Troy
vsSight
Two 150 mm trail bikes, two suspension philosophies.
The Devinci Troy is a refined Split Pivot quiver-killer. The Norco Sight is a high-pivot enduro sled in trail-bike clothing.
Troy
- Lighter and more efficient — around 15 kg in carbon GX AXS trim, with Split Pivot that rides high under power.
- Made-in-Canada frames with a lifetime warranty and a $350 carbon-vs-alloy upcharge that reviewers call the best dollar-per-gram in the category.
- More agile in tight terrain — size-specific chainstays (435 mm on M, 440-445 mm on L/XL) and a livelier suspension feel reward active riding.
- Less square-edge composure than a true high-pivot when the trail gets really rough.
- Devinci voids the warranty if you fit a 170 mm fork — no easy travel bump.
Sight
- High-pivot rear suspension with a rearward axle path that erases square-edge hits other 150 mm bikes get hung up on.
- Reach-based sizing across 5 sizes (S1 through S5) with size-specific chainstays — the easiest 'pick the right reach' fit in the category.
- Deathly quiet — fully ported cable routing, capped bearings, an 18t silent idler, and extensive frame protection that rivals Yeti or Santa Cruz fit-and-finish.
- Heavier — 16 kg in carbon, ~18 kg in alloy — and slower to accelerate from a dead stop.
- Long wheelbase (1219 mm at S2, up to 1319 mm at S5) is a handful in tight technical climbs.
Editor’s analysis
Same 150 mm rear travel, same 160 mm fork, same 64-degree head angle — and almost nothing else in common.
On the spec sheet these two look like twins. Both are 150/160 mm mixed-wheel trail bikes with slack head angles, steep seat tubes, UDH dropouts, and Boost 148 spacing. Both have made-in-North-America carbon options, full SRAM GX AXS Transmission at the editor's-pick price, and tires built for actual mountain riding rather than catalogue weight. Pull them off the shelf and you'd struggle to call the winner.
Then you ride them. The Devinci Troy uses Dave Weagle's Split Pivot — a refined four-bar that reviewers consistently call 'lively,' 'peppy,' and 'planted' in the same sentence. It rides high in its travel, climbs well for the category, and the carbon Troy comes in around 15 kg in the GX AXS build. Devinci's pitch is the 'Goldilocks' bike: not the plushest, not the lightest, but the one you actually grab for everything.
The Norco Sight throws out the four-bar entirely and runs a high-pivot with an idler pulley — the same architecture that's shown up on Norco's Range and Aurum DH bike. The rear axle moves rearward as it compresses, so the wheel gets out of the way of square-edge hits in a way no Horst-link or Split Pivot can match. Reviewers describe it as 'glued to the ground,' 'deathly quiet,' and able to 'carry speed like nothing else.' The trade-off is mass — the Sight C1 carbon is around 16 kg, and the alloy A3 pushes 18 kg.
Put another way: the Devinci Troy is the bike you buy when you want a 150 mm trail bike that climbs like a 130. The Norco Sight is the bike you buy when you want a 150 mm trail bike that descends like a 170. Neither is wrong — they're answering different questions.
Where the builds differ.
Comparing our editor's-pick builds side-by-side. Winners highlighted row-by-row — lower price and weight, and the better-spec component, each mark a point.
Build variants & pricing
Both span ~$3.5k of range. The Sight starts cheaper at $2,799; the Troy tops out higher at $7,499.
Prices are current US MSRP. Editor's picks here are the Devinci Troy Carbon GX AXS 12s ($7,499) and the Norco Sight C1 150 MX ($6,149) — both carbon, both SRAM GX AXS T-Type. The Norco runs Fox 36 Factory + Float X2; the Devinci runs RockShox Lyrik Ultimate + Vivid Ultimate. The $1,350 gap reflects the Troy's lighter carbon layup and its Race Face ARC 30 wheel package.
How they fit, how they steer.
Troy M and Sight S2 (29) are the closest fit-picks for a 5'8" rider. Reach is 12.5 mm longer on the Troy (460 vs 447.5), stack is 5 mm taller on the Sight (627 vs 622), and the head angles match at 64°. Wheelbase and chainstays are within 11 mm and 5 mm respectively.
Which size should I buy?
Norco's reach-based S1–S5 sizing has heavy overlap, so most riders fit two adjacent sizes. The Troy uses traditional S/M/L/XL with bigger gaps between sizes.
→These are starting points. Flexibility, riding style, and preferred position all shift the answer — if you’re between sizes, a professional fit beats a chart.
What the magazines said.
Published reviews from trusted cycling outlets. Click through for the full write-up.
Which one should you buy?
