Steve peats spitfire santa cruz v10c vallnord dh world cup 2016. Oct 24, 2016 i have been riding my santa cruz tallboy now on fire roads, single tracks, mud and i have gotten lost into a dark forest. Santa cruz syndicate ripper, luca shaw, makes mincemeat out of the trails on a santa cruz tallboy. Apr 26, 2016 a more capable tallboy the santa cruz tallboy debuted in 2009 and immediately began winning over 29er haters. Here, for once, was a bigwheeled bike that didnt feel like itd been slipped a. Seeing the original tallboy was a purebred crosscountry rocket that eagerly moonlighted as a competent trail rig, the latest version of the santa cruz tallboy 27. Results for santa cruz tallboy pinkbike buysell search. It is the quintessential reason why most of us take to the trails and to the sport. With kickass lowerlink 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. Now i know the tallboy has changed a lot since its inception so the comparison is not really of current models. Santa cruz tallboy cc bike 2016 bikes from biketart uk. Most 29ers of the time had the geometry and suspension performance of an economy airline seat, and the industry knew it.
Santa cruz makes a great frame and they have shined for me when it came to warranty and bearing replacement. Aug 31, 2014 the santa cruz tallboy continues to be the topselling bike out of 2841 mission street with good reason. So i figured that it is a good time to share my experiences with you. It has been a winner since it was introduced in 2009. Rob roskopp and the team from santa cruz present the tallboy 2. Reviews, ratings, specifications, weight, price and more for the 2016 santa cruz tallboy carbon cc xtr bike. Soundtrack provided by west african group, songhoy blues. From the world championshipwinning v10 to the beloved tallboy, we make bikes. Santa cruz tallboy 2 20 2016 like most sites, this site uses cookies to make it work. Santa cruz tall boy out of the box the tall boy hit the 29er world like a shock wave, rippling through the online community with sneak pics and tidbits from the santa cruz blogsite. Tallboy lt and ltc all mountain, carbon 29er with 5 mm of travel.
First ride 2017 santa cruz tall boy carbon cc mountain. Santa cruz s highestgrade carbon frame and swingarm, 100mm 4. To learn more about cookies, click on cookie policy. I will seriously consider getting a santa cruz whether its the tallboy, hightower, bronson, or 5010. I honestly expected it to feel remarkably like the blur given that the geometry of the two bikes is virtually the same with both having 120 fork. Looking at his weight i wouldnt recommand a carbon frame anyway no weight limit for santa cruz. The first generation was introduced at a time when 29ers were still a hot topic of debate and it just happened to be the first 29er from santa cruz a 4. Nov 30, 2017 by offering this nononsense parts spec along with a lowermodulus carbon frame, santa cruz has made its muchimproved tallboy more affordable to the everyday rider. I recalled after writing about it in april it was 120mm of travel front and i knew it had 29. X01 drivetrain 1x11, xt brakes, xo cranks, xo shifters, thompson elite seatpost, geax saguaro tires, stans crest rims, dt swiss 350 hubs.
Thanks to the work of peter morin the trail is running better than it has in years and probably faster than ever. The new 120mm tallboy takes a leap further into what shorttravel bikes really are capable of. Vpp suspension, forged upper and lower links, double sealed pivots for long bearing life, dual grease ports on lower link for easy maintenance, stealth and external dropper post routing for the tallboy. With kickass lowerlink vpp suspension, a streamlined design, the typical santa cruz refinement, and rather radical geometry, the tallboy is back to being a genre bending folk her. Santa cruz tallboy 3 mountain biking australia magazine.
Santa cruz enlisted scotlands cut media to help it launch the bike by filming a tongueincheek video that shows greg minnaar at this years absa cape. Santa cruz launches the new tallboy singletrack magazine. This button adds this product to a list of products that can be used to make comparisons between all the products in the list. The tallboy means that there are now three models in the santa cruz 29in and 27.
Then look no further than the 5010 on a different budget. Santa cruz tallboy cc xx1 dan cavallari september 19, 2016 santa cruz s venerable tallboy 29er blends the best of enduro and crosscountry traits into a playful mtb ride. The tallboy rides high in its travel while dealing nicely with small amplitude hits. We feel the components fit the style of riding intended for the bike but skimped in performance. Santa cruzs first foray into the 29er world was the carbon fibre tallboy, at a time when there was much more scepticism towards the bigger wheels than there is today. When you click on accept, you authorize santa cruz to use the cookies as set for our website. When you want to roll over everything in your path and hit every trail with a grin on your face, the santa cruz tallboy cc is the bike to tick every box. Santa cruz tallboy lt cc custom build i 1080p youtube. Santa cruz bicycles is dedicated to making the worlds best mountain bikes. Vital raw luca shaw mobbing a santa cruz tallboy youtube. While the frame geometry is undeniably dialedin, santa cruz opted for some less than stellar components on this particular build.
Fairly basic build, xt components, roval traverse sl wheels, and a 120 pike. Tallboy 29 shorttravel mountain bike santa cruz bicycles. This santa cruz website uses cookies for example to improve and analyze the website, for social media and to ensure that you see relevant ads. It came down to my last bike of the day pretty typical actually at the santa cruz booth as i pedaled out with a large santa cruz tallboy 29er at my disposal. I ride in north texas, and make trips to abq here and there. Dec, 20 your bike shouldnt require an arsenal of proprietary widgets and a pint of unicorn blood to keep it running. Reviews, ratings, specifications, weight, price and more for the 2016 santa cruz tallboy carbon c r bike. A more capable tallboy the santa cruz tallboy debuted in 2009 and immediately began winning over 29er haters. The santa cruz tallboy d scored well in our performance rankings. Santa cruz tallboy 3 cc xx1 29er mode the numbers dont tell the story on the trail, however. For this first ride we take a look at the all new santa cruz tall boy carbon. Does anyone have any opinions of these two santa cruz trims. Santa cruz always sends the best spec, so the model. The santa cruz chicken first laid its first tallboy egg way back when in 2010.
