. It's replacing a Glory as my DH bike, with the added ability to make long resort traverses and fire road grinds to get to ligit DH terrain much easier thanks the the steep seat tube angle and a dropper. It corners surprisingly well for it's length and the suspension design is the best I've ridden in terms of smoothing out chunk. However, getting the front end up and bunny hopping takes more effort.
I found the Norco Ride Aligned settings on their site pretty far off in terms of spring rate for me. For example, the top of the RS air pressure recommendations for a boxxer at my weight (and what I've been running on the Glory) are 15lbs less than what Norco recommends. Getting the rear to match the Boxxer at RS recommendations, as well as matching the feel I had on the Glory which had an Avalanche tuned shock valved for Cat 2 DH racing on it requires dropping down ~100lbs in the rear (which still has me at a bit less than 30% sag).
Feb. 10, 2021, 7:27 a.m. - John Rodriguez
Good writeup. I built up a Shore frame a week ago with a Boxxer and running the rear at 190mm. It's replacing a Glory as my DH bike, with the added ability to make long resort traverses and fire road grinds to get to ligit DH terrain much easier thanks the the steep seat tube angle and a dropper. It corners surprisingly well for it's length and the suspension design is the best I've ridden in terms of smoothing out chunk. However, getting the front end up and bunny hopping takes more effort. I found the Norco Ride Aligned settings on their site pretty far off in terms of spring rate for me. For example, the top of the RS air pressure recommendations for a boxxer at my weight (and what I've been running on the Glory) are 15lbs less than what Norco recommends. Getting the rear to match the Boxxer at RS recommendations, as well as matching the feel I had on the Glory which had an Avalanche tuned shock valved for Cat 2 DH racing on it requires dropping down ~100lbs in the rear (which still has me at a bit less than 30% sag).