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Santa Cruz unveil their fifth Nomad, so what’s new?

On the surface , the latest, fifth-generation Santa Cruz Nomad doesn’t look a whole lot different to its predecessor, launched in 2017. But dig a little deeper and there are a number of tweaks and refinements that should make this great bike even better.

The amount of travel remains the same (170mm front and rear), but Santa Cruz have updated the leverage curve of the rear suspension and designed it to use a longer-stroke shock. These changes, they

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