The VPP suspension’s lower-link-mounted shock creates a nearly linear leverage curve, meaning it mops up bumps of all sizes and maintains the kind of progressivity normally reserved for our V10 DH bike!ġ40mm of rear travel complemented by a 150mm front end gives Hightower just a bit more front and rear travel over the first generation model. More maneuverable than its longer-travel sibling, the Megatower, and more at home in the steep-and-chunky than its snappy cousin Tallboy, Hightower excels when the route covers ‘all points in between,’ and descents come courtesy of some big-ass climbs. The Hightower has been a does-it-all-well trail bike since its inception. Featuring our lower-link mounted shock design, updated, adjustable geometry, this “Engineering Best Of…” assembles some of our biggest design pleasers into one belter of a road-trip companion. If ever a bike resembled your most cherished mix tape compilation, the Hightower is it. Match that to a relatively low BB (335mm and 37.5mm drop) and you’ve got a combo that’s ready to haul into every pocket turn and launch out the other side.Īvailable in: Aluminum, Carbon C & Carbon CC The Tallboy’s short-short 430mm chainstays have +/- 10mm of rear axle adjustment to ensure riders of all sizes and styles feel equally at home. Something rarely seen on a bike of this ilk.Īnd the radical thinking doesn’t stop there. So we’ve done the same here and mimicked our longer travel geometry to create a bike with a 65.5-degree head-angle, generous front center, and short offset fork. In reality though, when was the last time you ever throttled back on a fun trail because you weren’t on a bigger bike? Caution to the wind and all that. Paired with a 130mm fork the new Tallboy becomes ever more appealing to riders who like to open it up.Īnd the geometry, that’s a big part of what’s going on…Įstablished theory suggests shorter travel bikes get ridden slower, therefore require steeper and more conservative geometries. But because it shares the same engineering principles as our longest travel bikes, the progressive lower link-mounted shock feels equally at home doing cross-country as it does in extreme-country. It’s the kind of bike that makes you sprint while going up, along, over, or down due to the maximum efficiency of the VPP design and responsive, lightweight chassis. Sure, 10mm more travel might only seem like one small step-but coupled with a lower link-driven VPP suspension design this is one giant leap for the Tallboy. With kick-ass lower-link VPP suspension, a streamlined design, the typical Santa Cruz refinement, and rather radical geometry, the Tallboy is back to being a genre bending folk hero. The new 120mm Tallboy takes a leap further into what short-travel bikes really are capable of. If ever there was a gravity riders’ XC bike, the Tallboy is it. Paired with a one-piece carbon front end it delivers a lateral stiffness and tracking ability you just don’t see on featherweight bikes of this genre.Ĭonfidence-inspiring geometry and components worth their salt allow you to take those sketchy overtaking lines that are the difference between getting on the podium or ‘winning’ the wooden spoon. The one-piece carbon VPP® rear triangle shares a similar twin upright architecture to our World Cup-winning downhill bikes. The ultra efficient VPP® suspension design, complemented by a dual remote lockout and super stiff carbon frame, means you’ve got more thrust on demand than SpaceX. Make no mistake, at just 2060g this is our lightest ever 100mm full suspension frame. No matter how demanding your next XC endeavor, the Blur is ready to go full gas, 24/7. Light enough to scorch hot laps and tough enough to endure a long-distance beating, the Blur does it all without compromise. The Blur is our ride fast, ride far, ride-harder-than-your-heart-can-take XC race bike.
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