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If starting with the base model Nomad ($7150)Most of the Cockpit, (Keeping the
reverb). Brakes need to go. XT's don't have enough stopping power. (I'm a
bigger guy). I'd trade the shock for sure and maybe the fork. Tires would get
swapped out too. Santa Cruz is notorious for sending their bikes up to Canada
kitted out for the Trails in California . (I could recoup my losses by selling
parts but I would loose a fair bit in the conversion.)
Altitude 770MSL starting at $5800: Again cockpit, XT Brakes(), Fork (I hear
the 34 is meh)and drive train.
I'd love to be able to pay 7g for a bike but if I do It had better need very
few changes. I can spend my money on a Nomad or head over to COve and buy a
Hustler for under 5 with a kit set up exactly the way I want it and it weighs
1lb more.
I guess my complaint is about the lack of Customizability. Yes both these
bikes come in a frame only option, but to get the nomad where I'd want it
would easily cost over 7g. It just irritates me that bike companies can charge
you this kind of money and not enable you spec it to your liking.
Oct. 23, 2014, 10:44 a.m. - mightyted
#!markdown If starting with the base model Nomad ($7150)Most of the Cockpit, (Keeping the reverb). Brakes need to go. XT's don't have enough stopping power. (I'm a bigger guy). I'd trade the shock for sure and maybe the fork. Tires would get swapped out too. Santa Cruz is notorious for sending their bikes up to Canada kitted out for the Trails in California . (I could recoup my losses by selling parts but I would loose a fair bit in the conversion.) Altitude 770MSL starting at $5800: Again cockpit, XT Brakes(), Fork (I hear the 34 is meh)and drive train. I'd love to be able to pay 7g for a bike but if I do It had better need very few changes. I can spend my money on a Nomad or head over to COve and buy a Hustler for under 5 with a kit set up exactly the way I want it and it weighs 1lb more. I guess my complaint is about the lack of Customizability. Yes both these bikes come in a frame only option, but to get the nomad where I'd want it would easily cost over 7g. It just irritates me that bike companies can charge you this kind of money and not enable you spec it to your liking.