AM Carbony Nomad goodness

markb84

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So, it's been a few months in the making but the Nomad C is now complete and riding beautifully! This thing doesn't skip a beat, unfortunately my skills have a fair way to go to catch up.

Absolute weapon! This thing is stiffer than an adolescent on a porn set!

Frame - Santa Cruz Nomad c, Medium
Rear shock - Cane Creek Double Barrel Air, burgtec offset bushings
Front fork - BOS Deville 160mm
Handlebars - Easton Monkeylite
Stem - Easton Havoc 50mm
Headset - Cane Creek 1.5"/tapered
Grips - ODI Troy Lee Designs
Saddle - SDG Thingymejig
Seatpost - KS Lev
Front brake - XT M785 with 203mm hope rotor
Rear brake - XT M785 with 185mm hope rotor
Cranks - Saint M820
Chainguide - C-SiXx 175g
Chain - XTR
Pedals - DMR Vault
Rear derailleur - Saint M820
Rear shifter - Saint M820
Cassette - XT 11-34 10 Speed
Front hub - Hope Pro2 Evo
Rear hub - Hope Pro2 Evo
Front rim - Mavic EX823
Rear rim - Mavic EX823
Front Tyre Maxxis Minion Super Tacky DHF UST 2.5
Rear Tyre Schwalbe Hans Dampf Pacestar UST 2.35
Total weight - Unknown

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markb84

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dug8713 said:
That thing is an absolute beast! Hope you enjoy using that CCDB
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I am enjoying it, I can't believe the difference from the RP23, it's night and day. The back end of this bike has completely changed since the CCDB went on, still need to play about with the tune a little, currently it's a little too good at absorbing the hits making pumping and jumping hard work, i'll drop a little of the compression damping and it should be sweet.
 
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Holyshitfuck. That is hawt. Pimping spec. Are the bos forks worth the coin. They look the buisness
 
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yogibear said:
Holyshitfuck. That is hawt. Pimping spec. Are the bos forks worth the coin. They look the buisness
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Cheers mate.
As for the Devilles I've never come across air forks that feel like coils before, they're fantastic. Still running the BOS base tune at the moment but now I have the CCDB Air on the back I'll probably start to play around with the tune a little more.
 
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currently it's a little too good at absorbing the hits making pumping and jumping hard work, i'll drop a little of the compression damping and it should be sweet.
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Wouldn't you want more compression if it is too good at absorbing everything? Making it softer would make it pump and jump worse??

Crazy bike too.. Mini DH machine!
 
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mr636 said:
Wouldn't you want more compression if it is too good at absorbing everything? Making it softer would make it pump and jump worse??

Crazy bike too.. Mini DH machine!
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Sorry, yeah, you're right getting mixed up in my head with rebound and compression damping, rebound gets harder when you dial out compression when you dial it in. :wacko:
 
Q dog

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Looking good. Being waiting to see this. Very sweet build. Glad your enjoying it. The rp23 leaves a lot to be desired. That Deville feels amazing.
 
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Q dog said:
Looking good. Being waiting to see this. Very sweet build. Glad your enjoying it. The rp23 leaves a lot to be desired. That Deville feels amazing.
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Thanks mate, was actually going to email you this evening. It's spectacular now. The Deville and CCDB Air are such a well matched combo. It flies through anything now, the RP23 really struggles with chatter.

How's your blur build going?
 
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Nerf Herder said:
Noice ... are you still tweaking bar height ?? I reckon cut the steerer if thats your final setting
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Thanks mate. Still playing with the cockpit (haha cock!) a bit, leaving the steerer as is for now but will tidy it up later and change the spacers to black. Also thinking about putting some Renthal fatbar lites on there as well as the monkey lites are a little too narrow.
 
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markb84 said:
How's your blur build going?
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Yeah its all built up. Still haven't got a proper ride on it. For some reason can't upload photos on rotorburn any more so I haven't bothered with a post your ride.
Definitely go with the fatbar. Renthals are most comfortable bars I've ever used.
 
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markb84 said:
Also thinking about putting some Renthal fatbar lites on there as well as the monkey lites are a little too narrow.
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Easton Havoc Carbons are great and the black would look trick. I'm running them trimmed to 730 on my Blur TRc.
 
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