Is it just me but everyone seems to hate the "look" of the new Norcos, but a little reading reveals the frame design was changed to provide structaul rigidity and a lower centre of gravity to aid in cornering, thats what i remember reading, i realise that aethetics of bike are extremly important but I would like think that at least some are open to performance over aethetics, this frame I find it a simamlar shape to the new Giant faith that was posted a few weeks back that had a pretty good reciveing by all. Yet I will agree the color co-ordination at norco certainly needs a big re-think