As some of you know I’m selling all the stable but I still want one bike to use.
I’m 5’7-8 and looking to get a blur 4x for my one and only bike for the occasional trail riding i will do and all sorts of riding on it.

do i go for a large and short stem or a medium and a ponger stem?

thanks

also any info about
frame size, your height, stem length please.

Same height running a medium with a 70mm Thomson and Joplin (so a bit of layback). Feels perfect.

If you are up in Scotland ever you can have a go of my large.

I’m 6’3″, like short bikes and use a 50mm stem and inline post.

It is no good for long days though.

stuartw

100% medium, I’m same height and ran mine with a 50mm stem/inline seatpost

You had a Heckler then a Nomad, surely you are pretty good up SC geometry??

Did you sell your Nomad?…. Lovely colour I wanted one!

DBW thanks so much.. i’ve been stalking you to see your stats 🙂

Stu thats a kind offer but work and life is preventing me from getting much holiday or money atm 🙂

Steve
the 4x is a little different, shorter TT and straighter seat post.

The nomad is for sale here atm.
it’s yours for £1k mint condt.

Not interested in a swap for a butcher & cash?

L sorry steve 🙂 i’ve have all sorts of offers 🙂 but i really want the cash sadly.

unless you have a 4x 😉

I understand mate, what size is it? What shock on it? O god I am very tempted now

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/santa-cruz-nomad-mk2-medium-jalapeno-green-anno-lyrik-uturn-coil-tftuned

Here. as per me, i covered it with copter tape and rode it like a girl and being the fair weather rider i rarely got out on it 🙂

Got you now, I take it the monarch hasn’t been used as you ran a coil shock, is that right? Ok im gonna sleep on it James but god I soo love the colour

yup was running a tftuned coil, that shock hasn’t had one full ride on it.

i pop’d it on and did a 1/2 loop of the woods to make sure all was well and didn’t need servicing but it’s as new, buttery.

Thanks for the info about the 4x.

any for sale? 🙂

Not selling mine (about to undergo a xmas makeover) but heres a pic of it in its current-ish guise:

Plans are for 150mm Revs, XT cranks, lighter pedals, RF Atlas FR 785mm mega low rise bars and a few other bits to easily knock a kilo off the total weight…

Sorry, I’m abit late to this one!

Same height as OP and i’m on a medium with a 70mm stem and Inline post. Find it perfect for abit of everything, from DH uplift days to 4 hour trail rides. Only run 120mm forks at the moment but i managed fine on those at a recent uplift day at Hopton.

On the look out for something travel ajustable though as would prefer a higher front end for more DH days.

Blooming heck nick!

i’ll swap the nomad frame for your x4 plus cash my way 🙂

I’m not selling the 4X, no chance. The crazy thing about it is that despite only having only 115mm tavel (which is great for bristol’s new super smooth trails) when you charge through rough stuff it feels like it has way more. Soaks up big hits superbly too with no obvious bottoming out either.

Sorry, that doesn’t help you at all does it?!

its helps yes, but not to me acquiring one 🙂

i may have to mug DBW!

My Mrs is 5’8″ and rode a medium with a 70mm stem.

It was still a little on the small side to be fair. They are little bikes.

I had one, and now I have a Nomad (albeit a carbon one). To be fair, I think the Nomad is a better bike. It’s noticably lighter & a well set up shock means you don’t even realise it has 160mm travel.

Hob Nob.

That’s my issue with the nomad, it’s TOO good.
You plough though stuff and don’t notice it, the most fun i’ve had was my mk3 heckler with 140mm travel.

I rode the alps, swiss DH, local loops, canals, dirt jumps all the time while not as “efficient and plush” it was a hoot to ride, just inspired me to jump off stuff (smiles for miles)

The nomad just takes everything in its stride and swallows the rough stuff, it removes the essence of MTB for me and i think it’s added to me quitting MTB as a full time hobby.