No offense, but I'm a bit disappointed in this review, which I was looking forward to as I'm considering new bike options currently. The review focuses a lot on the XL size choice, and not a lot on the details of the ride. In particular, other than commenting that it negotiates switchbacks fine even in XL, it doesn't talk much about the details of how it feels pedaling. For example, I would have liked to seen comments on the seat tube angle (at 75 degrees it's somewhat conservative compared to the latest wave of bikes from Transition, YT, Evil, Ibis, & others). Or how the suspension reacted to brief out of the saddle sprints up short steep sections - the Nomad 3 is a total pig for that unless the shock is locked out. A bit more on how the suspension handled different types of descending terrain would have been nice too (bomb craters, roots, and rock gardens). I would have loved to see a brief head to head comparison of it against a similar bike, like how Pinkbike has been doing lately.
I hope that doesn't come across as bitchy, but I just felt like as a review it was lacking depth in some areas that are more important to most people.
Oct. 23, 2018, 8:46 a.m. - Andeh
No offense, but I'm a bit disappointed in this review, which I was looking forward to as I'm considering new bike options currently. The review focuses a lot on the XL size choice, and not a lot on the details of the ride. In particular, other than commenting that it negotiates switchbacks fine even in XL, it doesn't talk much about the details of how it feels pedaling. For example, I would have liked to seen comments on the seat tube angle (at 75 degrees it's somewhat conservative compared to the latest wave of bikes from Transition, YT, Evil, Ibis, & others). Or how the suspension reacted to brief out of the saddle sprints up short steep sections - the Nomad 3 is a total pig for that unless the shock is locked out. A bit more on how the suspension handled different types of descending terrain would have been nice too (bomb craters, roots, and rock gardens). I would have loved to see a brief head to head comparison of it against a similar bike, like how Pinkbike has been doing lately. I hope that doesn't come across as bitchy, but I just felt like as a review it was lacking depth in some areas that are more important to most people.