oh this is techy yikes
this is gnarly what the heck
in today's video we are demo riding the 2022 santa cruz nomad I love getting the chance to
demo ride different bikes see what the industry is making compare them to my own bikes typically
I would demo bikes at crankworx and whistler and in the past I have tried some nomads and
I've had good impressions with them but it's not crankworx and we're not in whistler yet so where
did I get this bike from well I'm glad you asked I actually got this from the pros closet and they
happen to be sponsoring today's video the pros closet buys and sells certified pre-owned bikes
they have a huge inventory of over 2 000 bikes including niche brands like diamond and parley
to big brands like canyon trek and santa cruz and all these bikes are ready to ship
directly to your door certified pre-owned means you get a bike that's better than new
the pro's closet master mechanics inspect wash they replace parts they tune up all the bikes
they sell in their warehouse in louisville colorado making sure the bike you get at your
door is ready to ride and in great shape and you can use my code boostmaster062 for free shipping
it's super quick and easy to build this thing up you basically just put on the front wheel
pump up the tires and put on your own pedals and so this was the bike that I chose from their site
I chose the size medium nomad carbon frame they rate the condition as a 9.1 excellent condition
and yes I can definitely tell you it looks like it's brand new they even put on a new wheel set
and tires too we got the whole bike build here including even the weights we got the geometry
so you can really figure out which sizing might be best for you they really make it easy for buying
used bikes and especially in today's climate with bike and park shortages this is a really
legitimate way to find quality bikes and maybe you are someone who is worried about buying a dud
well that's the whole point of the pros closet it's all certified you know exactly what you're
getting I would definitely trust them with my purchase this is one of the higher end models
with a lot of carbon parts and even an oval chain ring I've never really used an oval chainring
so I guess I'm not really sure what to expect but I hear they're supposed to be better for climbing
we've got a sram x01 12 speed drivetrain they put on some new vittoria mazza tires I've never
ridden these so I'm excited to try these out the spanx 350 wheel set sounds pretty cool too
I love the high end suspension a lot here the fox dhx2 factory suspension with all the
adjustments you'd want including high and low speed compression and even high and low speed
rebound adjustments so we've got code rsc brakes and a carbon handlebar at 760 millimeters wide
with it being size medium they also have a 150 millimeter dropper post a little bit smaller
than I would prefer at 5 foot 10 but I am just going to put on my own aluminum handlebar here
I actually prefer aluminum bars over carbon to be honest I did a few more personalizations to
this bike to make it feel just right and otherwise just checking to make sure the
suspension is set up well for me now before I really test the spike out on the north shore I'm
just gonna make sure everything is set up well for me on my backyard boost masters bungalow
I even took it to ledgeview to hit some flowy trails there rail some berms and hit some jumps
all right
yeah I was feeling uh really good like on some of those corners you could really like lean in oh
nice on that bike yeah it's feeling great because this um this medium is
about the same size as if I were to get the transition patrol in a medium oh okay
so because you know how I have a small of that one so that should be your size then
yeah so we'll see we'll see how it is it might be great for me yeah if you know me you know
that I tend to ride bikes that are on the smaller side and this time around I thought you know what
I'll try something a little bit closer to what the industry might recommend for me so I'm kind
of using this bike to gauge whether or not I would benefit from having a bit of a longer enduro bike
but that's enough flowy riding here at ledgeview let's take this out to vancouver where we're
really gonna test this thing I wanna try this bike on the jank the gnar that mount from has to offer
one thing I was noticing right away was these tires seem to be doing really well
I'm quite impressed I felt very confident on them and maybe I'd like to buy some myself
hey guys boostmaster here so we're here at mount from with uh buddy
dave so he's got a youtube channel as well you can check him out
we're gonna ride ladies only right now and uh we're gonna ride some other fun stuff out here
testing out my santa cruz nomad the 2022 and uh yeah so far it's been running super well we're
gonna see how ladies only is gonna work I think it should be pretty awesome so let's see it all right
oh
all right
gnarly
yo
okay this is oh
yeah oh man I did have to dab a foot there oh yo yo I forgot about that
