Santa Cruz TallBoy Carbon 29 S Kit Size Large - Earth Color
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.
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.
The Tallboy is no slouch but certainly no softie either. It has earned a loyal following amongst those who seek a bike that will hold up to the relentless hammering of “power hour” hot laps or hour after hour on solo missions. Its composure at speed gives it a little swagger, as will you after hauling into every pocket turn and launching out the other side.
There’s no label that quite fits what this bike is. But the name Tallboy says it all. Have at it.
SPECS:
FrameCarbon C 29" 120mm Travel VPP™
ShockFOX Float Performance DPS
ForkFOX 34 Float Performance, 130mm
Rear DerailleurSRAM GX Eagle, 12spd
Front DerailleurN/A
ShiftersSRAM GX Eagle,
XG1275 Eagle, 12spd, 10-50t
ChainSRAM GX Eagle, 12spd
Bottom BracketSRAM DUB 68/73mm
HeadsetCane Creek 40 IS Integrated Headset
Rear TireMaxxis Rekon, 29"x2.4, 3C. EXO, MaxxTerra, TR
Front TireMaxxis Dissector, 29"x2.4, 3C, EXO, MaxxTerra, TR
SealantStans Sealant
Front HubDT Swiss 370, 15x110, 6 bolt, 28h
RimsRaceFace AR Offset 30 29" Rims
SpokesSapim Race
Rear HubDT Swiss 370, 12x148, XD, 28h
RotorsAvid Centerline 180mm
BrakesSRAM G2 R
CranksetSRAM GX Eagle DUB 32t
HandlebarBurgtec Alloy Bar, 800mm, 30mm Rise
StemBurgtec Enduro MK3, 42.5mmS
addleWTB Silverado Pro Saddle or WTB Volt
SeatpostRockShox Reverb Stealth, 31.6
GripsSanta Cruz House Grips or Burgtec Bartender Pro Grip Minnaar
