Even being carbon, the climbing ability is just there to get you up the hill. The bike is fast and smooth but you can tell its best at home on higher speed trails like those at a park. With that said, he is a more park focused rider and got the Nomad specifically to allow him to him bigger stuff. Nomad is ALOT of bike for the daily trails. Both in the same area & trails I ride my daily on. While I have not ridden an SX yet, Ive ridden a newer Nomad and a new mullet Patrol. My current daily is an XL 2018 SC Bronson Alloy with a coil & cushcore. I went through this same issue on my end. If I was a bike park guy, probably would look at a different size. I ride mostly steep tech gnar so I want a longer bike that can be more stable. It also depends on riding style and where/what you ride the most. High recommend checking out to comparing sizing & Geo. So it will feel bigger but not too extreme of a difference - in theoryįrom a previous post I made regarding my experience with sizing decisions. After that the Meta will still have a slightly longer wheelbase and chainstay. Looking at the numbers again i am thinking that i can compensate the relatively short effective top tube length difference of -26mm with the saddle Position and with the stem length to get near the numbers of my Capra. I want the Bike to be fun and playful and i am not a racer. I am going to take it to bikeparks, ride some steep and techy Enduro trails, jumplines and also downhill lines with roots and rocks. Short addition to my riding style: the SX ist supposed to be my do-it-all Bike. What do you guys think? My size is 179-180cm or near to 5’11” So maybe the Size M Meta would feel kind of the same when i fit a 50mm stem? On the other hand when i got my capra the first thing i did was to swap the 50mm stem to an ultra short 30mm stem. What bugs me is that the effective Top Tube length ist really Short for size M and i am afraid that it would feel too cramped on the climbs while sitting. Now i have to decide between Size M and L but dont know what is right for me. I am looking to buy the new Meta SX since i converted my 2020 Capra 27 to a Mullet and fell in love with the handling of mixed wheel sizes but dislike how the Capra climbs and also miss a bottle cage.

2018 commencal meta sx