sick
oh yeah this gets chunky
yeah yeah
so chunky that's good though sick
oh yeah
really working my arms here
yeah I'm not used to these shells enough all right
nice there's some serious drink in there yeah
oh so good though look there's a tuning in here that's cool
well I may not have the same trials abilities as dave but that doesn't stop me from having a
ton of fun on this trail and this bike has been handling the jank quite well
yo
oh right
on now despite the shorter than preferred dropper post I was kind of surprised at how
well I was climbing I think I was really noticing that lighter weight now how much
of it could be the oval chainring I'm not sure how you measure that exactly but the bike is
four pounds lighter than my patrol and I think that's what I was really noticing
it helped make these climbs up these fire roads a lot easier
oh yes oh no slip down the root I can't remember everybody might have
only ridden this lower part like once let's do lower ladies only all right
let's see what are we doing here we got some tech let's do it
oh this is techie yikes
yo wow see typically I would only feel comfortable on that on a dh bike but you
know what these bikes are capable this is gnarly what the heck oh I forgot how gnarly that was yo
wow that was nuts but pretty sick
that was sick that was so gnarly yeah I did it's so good this is lower ladies here we go more jank
nice
so good
he's pretty sick oops
hmm
okay let's say
it's like perfectly dry I love it
oh the jank is insane
oh my goodness the jank is real
let's see oh yeah there's a gap here that's right
see if we can do it it's a bit tricky see how it goes
what the heck how do you do that that's impossible it's just cause the roller right before the
compression is super tight that's ridiculous the timing right so you can just pump the [ __ ] on
the downside and then yeah that's what you're gonna do you gotta be able to like air this and if
you're you're able to air this then you're pretty much good I think but yeah that's that's tricky
that looked pretty good got hit so like I can't take advantage of the speed and
yeah but you did able to get some air time here
so if I go more controlled down here okay oh but still like did I get a bit of air time here but
still like like I feel like I have to give a pedal but even then it's not a good enough
okay I don't know I was doing it with more control for sure
though yeah you just feel slow still like I feel like even if I did
launch it I'd land like this that's what I feel like I would do in the end we just could
not figure this out it's so technical so janky yeah cause I look good too I don't get it yeah
oh there we go nice
finish off with the drop
this one's dead yeah so for our next run here we're gonna ride some of the jankiest jank that
I have ever janked starting off on granny's and then we're gonna go into crippler I haven't ridden
this section yet I'm just showing you a highlight reel of this really fun run instead of making this
video way too long I decided to upload this entire run uncut on my second channel boostmaster raw
whoa whoa yes old feature oh no it's still ridable what the heck
that's so sick that's so good what the heck is this
okay
here we go
wow
yo pumpkin flat oh
that was so sick that was fun oh let's jump it
there we go yeah I don't really have any complaints about the bike it feels super good
just like I would expect honestly suspension feels really good I thought these tires were really nice
the sizing was quite good at the medium 450 ml reach for this bike
it is longer than my other bikes so I wasn't quite sure but you know it did work pretty well
honestly I'm still a little unsure of whether I'd prefer this medium sizing over the size small but
hey they both work good compared to my transition patrol the santa cruz nomad is definitely lighter
which is an advantage otherwise they actually both feel fairly similar there's not really
much differences in geometry between the bikes if you're interested in getting a santa cruz nomad
I would say yes they're definitely sweet bikes you won't be disappointed I'm really happy I got
the opportunity to ride this big thanks to the pros closet again for sponsoring today's video
and lending me this bike so good yes soon I'll be sending this back to them so you could even
have the chance to buy this bike yourself among tons and tons of other bikes they have available
yeah this bike felt like a kind of monster truck a bit better maybe that like slightly
longer wheelbase than I was used to but honestly for those trails like you don't want too long of
a bike though like for that jank so smaller bikes can be really good on on all that
that was so sketch dude what the heck I almost looked falling off that was not fun
it was just so like jank yeah
thank you all for watching leave a comment tell me what you think what
do you think of this bike have you ridden the santa cruz nomad how does it compare
to other bikes in your opinion thank you for watching and I will see you guys next time