Santa Cruz

Frame	Santa Cruz Hightower 2 CC, Ember, XL, 2021
Fork	Fox Float 36 Factory GRIP2 160mm 2021
Shock	Rockshox Super Deluxe Ultimate Air, 145mm, 2021
Headset	Cane Creek S40
Bar	ONE UP Carbon Bar, 20r x 800mm
Stem	ONE UP 50mm stem
Crank	SRAM X01 Carbon DUB
Rear Der.	SRAM X01 Eagle 12spd
Cassette	SRAM X01 Eagle 10-52T 12spd
Shifter	SRAM X01 Eagle Trigger 12spd
Brakes	MAGURA MT7 (200F & 180R)
Post	Fox Factory Transfer 175mm 2021
Wheels	DT SWISS 350 / DT Swiss EX511
Tire Front	GoodYear Newton ST EN Ultimate 29x2.4
Tire Rear	GoodYear Newton EN Ultimate 29x2.4
Saddle	WTB Silverado

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.