FARVE:
Glossy Black and Gypsum
VÆGT:
12,9 kg
RAMME:
Carbon CC
BAGDÆMPER:
FOX Float Factory DPS
FORGAFFEL:
RockShox Pike Ultimate, 130mm, 29″
FREMPIND:
Burgtec Enduro MK3
GREB:
Santa Cruz Palmdale Grips
HEADSET:
Cane Creek 40 IS Integrated
STYR:
Santa Cruz Bicycles Carbon Riser
SADEL:
WTB Silverado Team
FORBREMSE:
SRAM G2 RSC, Centerline 180 mm
BAGBREMSE:
SRAM G2 RSC, Centerline 180 mm
BAGSKIFTER:
SRAM X01 Eagle, 12-speed
GEARSKIFTERE:
SRAM X01 Eagle, trigger, 12-speed
CASSETTE:
SRAM X01 Eagle, 12-speed, 10-52t
KRANKSÆT:
SRAM X1 Eagle Carbon 148 DUB, 32t
KÆDE:
SRAM X01 Eagle, 12-speed
FÆLGE:
RaceFace ARC Offset 27 29”
FOR NAV:
DT Swiss 350, 15×110 mm, Torque Cap, 28h
BAG NAV:
DT Swiss 350, 12×148 mm, XD, 28h
FOR DÆK:
Maxxis Minion DHF 29”x2,3”, 3C, EXO, TR
BAG DÆK:
Maxxis Minion DHR II 29”x2,3”, EXO, TR
EGER:
Sapim Race
SLANGER:
Stans Sealant
SADELPIND:
RockShox Reverb Stealth
BESKRIVELSE:
If ever there was a gravity riders’ XC bike, the Tallboy is it.
The new 120mm Tallboy takes a leap further into what short-travel bikes really are capable of. 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.
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.
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. 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. Paired with a 130mm fork the new Tallboy becomes ever more appealing to riders who like to open it up.
And the geometry, that’s a big part of what’s going on…
Established theory suggests shorter travel bikes get ridden slower, therefore require steeper and more conservative geometries. 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. 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. Something rarely seen on a bike of this ilk.
And the radical thinking doesn’t stop there. 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. 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.
