The brand new Nomad Carbon is the natural evolution of the MK2 Nomad they introduced two years ago. Offering the same suspension performance and geometry but in a package delivering over a pound of weight saving. The Nomad Carbon is ready to take on all the same terrain as it's sibling with their proprietary one piece layup process adding extra strength and stiffness to keep you pinned though the bends.

• 160mm Travel, VPP Suspension
• 6.1 Pound Frame Weight with Shock!
• Super Stiff, Ultra-strong Carbon Fiber Chassis
• 1.5" Headtube
• ISCG05 Tabs
• Collet Axle Pivots
• Ti Hardware
• Down Tube Protector

Their proprietary one piece lay-up process eliminates excess material, ensures optimal fiber compaction, and incorporates the suspension pivots, disc mounts and ISCG tabs seamlessly into a single, ultra-light, mega-strong piece of composite art.

NEXT GENERATION VPP SUSPENSION

Patented counter-rotating link design
Allows flexibility to design and manipulate shock rates for a huge diversity of uses, from razor sharp XC performance to bomber tough and ultra plush 10-inch travel downhill duty.
Short links
(Carbon Fiber Upper, Forged Aluminum Lower) and large diameter axles combined with angular contact bearings bring chassis integrity and handling precision to a whole new level.
Grease ports
Tons of seals! Locking collet axle hardware! Super trick, low maintenance, superior durability, easy to service when the time finally comes. You won't find this kind of stuff - whether it be quality of hardware or versatility of design or chassis integrity - anywhere else.

CARBON

One piece lay-up and curing
By laying up and curing the front triangle all at the same time, and not assembling together pieces, Santa Cruz are able to decrease the amount of material used by eliminating overlapping joints that have to be bonded or wrapped with carbon. Less material means fewer grams. This method is extremely expensive to do, since each size has to have a lot of dedicated tooling, nothing is shared between each size.
Continuing fibers around tube junctions
The one-piece lay-up of the front triangle allows continuous fibers to be used that wrap between tubes, allowing the structure to distribute loads better, and absorb impact energy. Santa Cruz also are able to truly integrate the shock mounts, pivot mounts, dropouts and disc brake tabs into the structure, using all uni-directional carbon plies. The shock mount isn't merely riveted or bonded on after curing, but an integrated part of the fiber lay-up. This makes their carbon frames incredibly strong and able to absorb impact better than any other frames they have tested.
Net shape lay-up and fiber compaction
Santa Cruz's lay-up process allow them to control the outside shape, inside shape, and to compact the fiber layers during the lay-up. This eliminates gaps between layers, and keeps resin from migrating to the inside of the tubes, or allowing delamination during the molding process. You can't see this without getting inside the frame, but they are more than proud of how the inside of these frames look than the outside. No gaps, no filler or mystery material. No resin pools, or glued together sections. It's a frame you wouldn't be embarrassed to bring home to mom. No skeletons in the closet, and no rider weight limits either.