Comments on: 2008 Norco Fluid LT 3 Mountain Bike Review

By: Jason Mitchell

Jason Mitchell — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:35:54 +0000

Glad you like your LT! It’s a great bike–one that’s definitely upgrade-worthy!

By: George Mason

George Mason — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:19:33 +0000

Well Its been a year and I have made the bike even more my own, I have swaped out the X%stuff for XO, wow what a difference, droped te bg ring in favor of a bash through on a Diabolus 50mm stem and 1.5″ rise bar, tossed the stock post for a Thompson elite and most recently, as inn today gave up on the stock wheels and tires and went to Mavic CrossMax and Kenda Small Block 8 2.35″. Now this thing climbs like a goat, face with a sudden steep climb drop a few gears lean forward and apply pressure, look up and its over before you knew what happen. I had previously had no problems with the 55r fork but lately it has been feling what I can only describe as notchy, a little stiff at the start smooth through the middle and back to stiff again, but only at slow speeds, but its ok its on my upgrade list and I have a 66 ATA sitting in the wings. I have always like the rear suspension action in long travel but prefered the head angle in short travel so the answer for me was add an inch to the legnth of the fork, tryed it out and I found my perfect bike. Going for a trail ride with a lot of climbs twist down the fork and head out, going to do a secent on some of the small hills her pop it back up, going to shutle and shred the gnar, put it away and grab the old trusty ALine and have at it when the day is done get back on the fluid LT taake an evening cruise

By: Jason Mitchell

Jason Mitchell — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:10:59 +0000

Yeah, you could go with something like the Rockshox Domain fork at this price, but it’s really hard to beat the buttery-smooth travel that the Marzocchi provides.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:59:07 +0000

The bike seems awesome, but i find the LT 3 with a Marzocchi ist overpriced in my opinion, well i might be to picky, but a Rock Shox with poploc would be nice =)

Too bad we dont get this anywhere near my home region, and they are not sold online. =(

By: Jason Mitchell

Jason Mitchell — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:05:38 +0000

Good to hear. Too bad this frame doesn't have ISGC tabs! If it did, the new SRAM HammerSchmidt would be perfect and we wouldn't worry about shifting issues. Thanks for your $0.02 on how to make this bike even better. Sometimes people don't think to go that route, but they should to make a bike really their own.

By: George Mason

George Mason — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:45:34 +0000

I have a fluid lt 3 and love it and have no issues with the front der. the problem lays with the chainrings on the cranks. Being that I work in a bike shop I get great deals on parts and bike through our dist. First thing I changed was the cranks. I replaced the stock cranks with a set of Dues Xc from Raceface and have had no problems shifting in the front.