Hob Nob, nice ride :-)

looking good there timbo678, nice bike :-)

Thanks all, some really useful points made.

I’m quite taken my the blue/magenta of the Nomad and I’d be gutted if I can’t get a Tennis Yellow Bronson – the new Bronson colours are a bit hmmm…

Not that I’m superficial or anything ;-)

Oscillate Wildly – you’re totally right, the Spicy/Zesty comparison is a good one. I’m quite used to hauling a 160mm slack-angled bike around all day – and it’s a blast. I know it’s not “too much bike” for my riding – for me the weight/stiffness is the draw. The Nomad @ c.28lb-ish is 6lbs lighter than the Meta and will feel very different accordingly.

I guess the interesting thing about the Spicy is that it’s 150mm this year (same as the Bronson) – optimum travel/geo/fun?

Meta’s chainstays are 430mm vs 433 for Nomad and 439 for Bronson. Not so much as to make a difference taking into account other geo and shock/ride factors I reckon.

Edit – told you I was a geek ;-)

I’ll certainly feed back – this thread is idle speculation as i have to wait a month before the demos :-)

Being a geek, the one element of the Nomad that counts against it being “fun” (I know this means different things to different folks riding in different parts of the world) is the wheelbase.
Nomad wheelbase for a L is 1195mm vs 1165 on the L Bronson. My current Meta SX (L) has a WB of 1172 and although it makes it a point and shoot blast on the DH there comes a trade off against agility in the nadgery tech and pumpy swoopy.

You raise some good points deanfbm – I guess this is at the heart of my question (and answered by some of the responses above) – is the Nomad as much fun on the woodsy stuff as it is on the balls out dh/big mountain stuff. Compare and contrast to Bronson on the same. I guess harking back to my analogy of rally car/desert racer.

Cheers Pawsey_Bear – have them booked for a weekend demo, just interested in feedback from those who’ve tried both/either :-)

The geo on the Nomad does look more like the thing I’m looking for – good bb drop, longish front centre, short chainstays, slack HA. I’m currently riding a Meta SX which is fabness, so I have a good yardstick to compare climbing & descending with.

I was thinking of the Bronson as a rally car – taut, responsive, stiff, good to drift whilst the Nomad as a desert racer – awesome in a straight line. Or something like that ;-)

I’m quite taken with the Nomad’s geometry & very light weight. More do-it-all than the do-it-all Bronson? I’m thinking of 1x whatever the bike (haven’t used a front mech for years!) so interested to read your points tinytimbo.

They’re both great bikes – just canvassing views :-)

Maybe ;-)

only a shade heavier than a Bronson (obvs depends how you build it) but with better angles for descending?

Don’t rate the new Bronson colours – I had my heart set on a Tennis Yellow one :-(

I have to say, Hansen was even more of a plum than normal last night. The good thing about the WC coverage has been the MOTD muppets being shown up by the “proper” (i.e. more current/more experienced) players. Thierry Henry pretty much rolls his eyes whenever Shearer voices an opinion.

France v Brazil final!

I’m on Day29 of a 42-day thingy. Definitely feel tighter and my trousers are looser round the waist. As above, to see a six-pack I will need to loose a bunch of body fat too.

An interesting side effect is that i seem to walk and sit “taller” since starting the programme…

Try tool station near the beeb on whiteladies?

Has anyone ordered complete wheels from LB? Or just the rims?

Commuting to work helps a lot

At home, get some weights and try:
Bent over rows
Deadlifts
Squats
Core exercises

no-one has the cojones to boycott the world cup

^^this. The WC is the (only) reason for FIFA’s prominence and Blatter’s job. If teams pull out then it’d put pressure on his job. But then I’m an idealist ;-)

Once you’ve felt the power of the 4 pot, you can never go back ;-)

It’s just AC + there’s the 80s doodah on. Probably best to give AC a wide berth ;-)

I don’t have one, but I’m fairly sure if you have a look on Strava the usual Bikefest course is set up as a segment – you can then export as a gpx.

Looking at that thread there seems to be some debate as to whether they’re LB rims

Last night’s panel did seem a bit weighted towards the right wing. Kirsty Allsop is a poorly disguised Tory stooge.

I’m quite looking forward to Joey Barton being on QT!

I’m a geek. I love logging data :-)

+1 for Troy Lee XC. Everytime.

they’re always on offer somewhere for sub £20

As above you can trim/replace your big SIM with a teensy one.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 and it takes a big SIM.

As above, Superstar do one – 18 months on my bike with no issues.

I’m running a Schwalbe Magic Mary tubeless (tubeless-ready, so you need sealant), very impressed. I’ve run Minion 2.5s before and the MM compare very well.

That Peter P troll guy is genius!

dir a: should show you what’s on the disk – do you have all the disks that were used to create the spanned archive?

I’ve been running Spank Spikes since Christmas, faultless bar a minor true for the rear. Hubs are ace.

very grippy, very impressive tyres

I’m running 26″ Trailstar Super Gravity tubeless and very happy – have used RQ2.4/Ardent2.4/HD/Baron on the front and this is the best mix of grip/size/tubeless/rolling speed of the lot.

I’d only run one on the front personally – as above try something like HD or similar on the rear for faster rolling.

Too much for general trail riding? Nah!

Superstar do one IIRC

Used them loads of times – faultless every time.

They went above and beyond to sort a warranty issue with SRAM. Highly recommended.

I’ve had a similar problem when I’ve installed a loose sprocket for a casette in slightly the wrong orientation.

Take the cassette off, make sure the 16t cog is installed the right way.

’tis true, the Pinter thing http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/nov/21/danny-dyer-harold-pinter-misogyny-drugs

Hopefully an alien but more likely to be a fax machine into which some dufus has inputted the wrong number.

@jambalaya – nope, no live streaming via chromecast for redbull tv. Though I may give it another go later as it looks like there was an update last week….

Works great – stream youtube, google play movies. Setup was easy – only downside is redbull player doesn’t support live streaming to chromecast so you can’t watch the WC DH live on the big screen…