My Nomad

welshkev
welshkev Posts: 9,690
edited July 2014 in Your mountain bikes
I'll get some better pics up when I can, but here's my nomad :D

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I got it for a bargain price and I knew there was a few issues with it. I've had to change the rear end bearings in it and I found a small crack on the seat post weld that I had to have sorted. But even after all that it's still come in at costing about £1100. But as I sold and swapped other parts to get it, what it's actually cost me is hardly anything :D

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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    That the alloy one?

    Test rode on of these the other year, pedaled well and decended alright :P
  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    I'd be worried if he had tried to weld up a carbon frame. ;)
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Yeah alloy, even I'm not that stupid to think to weld carbon ;)

    I should have listed the spec:

    Mk1 nomad frame with dhx5.0 shock
    Fox van 36 forks
    Thompson lay back seat post
    Easton monkey bar handle bars
    PRO koryak stem
    SLX 2x10 drive chain with shadow+ rear mech
    Formula 'the one' brakes
    Mavic cross trail rear wheel
    Hope hoops/dt Swiss front wheel.

    I think that's it :)
  • lawman
    lawman Posts: 6,868
    I do believe that's a MK2 Nomad, as the Mk1's had a regular 1'1/8th" head tube and that appears to have a 1.5", the reducer Hope headset gives it away :wink:
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    lawman wrote:
    I do believe that's a MK2 Nomad, as the Mk1's had a regular 1'1/8th" head tube and that appears to have a 1.5", the reducer Hope headset gives it away :wink:

    Ah ok, I was just going by what the guy I bought it off told me.

    Many thanks :D
  • lawman
    lawman Posts: 6,868
    welshkev wrote:
    lawman wrote:
    I do believe that's a MK2 Nomad, as the Mk1's had a regular 1'1/8th" head tube and that appears to have a 1.5", the reducer Hope headset gives it away :wink:

    Ah ok, I was just going by what the guy I bought it off told me.

    Many thanks :D

    No worries :)
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    well I've done quite a few rides on it now and i'm well impressed. pb's on every ride and my fastest time on cc's final descent each ride :)

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  • ste_t
    ste_t Posts: 1,599
    Its so fast its blurry even when it isn't moving....

    Looks lovely though!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,471
    Nice piece of kit Kev 8) .

    Had the Nomad on my shopping list 'till I found a bargain I couldn't resist on a Spicy.
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  • felix.london
    felix.london Posts: 4,067
    ste_t wrote:
    Its so fast its blurry even when it isn't moving....

    Looks lovely though!

    :lol:
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    one not so blurry :lol:

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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    a few changes to the original spec. some new pedals, tyres and a new set of lyrics as the fox 36's I had died.

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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    Would look better in pink :)
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Thewaylander wrote:
    Would look better in pink :)

    yeah that colour was out of stock unfortunately :lol:

    I should have said I've put on a 50mm superstar stem and a set of 740mm rethal fatbars too. it's improved it no end

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