my new santa cruz nomad

[HammerHed]

Nice Bike!!

 

[congarong]

Funny thing that bikeshops and distributors don't seem to be getting rich...?

 

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And when you consider that there are single big shops in the US that move more stock of some items than a SA distributor then it's understandable that we don't get great prices.

 

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No....I don't work in the industry.

 

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I'm all for sharing your opinion' date=' but perhaps people will consider yours?when it's shared in a respectable manner. As it stands you come across as a?bit of a arse actually.

 

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Use it....don't?use it.

 

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i apologize if i offend any one, and thus changed my wording thank you.

[MintSauce]

Should also have mentioned what a nice ride it is. I was amazed by how many of those things there were overseas since I'd never actually seen one in SA. They are incredibly popular, which obviously speaks volumes.

 

I am lank keen to get something in that performance range. Besides my current financial state not allowing it, the only other issue I have is that there are so few trails in the Cape where it is really necessary to have a bike of those capabilities.

 

And all the best technical trails I've ridden turned out to be illegal!

 

I have my eyes set on one of these puppies....Knolly Delirium T

 

 

[congarong]

that is a very nice bike. you should also look at the mongoose Kyber my friend just got one, it is right down that alley and has the same shocks + forks. you can pick one up here for R 15 000. there is lots of freeride stuff popping up all over JHB its insane. If you are ever up here give me a shout there is a ride on the http://www.footprint.co.za/Braamfontein.htm just minutes from my house i ride every day. Big drops berms, jumps and north shore stuff people are building every week.

 

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/congarong/2635_1_large.jpg

 

 

[2teeth]

that Santa cruz is probibly the coolest bike to ever been made!! i looked at getting one myself but the biggest problem i had with those big bikes is pedalling. i know they dont "bob" as bad as DH bikes but one still needs to get from point A to B.

 

SA unfortunatly doesnt have the places to ride a bike like that. i am not trying to sound lazy but that bike is heavy.

 

i got a Spech Enduro and it is quite heavy itself, 14/15 kgs. but it has very little "bob" so it can be used for long outrides.

 

Bottom line your bike is awesome!! i like, very much.

[Marius]

Santa Cruz Bikes are probably the coolest bikes on the planet!!! <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

[Thug]

Very Sweet !!!!! 

 

Hope you have many happy K's !

 

[GreyOwl]

Man that bike is cool!!!

 

If only road bikes could look as 'Bruiser' as that!!!

 

I'd take 2!!!

[congarong]

that Santa cruz is probibly the coolest bike to ever been made!! i looked at getting one myself but the biggest problem i had with those big bikes is pedalling. i know they dont "bob" as bad as DH bikes but one still needs to get from point A to B.

 

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SA unfortunatly doesnt have the places to ride a bike like that. i am not trying to sound lazy but that bike is heavy.

 

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i got a Spech Enduro and it is quite heavy itself' date=' 14/15 kgs. but it has very little "bob" so it can be used for long outrides.

 

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Bottom line your bike is awesome!! i like, very much.

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thank you 2 teeth. I used to own the 2007 enduro SL medium frame with the E150 shocks . i felt that i was abusing the bike it had a thin frame and i was doing drops and jumps and light DH on it. I loved it but i had to let her go before i wrecked her. There is lots of stuff in south africa you can ride with the nomad not to mention a V10 or iron horse sunday, you just have to look around, lesthoto had loads of goat trails with gnarly descents, the nomad is quite possibly the best all mountain bike in the universe lol the cool thing about the nomad is that you can build it up to be what ever you want XC FR DH DS.. i could even throw a triple clamp and a DHX coil on it if i decide to go to Whistler or go to the new ski lift assisted DH freeride park in the cape. check these vids out guys riding nomads, such a versatile bike.

 

 

 

Watch from 1:00 to 1:49 sic nomad riding.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TgcHa4OHBM

 

 

 

This guy also riding nomad crazy style.

 

 

 

 

Scary trail nomad.

 

 

 

[MintSauce]

It's all about work vs reward. It depends on what you want to do with it and what you're prepared to sacrifice for your reward.

 

The Nomad and the Knolly are bikes built to take serious abuse but they can still be ridden all day. Yes, it will climb slightly slower than a Spez Enduro, but for their intended purpose they can't be beat.

 

If we had trails that were super technical and steep for long stretches at a time it would be worth lugging the extra weight and travel to the top. Believe me, in areas where the trails are generally more aggresive these bikes come into their own.

 

When I rode in Canada on my 5 inch travel 12.5kg bike I was getting my ass whipped by guys riding bikes similar to the Nomad simply because they were used to a slow, steady grind in the saddle for 6hrs at a time....hence one of their famous phrases being "Earn your vert"

 

Sometimes at night I still cry myself to sleep thinking of the day I got outridden up a sustained steep, technical climb by a guy riding a 9inch travel Elsworth Dare with a 8inch Marz 888 fork and a 38tooth single chainring!

 

On the super-technical descents the haze fades away before your eyes and everything becomes crisp and clear and carrying all that extra heft around begins to make the most perfect sense.

 

That's why I say we simply don't have the terrain locally to truly justify these bikes....allthough once I have the cash I'm sure I'll find a way

 

 

 

[TheLegend]

 

 

cost me R35 000 parts sourced from all over the world saved me 20 k

 

i would also like to take this oppertunity to say thank you to all local suppliers who rip us off here in SA (rape without violence). I know for a fact that you guys put on up to 100 % markup on most of your parts. SHAME ON YOU !!!!!! protect the local market and lower your prices and you get more business simple.   

