JuliusJI have read the reviews, but i've also heard its overkill on a lot of things. I haven't actually ridden either, but I feel like when he's saying he wants a more xc/all mt bike, a bronson is more fitting. both would shred though, just depends on what he wants (or what he can spend haha)
Having ridden a bronson, I wasnt too impressed, seems like the nomads can be built up in 26-29lb range and pedal fairly well, considering that, i dont see how its overkill, seems like it would do well going up and destroy going down.
the bronson I rode wasnt anything special on climbs, not enough to justify choosing it over something with more travel, and it just didnt feel very fun or confidence inspiring on the downs. Rode that back to back with a transition bandit 27.5 and the bandit was MUCH better imo, more sensitive to pedal bob going up, but if you were smooth with your pedal strokes, it was faster, much more lively and fun, it actually took advantage of its smaller travel where the bronson felt like a bigger travel bike without actually having much more or taking advantage of its travel, if that makes any sense.
point is, if your gonna go with a lower travel bike vs longer travel, go with something that actually takes advantage of it, like a bandit, spitfire, 5010, etc.. otherwise, if you can have a sub 30lb 160+ travel bike, do it.
