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Should be pretty close to current geo and you could go for an upforked feeling with 170.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Santa came out with a bromad down the road, but the nomad is 650b.
Who knows maybe they’ll take a page from specialized and offer aftermarket links on the next Hightower and megatower.
So.., where and in what way?
Both Canyon and YT will probably release an update of their Enduro bikes - The Strive and the Capra.
Longer, lower and slacker I guess.
YT has fallen behind the curve and need to deliver. Canyon has been busy releasing new/updated bikes recently.
It will be interesting to see if they will offer a mullet option or stick with the current options.
I really hope that they are going to release bikes with progressive geometries and I reckon that we will not get disappointed.
The old Nomad has this link on the left side only to clear the front triangle, this one is built similarly (more symmetrically) to the current crop of Santa Cruz bikes - Megatower, Hightower, Tallboy, 5010, Bronson and Heckler.
This goes hand in hand with the current lower link shock mount, though the Nomad did this in the V4 generation already with the asymmetric swingarm.
If all riders wanted faster bikes, 27,5" would have been dead a few years ago and it is in XC where the most important thing is in fact that the bike is fast and efficient. Not so when it comes to recreational trail riding. Or freeride. Or dirtjumps. Etc.
I truly expect mullets to be a big thing in the future. Especially in sizes below xl. But how the industry grows to accomandate a new market will be slow. I also think it will become a new option, rather than replace 650b in the front. So if ya want a mullet either make it yourself or wait a few more years
Edit. and when looking at the geometry changes, SC intentios were, of course, to make a more capable and faster bike than the previous one; but, if they deemed the Bullit as a better, faster, more capable bike with a 29" front wheel...and a Bullit is basically a Nomad with a motor, why they've excluded this option for the actual Nomad?
Can barely see the top chain of a high pivot system maybe new Forbidden? In the comments they say Tuesday so should be... Tomorrow!
My money is on the new Nomad - stem also looks like a Burgtec.
Oh and when you say all riders want a faster bike, what am I then? My bike is plenty fast enough for me, it's a 29er, very long and is 150/150. I don't need a faster bike, I'm sure of that, but I'm currently not that sure what exactly I need...
And I also like the name better...and I would also not want to invest in a cc link and a ext shock to make the springy megatower more plowy and easy on my fat-ass low skill joints.
#morefromthebike #lessfromme
But I still see no reason for which the Nomad is coming with a 27.5 front wheel, especially in this price category.
Nomads and other 27.5 bikes will still be produced for the foreseeable future, be it in lower quantities.
SC isn't obligated to stop producing a legacy bike because you don't approve of it. Those dudes are pretty good at bikes. I think they are going to keep being them and your life wont be too adversely affected.
I am just trying to understand through discussing why they have decided on a 27.5 front wheel for the Nomad. I don't hate SC or the Nomad. Do tell that none of you guys look at the 650b front-wheel 2021 Nomad and thought...really...not even mullet..?(in 2021?) 😁