I actually have been thinking about this lately too. At first the Bronson was a 150/150 bike while the nomad was 160/160 then they bumped the nomad to 170/170 and I feel they did this because they had to differentiate it against the Bronson. I got one N4 to replace my N2 and was ok with it because it still out climbed the N2 but really didn’t need 170/170. Then they bump the Bronson to 160/150 to make it more capable. Now I’m on the N6 but every time I get a new one I think do I really need a nomad and maybe I should just get the Bronson but the funny part is I use more rear travel (almost all of it) and yet never really bottom the 170 fork. Which really makes me think could they drop both and bring back a true AM 160/160 MX (like a Patrol) and would that be more playful than Nomad and more capable than Bronson? Just makes me curious if they could condense them back into one bike.
Sept. 9, 2022, 5:02 p.m. - Jesse Hill
I actually have been thinking about this lately too. At first the Bronson was a 150/150 bike while the nomad was 160/160 then they bumped the nomad to 170/170 and I feel they did this because they had to differentiate it against the Bronson. I got one N4 to replace my N2 and was ok with it because it still out climbed the N2 but really didn’t need 170/170. Then they bump the Bronson to 160/150 to make it more capable. Now I’m on the N6 but every time I get a new one I think do I really need a nomad and maybe I should just get the Bronson but the funny part is I use more rear travel (almost all of it) and yet never really bottom the 170 fork. Which really makes me think could they drop both and bring back a true AM 160/160 MX (like a Patrol) and would that be more playful than Nomad and more capable than Bronson? Just makes me curious if they could condense them back into one bike.