We were excited to get the chance to preride the new tallboy 4, specifically, the 2020 santa cruz tallboy cc x01 rsv. Santa cruz tallboy c large bike 2016 the pros closet. It will be difficult for you to get an aftermarket one to upgrade or replace the oe. Reviews, ratings, specifications, weight, price and more for the 2016 santa cruz tallboy carbon c s bike. These bicycles are good as new, often built right out of the box from the manufacturer. The aluminium version of santa cruz revered tallboy 29er trail bike gives nothing to its carbon stablemate except for a few grams a smaller hole in your bank balance.
If you are looking for a bike that can easily go from trail to cross country, the santa cruz tallboy is a good choice. The region of the page containing this list is called the compare products region and can be located at the end of the main content of the page compare. Jan 09, 2012 having fun while mountain biking is the essence of the sport. Santa cruz bicycles chose an odd day to launch two new bikes, but the tallboy lt and ltc are no april fools joke in fact, our tester guy kesteven reckons the latter is the best trail bike hes. Mit einem starken lowerlinkvpphinterbau, sportlichem design. When santa cruz launched the tallboy c in 2009, there werent many great full suspension 29ers on the market. Youre on the hunt for information about a previous year of the tallboy, and were in the.
Although my wallet might only afford me an aluminum build. Hit compare to see this santa cruz sidebyside with your bike. Santa cruz tallboy carbon 29er full suspension user. Take your biking to another level with a santa cruz tallboy. The worlds biggest biking photo gallery of photos like, crashes, north shore. When tallboy first launched in 2009, it wiped the floor with everything in its category.
The tallboy wasnt my first choice for our odd little corner of the mountain biking world. The single pivot aluminum superlight is a superecomical way to get on a santa cruz 29er proud owner of a new tallboy. When the time comes to deal with bigger issues the fox float factory with. The tallboy cuts a whole new swath across the trail bike landscape. The santa cruz isnt saddled with any kind of feature that leaves me waving a wrench in the air and cursing the gods of bicycle repair. Reviews, ratings, specifications, weight, price and more for the 2015 santa cruz tallboy lt aluminum r. Founded in a tiny garage in santa cruz, california, this iconic company has made a name for itself in the mountain bike community with its extensive line of bikes designed to be the best rigs on the trail. The tallboy muddles the line between xc and trail with 110mm of rear wheel travel, paired with a 120mm fork, and fastrolling 29er wheels. Ive extensively ridden the firstgeneration version and now have nearly 100 miles aboard the 2015 tallboy c. Not just a 29er, but a 4travel fs made from carbon fiber. Reviews, ratings, specifications, weight, price and more for the 2016 santa cruz tallboy carbon cc x01 bike. The bike really excels at climbing and fast pedaling sections and this will make it a weapon on the trail for endurance and xc races. Some of the greatest innovations have come out of garages, as santa cruz did many years ago.
From the world championshipwinning v10 to the beloved tallboy, we make bikes for people who live to ride. Reviews, ratings, specifications, weight, price and more for the 2016 santa cruz tallboy carbon cc xt bike. Maybe you are looking for a bike frame to customize to your personal preferences. If ever there was a gravity riders xc bike, the tallboy is it. Either way, ebay offers a large selection of these bikes at affordable prices. Filmed live during the 2016 event, gregs epic is a tall tale of what the tallboy can do in the hands of a deviant. The deals on tallboy 3 frames recently combined with boredom caused me to build up a tallboy c. I know specialized put very low weight limits for their carbon frames. Size medium this amazing trail bike is so versatile it can swallow up all mountain trails with ease and because of the weight its also fantastic as.
For me the biggest negative of the camber is the proprietary shock shock stroke, eye to eye and yoke. Nov 17, 2016 the 2016 tallboy is a wholesale overhaul of this seminal model that helped define the 29er genre. Im doing some research for a future full squish trail bike. While the first two iterations of the 29in wheeled, xc orientated tallboy were very similar, with steep. Prior to the 2020 redesign, the tallboy got upgraded paint schemes and component specs annually with three major revisions, the tallboy 1 200920, tallboy 2 20 2016, and tallboy 3 2016 2019.
The santa cruz tallboy is an efficient, lightweight, 29er that is ideally setup for xc riding on the west coast where you have more open trail to hammer out a long ride. Apr 26, 2016 for many, including those at santa cruz, the tallboy has been a revelation in big wheel form. Santa cruz tallboy cc test mountain bike action magazine. Santacruz2018tallboyaluminumrbuild29erfullsuspension. Founded in a tiny garage in santa cruz, california, this iconic company has made a name for itself in the mountain bike community with its extensive line of. Tallboy santa cruz bicycles 29er mountain bike this santa cruz website uses cookies for example to improve and analyze the website, for social media and to ensure that you see relevant ads. I got 35% off a 2017 tallboy 3 cc which had allegedly been on the bike shop floor for ten months. Sep 22, 2009 with my compressed interbike trip this year just a single day, i had a long list of bikes to test and only 8 hours and two legs at my disposal. Light, lively, responsive and dripping with top notch kit, this is the ultimate incarnation of the 29er trail bike.
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