Aside from everything looking like everything (design optimization... yay?!) it definitely rides very differently from the Nomad-3.
Other than the obvious difference of wheelsize I thought the bike was a lot more interesting to ride up hill (Nomad-3 spins up a fireroad and suffers up singletrack fine for what it is but I wouldn't say it inspired).
The Carbine responds well to input on chunky moves and holds momentum surprisingly well pushing hard on the pedals. Enough so that I think a shorter travel version (giving away some all out descending prowess for trail manners) would be a simply amazing one-bike for most places.
June 27, 2017, 7:54 a.m. - Andrew Major
Aside from everything looking like everything (design optimization... yay?!) it definitely rides very differently from the Nomad-3. Other than the obvious difference of wheelsize I thought the bike was a lot more interesting to ride up hill (Nomad-3 spins up a fireroad and suffers up singletrack fine for what it is but I wouldn't say it inspired). The Carbine responds well to input on chunky moves and holds momentum surprisingly well pushing hard on the pedals. Enough so that I think a shorter travel version (giving away some all out descending prowess for trail manners) would be a simply amazing one-bike for most places.