From Santa Cruz…
from Santa Cruz Bicycles: gWefve been hinting about a 29 bike on our blog for a while, and now that wefre getting the thing closer to finalized, wefre ready to show a little more skin. So to speak. We have photos that are absolutely how the bike will look in final trim, and wefve got geometry charts, and wefve got some final prototype mules that wefve been kicking around. The basic nuts and bolts of the Tallboy have been getting massaged into place for over a year now, and the big wheel beast has taken shape into something wefre really happy with:h
Carbon fiber frame - Thisfll be our third carbon fiber bike, and the more time we spend working with the material, the more we are able to push into new definitions of stiffness and strength. Following in line with what we were able to achieve with the carbon Blur XC and LT models, wefre kicking around Tallboy frames that weigh right about 5 pounds (with shock) and are so insanely flex-free and fun handling that they blow all our earlier assumptions about big wheels and chassis flex right out of the water. Tapered head tubes, massive but super light chainstays and rear triangles, absolutely rock solid frames, and theyfre still around 2 pounds lighter than most of the similarly targeted competition. Super stiff, super strong, super snappy.
VPP suspension - The Tallboy will have 100mm of travel. The lower link features the same 15mm aluminum pivot axles, titanium hardware, angular contact bearings, grease ports, durability and ease of maintenance as found on our Blur LT. Therefs also a carbon fiber upper link, with the same trick hardware and angular contact bearings on the big axle. Clean, neutral pedaling without bob or feedback, and plush bump eating suspension performance across the board.
Dialed geometry - Big wheels work well for a lot of people, but are a godsend for the big and tall set. As such, wefre sizing the Tallboy all the way up to XXL - which comes with an appropriately Andre the Giant approved 25.9 top tube and 45.6 wheelbase. All Tallboys otherwise feature the same short and stiff 17.5 chainstays and sweet handling characteristics. Theyfre designed to excel in the gfun to race, really fun to rip singletrack, go for a big huge ride and come home with a sore face from grinning all day longh spectrum of riding.
