ML more versitle
dulyebr good to hear you like your bike, few compare to the Moto-Lite ride overall at any price that I've tested.
I haven't ridden the LT version, but the travel isn't much longer than the Blur I tested in Moab. The Blur is awesome in most XC conditions especially long steady climbs. It corners and handles great. It's pedals very smooth but has this weird feeling stall in the pedals when the suspension cycles deep in travel in really rough, Moab like, conditions. Its due to the progressively growing chain stay length deeper in travel, increasing chain tension resistance. The Intense VPP 5.5 design never gets into that range of travel in the same pedaling condition and doesn't produce that trait so noticeably like I felt on the Blur. The Nomad may not either.
The ML pedals extremely smooth, nearly as smooth as VPP and the ML also has a snappier more energy efficient acceleration feel, more similar to VPP compared to the mushier pedaling lower monopivot or ICT types and doesn't stall the pedals in big bump conditions that the shorter travel VPP does.
My interest in handling and pedal feel in very rocky desert conditions would favor the ML. The Blur works great too especially on smoother to moderately rough conditions typical of most singletrack and most California riding. More extremely rough conditions favor the ML suspension type. Both are great bikes for California riding conditions.
- ray
