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Santa Cruz Tallboy AL Custom

Name: Santa Cruz Tallboy AL Custom
Brand: Santa Cruz
SKU: sctbcustl2
Price: 2999.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

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.

CHOOSE SIZE

L (In Store)

BIKE PROTECTION

invisiFRAME fitted (£170.00)

invisiFRAME fork fitted (£60.00)

was £4,499.00

Price (select options)

£2,999.00

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THE DETAIL

Evo Customs Tallboy -

We loved the Tallboy Alloy R build but the spec was not quite up to our liking. The first upgrade we made was to the fork, we swapped out the standard Fox 34 Rhythm and replaced it with a Fox Performance to match the rear shock and give you the fork this bike justifies, next on the upgrade list was the wheels. Usually the week point to any bike at this price. Giving you the grip and confidence that this bike deserves, teamed up with the wider wheels we added the benchmark tyre combo for all round riding, Schwalbe’s Hans Damph and Knobby Nic it the trail chewing 2.6” size ensuring you stay gripping to the trail whatever it throws at you.

SPECIFICATIONS

Frame

Fork   Fox Float 34 Performance Series 130mm, 29”, 15QR
Shock   Fox Float Performance DPS with EVOL,
Wheels DT Swiss 370 on Race Face ARC / 29" /
Tires Kenda Hellkat pro / Kenda Booster
Brakes   SRAM Level T
Brake Rotors   SRAM Centerline 180 rotors
Cranks   SRAM GX Eagle, DUB spindle, 32t Steel Ring (170mm for S/M, 175mm for L/XL)
Bottom Bracket   SRAM DUB BSA
Rear Derailleur   SRAM GX Eagle
Shift Levers   SRAM GX Eagle
Cassette   SRAM PG 1230 11-50T
Chain   SRAM GX Eagle
Headset   Cane Creek 40
Grips   Lizard Skins Charger Evo
Handlebar Race face Aeffect 35x35mm
Stem   Race face Aeffect 35mm ,20mm Rise
Seatpost   KS Rage-i Dropper 150
Saddle   WTB Silverado Pro 142mm width