Santa cruz nomad2/16/2024 ![]() ![]() To protect that sleek carbon frame, the Nomad features some well-integrated rubberised protection in key, high-wear/high-risk areas. Neatly integrated rubberised protection across the chainstay and on the underside of the down tube helps to protect the carbon Nomad frame from chainslap and rock strikes - Steve Behr / Immediate Media Just like the fourth generation of the bike, the latest Nomad frame is capable of working with either an air sprung or coil sprung shock. These changes, according to Santa Cruz, should make the Nomad feel more predictable on the trail as well as make the tuning and setup of the rear shock that bit easier. There’s also a little extra progression right at the end of the travel. Santa Cruz claims that the new lower leverage ratio and longer shock stroke combine to create a more settled, damped feeling, which should help to add control on longer, rougher descents, though it was conscious to not create a bike that felt totally glued to the trail. The Nomad still employs the Vitual Pivot Point suspension platform, with the lower of the two links driving the shock, but the leverage curve and ratio have been altered and the shock stroke increased. The 170mm of travel at the rear remains, but Santa Cruz has tweaked the way in which it’s delivered. Steve Behr / Immediate MediaĬurrently, Santa Cruz is only offering the Nomad in either its ‘C’ or ‘CC’ carbon (the ‘C’ carbon is slightly cheaper and heavier, but said to be just as strong as the more expensive ‘CC’ alternative).We’d guess there will be an alloy version to follow at some point in the future, but we’ve no news on that yet. ![]() The iconic head tube badge that denotes great quality but a high price-tag. As you can imagine, offering the Nomad with bigger wheels would instantly tread on the toes of its enduro machine, the Megatower, but Santa Cruz still stands by the fact that the smaller wheels are more fun, agile and playful, and best suited to the intentions the Nomad was designed around. Yes, that’s right, no full-blown 29in wheels or a mullet (mixed wheel sizes) setup in sight. The fifth generation Nomad continues to offer up 170mm of rear wheel travel (which is matched to 170mm of fork travel up front) and still rolls on 650b wheels. Santa Cruz Nomad CC X01 RSV frame and suspension details Now, the Nomad gets another makeover for 2021 and, while it may not appear quite as drastic on the surface, dig a little deeper and you’ll soon realise there are a significant number of changes afoot. Santa Cruz last overhauled the Nomad back in 2017, shifting the shock lower down in the frame and using the lower rather than upper of the two counter-rotating links to drive it – something we’ve since seen the US brand do across pretty much all frames since then (with the exception of the Blur).
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