Thanks T-Mar. An '88 is still pretty shocking....I just got it for almost nothing, seems to have all original mechanicals, and really rides nice.

I thought I read on your original post serial code criteria that Norco only made these bikes in Canada up to 1987.....?
(There is a sticker on the chain stay "Designed by NORCO")
And I mistakenly thought the term for the weird under-the-frame positioned rear brakes was "U-brakes"..what is the term for this set-up?