April 28, 2014, 7:55 a.m. -  Pete Roggeman

#!markdown Raymond, you raise valid points, so I wanted to address a few of them: 1) We don't favour 'shoot-out' style reviews at NSMB, however the Nomad will be subject to lots of riding over the next several months in different riding areas and terrain - like all of our long term reviews. This was just a piece on the background behind the design of the bike and initial ride thoughts. 2) Other than the Enve wheels, what would you categorize as 'halo' products? It's certainly a high end build, but the base spec build comes in at $6,600 since this is (so far) a carbon-only frame, so I'm sure we can all agree that the Nomad is positioned for now as a high-end bike, period. That said, we'll throw on some non-carbon wheels and test them and report back during the long- term review. 3) What did you consider SC to be before they were a boutique brand? Serious question, because that's exactly how I would have described them since the beginning, and curious to know if others think very differently.