Until last year I hadn’t given much thought to Norcos. They seemed like solid bikes but nothing special. That changed when they released the Norco Range 29. From the first time I looked at the specs for this bike, I knew it was exactly what I wanted: long travel but not too long, slack and low but not extreme, short chainstays, water bottle cage in the frame... all the things I like. In some ways there’s still nothing special about Range 29: the suspension is the same old fou