Santa Cruz Nomad
My new Santa Cruz Nomad in it's virgin state, it looks absolutely stunning.
It is not a lightweight bike and would probably tip the scales at 32-35 pounds. The bike has a blend of components that over the years I have settled on as providing the features and functions that I want. For example: 1) I use a coil shock instead of a lighter weight air one basically because it is very easy to set up, has never died on me and is very supple in swollowing both large and small bumps; 2) the brakes are Hope Mono M4 with 180 mm rotors front and rear these are reliable, always stop me and are therefore used on all my bikes; 3) the fork is coil sprung and is not lightweight but it is very reliable and is capable of more than I will dish out; 4) I use an XT Hollowtech crankset with Middleburn Hardcote inner and middle rings; 5) I replace the outer chain ring of the crankset with a simple low cost aluminium bashguard and finally, 6) I use wide (28 inch) high rise handlebars.
We assembled the bike in my buddies shed and during the next couple of weeks we will publish the complete build process including what went smoothly and what gave us a headache.
It is not a lightweight bike and would probably tip the scales at 32-35 pounds. The bike has a blend of components that over the years I have settled on as providing the features and functions that I want. For example: 1) I use a coil shock instead of a lighter weight air one basically because it is very easy to set up, has never died on me and is very supple in swollowing both large and small bumps; 2) the brakes are Hope Mono M4 with 180 mm rotors front and rear these are reliable, always stop me and are therefore used on all my bikes; 3) the fork is coil sprung and is not lightweight but it is very reliable and is capable of more than I will dish out; 4) I use an XT Hollowtech crankset with Middleburn Hardcote inner and middle rings; 5) I replace the outer chain ring of the crankset with a simple low cost aluminium bashguard and finally, 6) I use wide (28 inch) high rise handlebars.
We assembled the bike in my buddies shed and during the next couple of weeks we will publish the complete build process including what went smoothly and what gave us a headache.
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