Why is there an such a stupid unnecessary hatred of Santacruz bikes? They make bikes for riding round pointlessly in the woods. They are not going to cure cancer or solve world peace. Its for fun. If you can afford one and want one then buy one. If you cant afford one or don’t want one then don’t buy one.
My experience of owning two has been very good. I’m not fat, I’m not rich, I don’t have an audi or a T5 and I ride my bikes a lot and work hard to pay for them. I didn’t hate them before I bought one and Everyone who has ever spoke to me about my nomad in the real world has been very positive apart from 2 people who I wouldn’t listen to anyway. One who has a specialised he cleans but barely rides and fat bloke who didn’t think I would do some jumps because I was on a santacruz.
Most of the internet hate I think comes down to jealousy, They are expensive and probably no better than many other bikes available but a lot of the hate just comes across as childish jealousy.
I love my two and would definitely buy another.
I also think they make some of the nicest looking well designed bikes available. You never hear of a nomad owner moaning about spending an hour threading an internal cable or wear on a badly designed linkage.