Spring: Santa Cruz shows new bikes

It's spring again and, as every year, the Californian bike manufacturer Santa Cruz is launching its fireworks display of new products and is presenting three new bikes - the "Blur TRc", the "Highball" and the "Tallboy AL" - as usual, beautifully designed and simple.

The Californians seem to have taken a liking to carbon as a material. After the "Blur 4X" disappeared from the range a few years ago, Santa Cruz is presenting its rebirth in carbon with the "Blur TRc". With 125 millimeters of travel at the rear, it has gained 25 millimeters compared to its predecessor. The carbon frame weighs a good 2.27 kilograms with the Fox "RP23" shock, is designed to be sportier with a long top tube, but should still provide fun on downhills thanks to its flat steering angle.

With the Highball, Santa Cruz is underlining the hype surrounding big bikes. After already having a successful 29er carbon fully in their range with the "Tallboy", the Californians are now also launching a hardtail on a large foot. If you take the dollar price as a yardstick, Santa Cruz should also position the hardtail frame in the high price segment here in Germany. Here, the frame weighs 1090 grams.

Specifically for the smaller wallet, Santa Cruz brings the "big boy" in aluminum. The "Tallboy AL" comes with identical geometry and, like the APP bikes (Active Pivot Point) presented last summer, is intended to serve the mid-price segment.

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