 

 

 

isn't that a standard procedure for any retailer?

in germany pretty much all retailers add about 100 % on to what they pay for the product. assume you have an adidas running shoe which costs 150 euros in the store, they buy it for around 70 euros. so the 'gain' is 80 euros. substract 19 % for the vat and final gain is 65 Euros.

that's how that business works.

You think your car dealer, grocery store or clothing store works different?

 

[_Daemon_]

 

there is lots of freeride stuff popping up all over JHB its insane. If you are ever up here give me a shout there is a ride on the http://www.footprint.co.za/Braamfontein.htm just minutes from my house i ride every day. Big drops berms' date=' jumps and north shore stuff people are building every week.

 

 

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In JHB? Where, apart from Braamfontein spruit, which is nice, but everything there is quite ridable on a hardtail, say something like a Giant STP, or the Helderkruin DH course, and perhaps Logwood.

 

Prob a little late, but there is a freeride session in the spruit tomorrow morning, start 5:45 at the mugg and bean in paulshof.

 

 

 

[_Daemon_]

 

 

 

thank you 2 teeth. I used to own the 2007 enduro SL medium frame with the E150 shocks . i felt that i was abusing the bike it had a thin frame and i was doing drops and jumps and light DH on it. I loved it but i had to let her go before i wrecked her. There is lots of stuff in south africa you can ride with the nomad not to mention a V10 or iron horse sunday' date=' you just have to look around, lesthoto had loads of goat trails with gnarly descents, the nomad is quite possibly the best all mountain bike in the universe lol the cool thing about the nomad is that you can build it up to be what ever you want XC FR DH DS.. i could even throw a triple clamp and a DHX coil on it if i decide to go to Whistler or go to the new ski lift assisted DH freeride park in the cape. check these vids out guys riding nomads, such a versatile bike.

 

 

 

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Park in CTN...I will believe it when I see it. Heard they lost their location and are trying to find a new spot now.

 

[_Daemon_]

 

 

That's why I say we simply don't have the terrain locally to truly justify these bikes....allthough once I have the cash I'm sure I'll find a way

 

 

 

 

We have the terrain, we just don't have the trials on the terrains, if we can just get more organized....

 

[congarong]

It's all about work vs reward. It depends on what you want to do with it and what you're prepared to sacrifice for your reward.

 

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The Nomad and the Knolly are bikes built to take serious abuse but they can still be ridden all day. Yes' date=' it will climb slightly slower than a?Spez Enduro, but for their intended purpose they can't be beat.

 

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If we had trails that were super technical and steep for long stretches at a time it would be worth lugging the extra weight and travel to the top. Believe me, in areas where the trails are generally more aggresive these bikes come into their own.

 

?

 

When I rode in Canada on my 5 inch travel 12.5kg bike I was getting my ass whipped by guys riding bikes similar to the Nomad?simply because they were used to a slow, steady grind in the saddle for 6hrs at a time....hence one of their famous phrases being "Earn your vert"

 

?

 

Sometimes at night I still cry myself to sleep thinking of the day I got outridden up a sustained steep, technical climb by a guy riding a 9inch travel Elsworth Dare with a 8inch Marz 888 fork and a 38tooth single chainring!

 

?

 

On the super-technical descents the?haze fades away before your eyes and everything becomes crisp and clear and carrying all that extra heft around begins to make the most perfect sense.

 

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That's why I say we simply don't have the terrain locally to truly justify these bikes....allthough once I have the cash I'm sure I'll find a way

 

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omg thats some funny stuff Maz 888's lol ..... i hope one day i will be as lucky as you and go to canada to ride there.

 

 

 

 

 

i would have to disagree on your last point there mintsauce. There have been numerous dvd scenes shot in south africa with DH bikes 8" travel beasts shredding the country side. Greg minnar has a massive DH trail in Pietermaritsburg, there is one at galollies farm jhb, heldekruin, Tokai, ... steve pete and minnar just shot a movie out here all downhill. Mock my words i can almost guarantee you that SA will become a DH FR mecca in the cape, and natal. http://www.mountainbike-lifestyle.com/homepage.htm        + we have the weather 365 days a year. Lesthoto is virtually uncharted potential for this stuff.

 

 

 

We do have the terrain but we just need a little more inforstructure to accomadate these bikes.

 

There is plenty of it around SA you just have to look around a little or travel a little further.

 

Our mountains might not be as tall as canada, or sweden but we most defiantly have the terrain my friend. i know plenty of people who ride bikes with 6" + travel and would vouch for it.

 

 

 

 

[TheLegend]

 

 

 

 

 

i would have to disagree on your last point there mintsauce. There have been numerous dvd scenes shot in south africa with DH bikes 8" travel beasts shredding the country side. Greg minnar has a massive DH trail in Pietermaritsburg' date=' there is one at galollies farm jhb, heldekruin, Tokai, ... steve pete and minnar just shot a movie out here all downhill. Mock my words i can almost guarantee you that SA will become a DH FR mecca in the cape, and natal. http://www.mountainbike-lifestyle.com/homepage.htm        + we have the weather 365 days a year. Lesthoto is virtually uncharted potential for this stuff.

 

 

 

We do have the terrain but we just need a little more inforstructure to accomadate these bikes.

 

There is plenty of it around SA you just have to look around a little or travel a little further.

 

Our mountains might not be as tall as canada, or sweden but we most defiantly have the terrain my friend. i know plenty of people who ride bikes with 6" + travel and would vouch for it.

 

 

 

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why sweden? they don't have high mountains - i checked, highest mt there is 2104 m high. nothing the drakensberge couldn't beat!

just to ge the facts right