Tell me about your Santa Cruz Nomads – inc pics

sorry fatty 🙂

Noticed you’ve got ss nano tech pedals. If they are the non ti spindle they weigh 499 grams a pair. Wellgo mg1’s come in at around 360 gms for £32. My not be as strong as the ss but my mg1’s are two years old and still going well.

mg1s are nowhere near as good tho ime

FAO informer sleeper cell cose – i am keeping the nomad 🙂

Rode again today and am definitely keeping rather than trading in 🙂

I think a Nomad is too much of a bike unless your riding trail centre’s,where they come into their own.

hoping you are taking the piss – i base this on you met parachute thread, your being chuffed you can ride the slab at jizzburn etc 😉

165mm rear rotor and get some mavic Crossmax SX wheels, then run tubeless.
if you hunt around you can get some SX’s for 300 ish

hmm Cruz i most certainly are’nt..!

I think a Nomad is too much of a bike unless your riding trail centre’s,where they come into their own.

What??

Trails centres with smooth BMX surfaces and swoopy singletrack aka -CyB or Bike Parks with drops, Jumps and NS?

My Alloy Nomad 2 weighs 31.5lb with DHX 5 Ti coil and 36 vanillas, i don’t find this a problem for 35 mile day rides in the Peaks/Lakes and North Wales, I also use it for guiding (Scottish C2C 2 x a year) Coaching and occasionally a road ride!

Great bike but it does not need to be light – as Jedi says get your rotational unsprung weight down.

Best all round bike I’ve ever ridden 🙂 🙂

rear rotor needs to be biggish tho and won’t save much weight. Are crossmax that light?

the nomad would be the perfect bike to tackle the slab at gisburn!

a shopper would be!

cruzheckler – Member

a shopper would be!

well we are not as fortunate to possess the skill’s you have then.

i for one love the challenge of these little sections it makes for a great mountain biking experience.

school holidays alert, people.

lol – if you think a nomad is overkill for all but trail centres then you need to get out into the wilds.

BTW – have you ridden one?

i have’nt had the pleasure of riding one no.

i do ride an ibis mojo though which i love.

so what are you basing your opinion on?

If you’re serious about losing weight, the big ones are:
– fork. That’ll be a chunk of weight
– tyres
– rear shock perhaps, but I wouldn’t lose sleep over it.
30lbs should be achievable, just about, but not much less than that unless you get silly pimp.

my other half rides one when he can.

Nick – the fork is the solo air lyrik and performs dead well so will stay.
640g and 70g tyres – heavy?
The rear shock is the only thing i may change now (and carbon easton havens should i win some cash!!)
with an outlay of about £30 i have lost .85lb, hopefully putting some nukeproof electrons on it should the lad email me about selling, so £50 will have lost 1.2LB

IF i change the shock to an RP23 then the total loss will be 2.6lb!!

Hi Rob
The sleeper cell finally emerges from lurking for what must be over 6 years.

I’m out riding tomorrow evening if you are interested?

Nomad C
BOS Deville
RS Vivid Air
Hope headset
Hope seat clamp
Easton Haven 55mm stem
Easton Havoc Carbon bars
Formula The One brakes, 180mm rotors
RS Reverb
Charge Knife Ti seat
Shimano XTR cranks
Nukeproof Neutron Mag/Ti pedals
Straitline Silent Guide
E13 34T chainring
KMC X10 SL chain
SRAM XX 11-36 cassette
Shimano XTR 10spd shifter
Shimano XTR 10spd rear mech
DT Swiss 240S hubs, DT TB spokes, Stans Arch EX rims
DT Swiss 10mm RWS.

would weigh more but handle better if you put tyres on it.

That’s a fair point 😉

Knew i’d miss something – Specialized Eskar Control 2Bliss 2.3…

I’m amazed by them actually. Never had Specialized tyres before, always used Maxxis, but read more & more about how heavy they are for their given size, with no other benefits. The Spec’s are bigger, grip well & have been flat free and substantially lighter too.

Thumbs up from me 🙂

A black coffee and a dump before you ride, keep the bike……..

cruzheckler – Member
FAO informer sleeper cell cose – i am keeping the nomad

Rode again today and am definitely keeping rather than trading in

POSTED 2 DAYS AGO #

And the pedals and ……..dont wear3/4 shorts, wear lycra!

Frame: Santa Cruz Nomad 2 in Lime Green with RP23 (XL)

Forks: 2009 Fox 36 Talas R

Wheels / Tyres: Red Hope Pro 2’s laced on Stans Flow rims / Continental Rubber Queen 2.2 Black Chilli (best tyres iv’e ridden!)

Seat / Seatpost: Charge spoon (Ti / leather) Rock shox Reverb

Bars / stem: Easton Havoc Carbon / Gravity lite

Brakes: 2012 Shimano XT M780

Gears: Sram X0 Redwin 1×9

Chainset / Pedals: 2012 Shimano XT M785 / Gusset Slim Jim Mag’s

Cassette / Chain: Sram 990 Redwin / Sram 991

Headset / Bottom bracket: Chris King in Pewter

Seat clamp / Grips: Red Hope QR / Race Face Strafe with red collars

Chain Guide: MRP Mini G

Description is up to date, but doesn’t match pic exactly as it was taken a while ago!

Cruzheckler – I often think exactly the same as you (too much bike???) mainly due to my mate regularly kicking my ass up and down 🙁 on his Cotic Soul.

Keep the Nomad and do yourself the favour i did last week – Buy a pair of Continental Rubber Queens – 2.2 Black Chilli – Cannot fault them so far! 🙂

Did the 60A tyre on the front make a good difference?

speed wise yes, grip wise noticeably shitter

I sold the DHX 5 Air in the pic and now have an RP23 and find it much smoother and more consistant.

Just an update for any who gives a ****, rode properly today in’t peak. Bike felt great – lot lighter and more uphill friendly, as good down so win win 🙂

Tyre / rim alignment needs work. Don’t know whether I’m more offended by the total lack of effort with the rear wheel or the nearly-but-not-quite front wheel 😆

lol

Updated for those that give a monkeys:

fail 🙂

My old Nomad 32.8lb really great bike only sold it when I lost my job,

cruzheckler they are a great bike for all round riding fine for xc only bike that would keep up with my mates who are fitter far better riders than me on thier ooober light Xc bikes, I’m riding a Butcher now, has a similar feel to the Nomad wish I still had my DHX5 coil Push’d shock to try on the Butcher.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64184454@N07/6875748770/

is that a raw finish? how so?

Here is my mk1 Nomad

I have had it for about 5 months and love it, unlike a lot of people I find it fine on the uphills and amazing on the downs