Bike park season is imminent, and Norco is acknowledging it with the new Torrent DH – a bike that is proving that keeping it simple is the best approach for certain applications. At its core, it’s an alloy DH bike with external cable routing, oversized bearings, 200mm of travel, a reliable suspension layout, and mullet wheels. If the boxes you want checked for a park or freeride bike include low maintenance, easy service, durability, and a lifetime warranty, the Torrent DH checks them.
At $4,499 USD / $5,700 CDN for the complete bike (or $2,999 USD / $2,800 CDN for the framekit), Norco is delivering a legit, lifetime-warrantied park bike that saves your wallet and your sanity.
This feels appropriate for Norco, a brand that is deeply rooted in freeride and the North Shore style – and if this bike is being ridden and pushed by Mr. Vestavik, it’s clearly fit for whatever the average rider could ever hope to throw at it.
Details
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Norco didn’t overcomplicate this one. The Torrent DH features a robust, full-aluminum frame built with a durability-first mindset. There are no flip chips or small bits to fine-tune geometry; it’s a set-and-forget machine for bike park hammering.
- External Cable Routing: It’s quiet, secure, and lets you swap a brake line without crying in the parking lot.
- Heavy-Duty Armor: It comes stock with integrated fork bumpers, a branded shuttle guard, and a chainstay protector/bashguard.
- Simplified Hardware: Oversized bearings keep your pivot service intervals far apart.
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Suspension & Geometry
The bike pumps out 200mm of travel front and rear, utilizing Norco’s Virtual Pivot Suspension (VPS); a low-maintenance, dependable take on a Horst Link layout. It rolls exclusively on a mixed-wheel setup (29″ front, 27.5″ rear) across all five sizes (S1 to S5).
Norco scales the rear-center lengths proportionally (from 430mm to 450mm) so the bike handles predictably whether you’re a 5-foot-tall grom or a fully grown adult sending double-black pro lines. Out back, a custom-tuned RockShox Vivid Air Base shock handles bottom-out control when you inevitably overshoot the landing, but the frame is fully compatible with a coil swap if you prefer a linear feel.
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The Spec Sheet & Bottom Line
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The complete Torrent DH A1 build hits the scales at 17.9 kg (39.5 lbs) for an S3 and brings a blue-collar workhorse component list to the table:
- Fork: RockShox BoXXer Select D2 (200mm)
- Brakes: Powerhouse SRAM Maven Base 4-piston brakes
- Drivetrain: SRAM GX DH 7-speed
- Wheels/Tires: WTB ST Tough rims wrapped in Maxxis Assegai/Minion DHR II DH-casing rubber