If you want a 150 mm trail bike that climbs like a 130, get the Devinci Troy. If you want one that descends like a 170, get the Norco Sight.
Troy
If your day is a 3,000-foot climb earning a single chunky descent — and you'd rather feel fresh at the bottom than glued to the ground — the Troy is the pick. Lighter, peppier, and with a Split Pivot that pedals genuinely well.
Sight
If you shuttle, ride lifts, or treat every descent like an enduro stage and you want the rear wheel to disappear into square-edge hits — the Sight is the bike. Heavier on the climbs; bottomless on the way down.
Questions buyers actually ask.
Short answers to the things we get emailed about most often.
01What's the actual difference between Split Pivot and high-pivot?
Split Pivot (Devinci Troy) is a four-bar layout with the rear pivot concentric to the rear axle. The rear wheel moves in a near-vertical arc, which is light, efficient, and predictable — but the wheel doesn't get out of the way of square-edge hits.
High-pivot (Norco Sight) places the main pivot well above the chainring and uses an idler pulley to keep the chain line stable. As the suspension compresses, the rear axle moves rearward before it moves up, so the wheel travels around obstacles instead of into them. It's the same idea downhill bikes use, scaled to 150 mm. The trade-off is added weight, a slightly less direct pedaling feel, and the idler itself as a wear point.
02Which climbs better?
The Devinci Troy, by a noticeable margin. Reviewers consistently describe Split Pivot as 'taut' and report the bike 'rides high in its travel,' which keeps the seat angle dynamically steep and the front wheel weighted on technical climbs. The carbon Troy is around 15 kg.
The Norco Sight is no slouch — Norco's idler placement nearly eliminates pedal kickback and anti-squat actually increases in easier gears, so there's less bob than you'd expect. But the C1 carbon is ~16 kg and the alloy A3 is ~18 kg, and the long wheelbase is a handful on tight switchbacks. It climbs fine. The Troy climbs well.
03Which descends better?
The Norco Sight. The high-pivot's rearward axle path means the rear wheel tracks over square-edge bumps in a way no four-bar can match, and the bike's mass plus 1219 mm+ wheelbase gives it enduro-bike composure on rough fast trails. Multiple reviewers call it 'glued to the ground' and say it 'rides bigger than its travel numbers.'
The Troy is no slouch on the way down — the Vivid Ultimate's Hydraulic Bottom-Out control on the top build is excellent — but it's a 'lively, planted' bike where the Sight is a 'plow.' If you point both at the gnarliest line on your trail, the Sight gives you more margin.
04Can I run both as a full 29er instead of mullet?
Yes, both. The Devinci Troy ships MX (29" front, 27.5" rear) but a flip-chip in the lower shock mount lets you run full 29" — Mike Kazimer of Pinkbike preferred the 29er setup for added stability and speed-carrying with minimal loss in maneuverability.
The Norco Sight is offered in dedicated 29" or MX configurations, and Norco's interchangeable links keep geometry and kinematics identical between the two. Most reviewers prefer the MX setup as the 'winning combo,' but the 29er is a real option.
05How loud is the Norco's idler pulley?
Effectively silent. Norco engineered an 18-tooth idler that AMB Magazine described as 'amazingly silent,' and the YouTube reviewer who lived with the bike for four months said the idler was 'honestly not noticed.' Combined with fully ported cable routing and extensive chainstay protection, the Sight is one of the quieter trail bikes on the market.
Ironically, reviewers found the alloy Devinci Troy rattlier — the in-frame storage door and some cable runs were called out for noise on rough terrain.
06What about long-travel forks — can I bump either to 170 mm?
Devinci explicitly voids the warranty if you fit a 170 mm fork on the Troy — they specify 160 mm only. If a longer fork matters to you, that's a hard limit.
Norco ships the Sight with a 160 mm fork and doesn't publish the same hard restriction; the frame's enduro-leaning geometry and 28% suspension progression were designed with longer-travel intent. Check with Norco directly if you plan to make the swap, but you have more headroom here.
07How do the warranties compare?
Both come with a lifetime frame warranty to the original owner. Devinci's Canadian-made aluminum frames carry the same coverage as the carbon. Norco's coverage extends across all the Sight's frame options.
The practical difference is the 170 mm fork restriction on the Troy — Devinci will void coverage for that specific modification.
08Which has better in-frame storage?
Both have downtube storage compartments. The Troy's SHED door doubles as a side-entry water bottle cage — every size fits at least a 500 ml bottle even with a reservoir shock. The Sight has a similar setup with frame protection that reviewers consistently praise as feeling Yeti- or Santa Cruz-grade. They're close enough that storage shouldn't be the deciding factor.
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Sentinel
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