Newly Released Bikes General

[Mr Crudley]

I don't think I'd call it a fashion, no one is going to go back to 70+ HA anytime in the future.

Finding that sweet spot between confidence inspiring slackness for descending and not too much steering sluggishness for the rest of the ride is tricky.

Right now for hardtails 65 HA works pretty well considering it steepens a bit at ride height. I've effectively slackened mine to

Steep seat tube angles are fugly IMHO.

Sure it might work well but just looks awkward to me and doubt that you can ever put lipstick on that pig.

 

[PJO]

Steep seat tube angles are fugly IMHO.

Sure it might work well but just looks awkward to me and doubt that you can ever put lipstick on that pig.

I agree it looks odd when the seat tube is dead straight.
Reckon it looks better when the seat tube has a low bend

 

[pink poodle]

I agree it looks odd when the seat tube is dead straight.
Reckon it looks better when the seat tube has a low bend

See that I can get behind the look of. What a great colour too.

 

[creaky]

I agree it looks odd when the seat tube is dead straight.
Reckon it looks better when the seat tube has a low bend

The cable nest distracts the eye away from the frame ...

 

[Mr Crudley]

I agree it looks odd when the seat tube is dead straight.
Reckon it looks better when the seat tube has a low bend

It sure does help with the aesthetics.
I guess we will have to get used to it.

 

[shiny]

Don’t think the video has been posted, as long as it doesn’t implode like a Pole.....very awesome bike and a price tag to match.

 

[Wake Jake]

1mm adjustable chainstays along with usual minor Santa Cruz treatment.
Pricing is going to be

 

[kten]

Don’t think the video has been posted, as long as it doesn’t implode like a Pole.....very awesome bike and a price tag to match.

I love this bike but why 6 bolts on the downtube?

 

[The Dude]

1mm adjustable chainstays along with usual minor Santa Cruz treatment.
Pricing is going to be
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1mm adjustable chainstays! Game-changer right there
Kidneys are going to be a-dime-a-dozen on Marketplace

 

[creaky]

I love this bike but why 6 bolts on the downtube?

To hold it together maybe?

 

[creaky]

1mm adjustable chainstays along with usual minor Santa Cruz treatment.
Pricing is going to be
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Man, that actual STA looks slaaaack

 

[yuley95]

Man, that actual STA looks slaaaack

That was my first thought. Not great for taller riders

 

[Asininedrivel]

1mm adjustable chainstays along with usual minor Santa Cruz treatment.
Pricing is going to be
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Observation rather than criticism but it's definitely evolution over revolution from the previous model. Incremental changes on the geo chart.

And yes, will probably be close to $6.5k for a frame with a DHX2.

 

[Scotty T]

That was my first thought. Not great for taller riders

No XXL for those guys.

 

[caad9]

1mm adjustable chainstays along with usual minor Santa Cruz treatment.
Pricing is going to be

I reckon the slack seattube of the Santa Cruz is far worse on the eye than steeper ones.
That Nomad looks horrid

 

[PJO]

1mm adjustable chainstays along with usual minor Santa Cruz treatment.
Pricing is going to be
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Are they taking the piss, what is the point of adjustable geo if it barely changes anything, seems like a waste of engineering.
A 4mm drop in BB height and a slackening of 0.3degrees?!

Edit: Looks like it isn't much different from the previous model which dropped 5mm in BB and 0.4 degrees in angle

I reckon the slack seattube of the Santa Cruz is far worse on the eye than steeper ones.
That Nomad looks horrid

Yep, it does look pretty weird. There's gotta be a nice aesthetic middle ground...

 

[kten]

1mm adjustable chainstays along with usual minor Santa Cruz treatment.
Pricing is going to be
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A brown bike....how the fuck the person that chooses the colours for Santa Cruz has remained employed the past few years is beyond me.

 

[Asininedrivel]

A brown bike....how the fuck the person that chooses the colours for Santa Cruz has remained employed the past few years is beyond me.

I think it's more of a maroon / dark burgundy / I'm shit at describing colours possibly purple.

I understand the other new Nomad colour will be a bright green with watermelon highlights so your comment still stands.

 

[caad9]

I've never thrown a leg over a Santa Cruz, but they would want to ride very well, because they don't have much else going for them

 

[Asininedrivel]

I've never thrown a leg over a Santa Cruz, but they would want to ride very well, because they don't have much else going for them

I had a go on a coil sprung Nomad 4 for a weekend a couple of years ago. It pedalled and climbed very well for a 170mm brick, that lower linkage VPP suspension design seems to work really well.

It'd want to though, because thanks to it all their bikes look exactly the same now..