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If you spend your time dreaming of bicycle trips them this is your bike. Ready to tour in Soft Yellow.

  • Overview
  • Bicycle Specs
  • Frame Specs
  • Fitting Guide
  • Hi-Res Photo
  • Bike Reviews
  • Testimonials
  • Color Options
  • Paint Gallery
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    Nor’Wester Tour overview

    If we didn’t make the incomparable Co-motion Americano, or the new Pangea we’d have to tell you the Nor’Wester Tour is the most capable touring bike money can buy. It has everything you need to carry touring loads, while providing an incredibly stable ride and the kind of positioning you want when your goal is to cover ground and take in the scenery.

    The Nor’Wester Tour is a superb touring bike that is built a little lighter to help you pack smart and tread lightly, while getting up those hills a little easier. You do know you'll get up those hills easier if you carry less, right? Examine our specifications, and you'll notice the component kit is quite similar to the Americano package, although the tandem-duty wheelset is exchanged for a more universal set with 130mm spacing, as most road bikes are equipped.

    The Nor'Wester Tour's frame tubes are just a little larger than your old road bike, yet thin walled to add refreshingly supple resilience. Adding to the Nor'Wester Tour's impeccable balance and stability is our rock-steady Americano fork. This is the fork that has crossed every continent on Earth with the navigational certainty of Magellan, and the stoic resolve of a loyal Sherpa.

    As we meet more cyclists who have come to know us for great touring bikes, we explain what our Americano or Pangea can do. We show postcards and photos from epic journeys Americanos have taken their riders over the most rugged parts of the globe. We often hear, "well, I'm not doing anything THAT extreme..." So here's your bike: the beautiful, capable, well-built, nicely balanced Nor'Wester Tour. Fitted just for you with or without our Co-Pilot option for suitcase portability. It's everything the Americano is, and less.

    Nor’Wester Tour pricing

  • Frames
    Frameset with Co-Motion steel fork $1685
  • Component Groups
    Complete bike with touring parts kit $3245
  • Note:
    Prices do not include shipping charges. Please request a quote from your Co-Motion dealer for final cost

  • Color choices


    The Nor'Wester Tour and Nor'Wester Tour Co-Pilot come in your choice of 30 Co-Motion PPG color choices
    2 color fade $100
    3 color fade $175
    House of Kolor Pearlescent colors
    Single color $140
    2 color fade $225
    Panels (choose panel and body colors from standard color selections) $225
    Custom color $200

  • Options


    Custom framework/Sizing $300
    Tubus Tara front rack $100
    Tubus Cargo rear rack $110

    • Nor’Wester Tour component Specifications

  • Nor'Wester Tour Kit
  • Frame - Reynolds 853 air-hardening steel tubing.
  • Fork - Co-Motion taper-gauge Cro-Moly with CNC steerer.
  • Headset - Chris King black 1 1/8".
  • Bottom Bracket - Raceface.
  • Crankset - Raceface Deus.
  • Chainrings - 46-34-24 triple.
  • Brakes - Avid Single Digit 7.
  • Brake Levers - Dia Compe 287.
  • Front Derailleur - Shimano XT triple.
  • Rear Derailleur - Shimano XTR 9spd.
  • Cassette - Shimano XT 11-34 9spd.
  • Shifters - Shimano Dura Ace 9 speed bar-end.
  • Seat Post - Alpha Q Pro carbon 27.2mm.
  • Saddle - Selle Italia C2 Flow.
  • Stem - FSA OS 150.
  • Chain - Shimano HG-93, 9sp.
  • Pedals - None.
  • Wheelset - DT Swiss 370 with Velocity Dyad rims.
  • Tires - Vittoria Randonneur Pro 700X32.
  • QR skewers - DT Swiss.
  • Handlebar - FSA Omega 31.8; 42,44.

    • Nor’Wester Tour Frame Specifications

    Frame Size Top Tube Length (cm) Head Angle Seat Angle Chainstay Length (cm) BB Height (cm) Seatpost Diameter (mm) Standover Height (inches)
    46cm 51.0 72° 75° 43.2 26.5 27.2 28.2"
    48cm 52.0 72° 74.5° 43.2 26.5 27.2 28.8"
    50cm 52.5 72.5° 74.5° 43.2 26.5 27.2 29.4"
    52cm 53.5 72.5° 74° 43.2 26.5 27.2 30.0"
    54cm 54.0 72.5° 74° 43.2 26.5 27.2 30.4"
    55cm 54.5 73° 74° 43.2 26.5 27.2 30.8"
    56cm 55.0 73° 73.5° 43.2 26.5 27.2 31.2"
    57cm 56.5 73° 73.5° 43.2 26.5 27.2 31.5"
    58cm 57.2 73° 73° 43.2 26.5 27.2 31.8"
    59cm 57.8 73° 73° 43.2 26.5 27.2 32.1"
    60cm 58.5 73° 73° 43.2 26.5 27.2 32.4"
    62cm 58.8 73° 72.5° 43.2 26.5 27.2 32.8"