Range

For 2022, Norco replaced the previous Range with a fundamentally different enduro platform built around a high virtual pivot suspension layout and an idler pulley. That change marked a clear shift in the bike’s priorities: the newer Range was designed to carry speed through rough terrain with more rearward axle path characteristics than the earlier four-bar A.R.T. bike. In market terms, it moved the Range deeper into the gravity-focused enduro category, aligning it with the growing class of high-pivot long-travel bikes aimed at riders who value composure on steep, fast, technical descents over all-round trail-bike versatility.

That makes this generation break important, because the 2022-on bike and the 2017-2021 Range serve somewhat different riders despite sharing the same name. The earlier A.R.T.-suspension Range was already an enduro race-oriented machine, but it came from a more conventional low-pivot design tradition. The 2022 redesign signaled Norco’s intent to modernize the platform around current gravity-bike trends, using the idler-equipped high-pivot layout as the defining design choice. Within Norco’s lineup and the wider market, the newer Range sits as a more specialized, descending-first enduro bike, while the prior generation represents the last of the brand’s more conventional long-travel enduro approach.