Santa Cruz Nomad - Updated Pics! New wheelset :)

Jools79

My new wheelset on my Nomad
Shimano XT M776 Tubeless All Mountain wheels with UST Nobby Nics







Spec:

Santa Cruz Nomad frame 2007 Medium
Fox DHX 5.0 Air rear shock
Fox Talas RC2 36 forks
Full 2009 Shimano XT Drivetrain
Hope Mono/ Hope M4 Brakes
Thomson Elite Stem
Thomson Elite Seatpost
Chris King Headset
Shimano XT M776 AM wheelset, Tubeless
FSA K-Force Carbon Riser Bars.
DMR V12 Magnesium pedals
Yeti ODI lock ons
Nobby Nic UST Tubeless tyres 2.25

The Big Cheese

Loving it!

VERY cool looking maching! 8)

davidnrwd

Loverly frames those.

MMMMMMMM

Jools79

Yeah thanks, I used to have a Yeti 575, loved the curved top tubes on them too!

Looking to now get a new set of wheels for it, thinking either a set of Chris King hubs on all mountain rims or a set of Roval Traversee's

The Big Cheese

Jools79 wrote:

Yeah thanks, I used to have a Yeti 575, loved the curved top tubes on them too!

Looking to now get a new set of wheels for it, thinking either a set of Chris King hubs on all mountain rims or a set of Roval Traversee's

I woul;d have to go for the CKs - gorgeous!!!

Where are my stabilisers?

Very nice 8)

owen908

Thats one hell of a machine. 8)

Jools79

Thanks

I have just ordered a Chris King ISO Rear wheel to replace the current wheel. All in black of course

Cant afford to stretch to CK front yet, but all in good time.

ramemtbers

wow i have ridden a nomad and if i had enough money and wanted a trail bike i would buy one as its the smoothest trail bike i have ever ever ridden 8)

Zaskar20

This is one hell of a bike. Wish I could get out on it to give it a whirl. I reckon it's one of the best Santa Cruzs i've seen on here - probably because black is my fav colour at the moment.

Post some more pics when you get the rear wheel fitted.

paul.skibum

Nice bike but you need to sort out those forks - the chocolate doesnt work witht he black IMHO! Or ride it really fast so no one can see the colour!

Jayng

Fox Talas RC2 36 forks, 20mm ?

Only 20mm travel?

MacAndCheese

Jayng wrote:

Fox Talas RC2 36 forks, 20mm ?

Only 20mm travel?

20mm axle diameter.

The Prodigy

Saw one of these being ridden down my local high street yesterday, the chap on its didn't strike me as the kind of bloke to have such a nice bike.

Jools79

My new XT 776 All mountain wheelset on my Nomad, decided not to go for the Chris King's, I think the XT's look great though

junglist_matty

I want your forks.... I've got the baby brothers lol!

junglist_matty

Jayng wrote:

Fox Talas RC2 36 forks, 20mm ?

Only 20mm travel?

lol... best post I've seen for a while!!! Well done!

jay12

lovely wheels. great choice. looks really good now

Biggus86

junglist_matty wrote:

Jayng wrote:

Fox Talas RC2 36 forks, 20mm ?

Only 20mm travel?

lol... best post I've seen for a while!!! Well done!

lol... +1

Nice ride as well

Jayng

Biggus86 wrote:

junglist_matty wrote:

Jayng wrote:

Fox Talas RC2 36 forks, 20mm ?

Only 20mm travel?

lol... best post I've seen for a while!!! Well done!

lol... +1

Nice ride as well

Fox Talas RC2 36 forks, 20mm bolt through . I think this was just added. The words "bolt through."

Don't see the point why a bolt thro or QR needs to be listed. So assumed that he went nuts and somehow modified the fork.

thanks for the well done.

junglist_matty

Jayng wrote:

Biggus86 wrote:

junglist_matty wrote:

Jayng wrote:

Fox Talas RC2 36 forks, 20mm ?

Only 20mm travel?

lol... best post I've seen for a while!!! Well done!

lol... +1

Nice ride as well

Fox Talas RC2 36 forks, 20mm bolt through . I think this was just added. The words "bolt through."

Don't see the point why a bolt thro or QR needs to be listed. So assumed that he went nuts and somehow modified the fork.

thanks for the well done.

Yeah, it was fairly obvious he was on about the axel cause the photos clearly show 160mm of travel on the bike, but yeah, doesn't really need to state "fox 36 20mm" because all fox 36's have the 20mm axle,

MacAndCheese

Lovely bike, always had a soft spot for Santa Cruzs, one day maybe!

HandjobDan

How have you found the wheels, how do they compare to say a set of hope's with stans flow rims

Nice bike, I hope my Santa Cruz looks as good as this!

hoathy

that is a pimpin' bike right there! might be nice if it was a little bit muddy though.. can you fix that? :-D

LaurenceGough

Wow this bike looks amazing! Congrats on the great build.

Jools79

Thanks,
The wheels ride great, really stiff, much improved over my previous tubed wheels and can take big hits easily, still getting used to the super slack head angle compared to my previous Giant Anthem though :shock:

Loving it though

fourcrossjohn

Hoathy