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nomad!

 

AHHH yess, awesome NomadC you got there! Love them, I MISS that frame.

I had a 2011 NomadC frame that I sold last month, built it up mainly for shuttle days. Here she was:


I see you're a SLOvilian as well! I'm in Los Osos. Where do you ride man??

 

did someone say slovillian?

 

You too???

 

Yeah AG, but I go to fresno state so only for summer and part of winter break

My girlfriend lives in paso so I come and go on the weekends every so often.

But I'm going to try and get a hard tail for summer, id be down to hit some trails!

 

That was your nomad!? I have saved pics stolen from the internet of that bike! I was looking at putting 40s on my nomad and that was my inspiration! haha awesome! I ride everywhere around slo, I live here for school so when im not studying my buddies and I are out and about, MDO, shooter laps, we are actually building bombers, madonna, irish hills!

 

NIce Bikes! i think a new mountain bike will be my Graduation present?? any set up suggestions???. i will probably be moving to AZ and figure it would be something good to do there. either the Mt. bike or a Smith And Wesson .40

 

Oh nice! Honk if you see me around haha Let me know if you get yourself a hardtail, def down for some riding!

Haha yup that's my "Dude, you're crazy" Fox 40'd Nomad. Here are old pics of it: http://www.pinkbike.com/u/STiLLWILL/album/My-2011-Santa-Cruz-Nomad-Carbon/

If you don't need to climb that much I would DEFINITELY run a 40 on it for sure----it would be ideal to run a DHX RC4 in the back w/the Push Industries Nomad upper link. Plush as hell! The carbon frame is strong as fack, don't be afraid to throw on a dual crown fork.

I still have my Fox 40 Kashima off that frame. If my cousin doesn't end up buying it off me, you can have dibs. LMK!

That's freakin awesome you're building bombers, madonna, and irish! Keep me updated on the progress! Since MDO is a 5 min drive from me, I try to ride Horsecamp and/or Hazards 3-4 times a week. I haven't done Shooters since last year---I'm long overdue for a shuttle run!

I hear they're trying to eventually connect MDO to Irish??? Any deets on that?

 

it's monday and i thought id post a vid, hopefully i get to ride this trail this week but my shoulder is killing me, i think its from a fall i had in the fall and i think i reinjured

anyways the two main guys in this video are very fast, probably two of the fastest in the area

http://vimeo.com/adventureseen/lookout

damnit vimeo doesn't embed on here, oh well watch it if you would like haha

 

before I read the description. I knew it had to be a VA trail. All the hiking I do, pretty good at spotting stuff like this

 

ok so i earlier today i laid my bike out fairly hard and now the forks have alot of play front to back. this is the first time this has happened to me. everything else was fairly normal and fixable but this isnt something i have the money replace. is there a collar or something i can replace in there to fix it or am i screwed?

 

haha yup, i havent ridden this trail since last year but they re built it in the fall, it looks like a ton of fun

it sounds like maybe the stem or top cap may have gotten loose some how? unless it is the actual fork.

hold the front brake really tight and see if it wiggles. it doesnt mean that it is the stem or top cap but you might be able to find out where exactly the play is coming from.

 

+2. Check this first. What fork do you have?

 

ok well top cap is as tight as ever i took it off and re tightened everything. still lots of play. and the fork rotates very easily independent of the handlebars. but everything is tight. shit

 

oh and they're Aerosa LT RST.

 

Yup def start with the stem/cap. Those will always work themselves loose.

If that stuff checks out and you're still seeing play while the front brake is engaged, anothing thing to check would be your front rotor---specifically the bolts attaching it to the hub. If you haven't changed the rotor out in a while and ride regularly the holes can start to oval---which will also give you forward/backward play while the brake is on.

 

Also, the bottom of the headset at the crown race area can unseat slightly depending how big the wipeout was---something else to check.

 

no the top cap is solid. and the rotors arent slipping at all. how do you go about checking the bottom of the headset? ill try and get a video on here. thanks for all the help so far guys

 

well so far thats not working but oh well im sure yall get the picture.

 

yea definitely not the first time iv'e eaten it on this bike. ive had this bike 9 years or so. and ive definitely used her and abused her.

but no i did that and slammed it down and still same movements. ive taken top cap off and tightened everything down dick tight. what tools do you need to take the fork off? ill just break her down and take a look.