2022 mullet bronson vs make a 2021 nomad mullet

Hmmmm...interesting idea

Considering you'd have to lower a 29er fork by about 20mm to maintain the geometry, that's going to be a weird mismatch of travel on the mixed nomad : 150mm 29er front with the 170mm rear. Not to mention the fork is then even shorter travel than the Bronson.

IMO you'd be better off waiting for a Bronson frame.

leejohnh22 said:

Considering you'd have to lower a 29er fork by about 20mm to maintain the geometry, that's going to be a weird mismatch of travel on the mixed nomad : 150mm 29er front with the 170mm rear. Not to mention the fork is then even shorter travel than the Bronson.

IMO you'd be better off waiting for a Bronson frame.

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i what thinking on keeping stock travel on the nomad, but 29er in the front.

regiobike said:

i what thinking on keeping stock travel on the nomad, but 29er in the front.

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Gotcha, unfortunately I would highly advise against that. The geometry changes would be too much, about a degree slacker, and more importantly the reach will be reduced by quite a bit, not to mention the bottom bracket height increase. This is not even mentioning the trail figure increase from a larger 29er front which is going to change handling even more (not for the better).

In short, there is a very good reason the Bronson was made rather than simply offering the Nomad with a different fork.

Hope that helps!

If the amount of travel is the issue with the bronson, you can always get a cascade link for the bronson to make the frame have between 160 and 180mm depending on the shock size.