[Closed] Sonder Camino New Model or Existing One?

Gf has had the same offer, she's decided to stick with the original to avoid further delays, and the vouchers will be a nice bonus!

The new one is also more of a move towards mtb geometry from what I understand, and she'll be using it for road as well, so was happy to stick with the very well reviewed older model.

Thanks Aero, I'm guessing the older geometry is better for on the road?

Someone on the Camino owners FB group posted this which is interesting. https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=5fa225022e45dc0017cff504,6206645a5b8706001f0ec67e

I have an old one (2021). It's probably more road than the new one but it's still a way off "road geometry". It's fine on the road and I run my large with a 100mm stem despite them recommending 80mm. I'd say, having not really looked at the new one but having read the email saying the geometry is slacker, if you want to a mix of road and off road then get the older one. The new one looks a bit too mtb to me for what I use it for.

Had the same offer, I was impressed by their generosity

I'v got one of the old ones, seems to plat down the mtb trails by me without too much trouble. doesn't the new one just have more clearance and internal and dropper routing? the latter would be nice but the former I'd rather have external

On old style frame hanging around
https://flic.kr/p/2mzLPdY

Thanks all for the responses.
Given i'm probably going to be riding 50/50 road/forestry tracks for longer days the old bike seems the better choice.
Agreed the 10% voucher is very generous, and a pleasant surprise.

@rocketdog

nice looking bike what size are those tyres ?

thanks

@winston2005
nice looking bike what size are those tyres ?

thanks

27.5 x 2.1

I've had 700 x 50mm in there too

@rocketdog the emails states it has longer, slacker geometry. I feel like the geometry is already long and slack enough for my riding but mines is generally a mix of Surrey bridleways and commuting by road. I guess it depends what people want to use it for.

Someone on the Camino owners FB group posted this which is interesting. https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=5fa225022e45dc0017cff504,6206645a5b8706001f0ec67e/blockquote >

That is interesting, thanks.
This is also interesting: new Cotic Cascade vs New Camino. As you can see, the differences are way bigger, with the Cotic being much more upright, slacker, longer.

https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=61fa7c59aaa206001cbff064,6206645a5b8706001f0ec67e,

I use my Camino (the outgoing model, I think it’s v3) mainly as a commuter that does 95% of its miles on road, so I’m not sure I need slacker geo. It’s already a very different beast compared with my race bike.

 

Had the same very generous offer, I went for the new model, as the fork mounts looked handy, and I've already a cross bike.

Someone on the Camino owners FB group posted this which is interesting. https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=5fa225022e45dc0017cff504,6206645a5b8706001f0ec67e/blockquote >

That's a cool website for comparing bike geometry!

 

They have a bit of a sale on at the mo in store anyway so vouchers could go even further.

Mrs Christ just had a Jura jacket with 25% off..

Are the changes just for the alloy model or ti too?

>> Are the changes just for the alloy model or ti too?

I believe it is both.

Cheers for that. I've a ti coming end of march. No offer of old or new version

Those who have had the email, did it also say the bike would be built in a couple of days? Just spoke to Sonder and that said the email was a mistake and the build was delayed till end of March.

I received my Camino 2 weeks ago and it appears to be the new model as it has dropper routing, never had a email offering a choice but happy I got the new one.
Jer