Cycling is an expensive sport and santa cruz bikes is one of its prime instigators. All weights were without pedals and with identical builds for that model. Santa cruz tallboy 2 frame sizing i know that santa cruz recommends a medium frame for my height 57 has anyone ever ridden a small frame before. The highball is our flagship carbon hardtail race thoroughbred, and a dark horse in xc versatility. Sram guide r hydraulic disc brakes and a gx eagle 1x12 drivetrain provide pinpoint speed control, while the 27. Free returns 100% satisfaction guarantee fast shipping. Santa cruz will offer a lifetime crash replacement plan with the v10 carbon plus a twoyear design and manufacturing guarantee. Shop santa cruz license plate frames from cafepress.
Under general direction, to initiate and conduct investigations in a quantity control verification program and to perform a wide variety of inspections and tests of commercial weighing and measuring devices for conformance to state laws and regulations. Off the showroom floor, the driver 8 delights with great lines, welds, parts and finishing touches you wont find on other bikes. Adding boost hub spacing and a clever highlow chip that alters the bikes bottom bracket height allows you to run the stock 29er wheelset or change to 27. With sizing varying between the type of bike and even the model, weve compiled a handy guide for santa cruz bikes to help you get the correct size. Like its predecessor, it features 203mm 8in of travel and uses the great virtual pivot point system. California santa cruz license plate frames cafepress. Several local gyms and fitness studios are designated primarily as workout centers for weight lifting, equipped not only with weights and machinery but fitness instructors. Santa cruz nomad carbon frame the colorado cyclist. Its worth noting that there are going to be several 2012 component group and suspension launches from various folks at sea otter classic, which will affect the builds available from santa cruz when these bikes start showing up on their bike builder for sale in midlate. I built up a santa cruz nomad, going with the popular one bike approach.
Cruz eyewear offers a selection of finely crafted, premium eyewear designs which complement any style and age. I normally have my santa cruz tallboy ltc out there with 140 travel. Users browsing for santa cruz bikes in bikes usually look at. We are located at 1430 soquel avenue, santa cruz, california 95062, between morrissey blvd and frederick st. Santa cruz bicycles megatower carbon cc x01 eagle air reserve mountain bike.
Santa cruz revamped the carbon nomad for 20 with the addition of a 142 x 12mm rear axle, which compliments the vpp suspension and keeps the rear wheel center, hit after hit. Aa up front, the frame is designed to handle a 180mm to 203mm travel fork with. Driver 8, bike park, dh, downhill, gear, santa cruz bicycles. Santa cruz debuts new driver 8 mountain bike bikerumor. Reactions varied from excitement and anticipation to weight weenies whining about nuts and bolts. The hightower is santa cruz s most versatile bike, seamlessly adapting to the trails you ride, running 29inch wheels or the new 27. Most of the frame options are now carbon, but there are still a few alloy models in the range. Then santa cruz drivers are exactly what youre looking for. Questions on purchasing used top fuel 8 frame durability. Mikes bikes has free shipping on an extensive collection of santa cruz. More capable than a pure endurance bike, more composed than most xc racerigs, the highball has evolved to be easier to ride harder for longer. Aa intended as a general use at gravity parks, santa cruz says it can be used for pretty much any downhill course up to world cup level tracks. Amazing ride, easy to handle, even with the weight i can cruz up a long climb just as well. A combination of high tech material and technical prowess, built in a.
The carbon fiber frame is what sets santa cruz at the top of the bike world extremely lightweight and incredibly durable. The right size bike for your body size is essential to ensure the optimum experience, comfort and enjoyment as you ride. Santa cruz frames are the most desirable out there. The alloy heckler is a 150mm trail bike which is excellent value. All measurements reflect installation of a fork with 554. All measurements reflect installation of a fork with 586. The driver 8 is an allnew creation from santa cruz bicycles, and shares. I got my initial wake up call when placing the 5010 on a scale at western bikeworks in portland. From the world championshipwinning v10 to the beloved tallboy, we make bikes for people who live to ride. Santa cruz pricepoint carbon weights compared, plus closer. Santa cruz takes a very wellrounded approach with the new hightower lt.
Starting with butted aluminium, before moving on to hydroformed alloy and unidirectional carbon, santa cruz have led the way in terms of materials from the very beginning. Between the candy colored carbon and the exotic builds, the company has almost single handedly normalized the ten thousand dollar mountain bike. The guys at rocky compared the altitude to the bronson with a comparable shock and hardware and it weighed almost 400 grams less about 34 of a pound. We finetuned the carbon layup process and the lowangle, bridgeless seatstays join the seat tube below the top tube junction. We regularly see customers from aptos, soquel, scotts valley, capitola, watsonville, and elsewhere in santa cruz county. Available in acetates, metals, combinations, semirimless, and 3. Yes, my short travel trail rig is actually heavier than my enduro bike. To learn more about cookies, click on cookie policy. Questions on purchasing used top fuel 8 frame durability and weight potential. Turn left on soquel and continue about half a block and you will see us on the right. As the name suggests, the driver 8 sports 8in 200mm of rear wheel travel via a long 70mmstroke 2. This impressive carbon frame has a noticeably different silhouette than its aluminum predecessor. Lenz arts custom picture framing santa cruz frame shop.
It was 1993 when santa cruz was founded in a tiny space in santa cruz, california by rob roskopp and rich novak. Reviews, ratings, specifications, weight, price and more for the 2011 santa cruz driver 8 downhill bike. Nomad frame weight with fox monarch rear shock approx 6. Trailcrushing daily driver or a ripping enduro racerig, the santa cruz hightower lt has you covered. This from santa cruz blur lt2 frame weight with fox rp23 air rear shock approx 6. Santa cruz has debuted their 2009 driver 8 freeride downhill mountain bike. For more than 20 years santa cruz have beeb producing the very best mountain bikes frames in the business. Agricultural commissioners office 175 westridge drive watsonville, ca 95076 831 7638080 monfri, 9am3pm closed noon1pm mosquito abatement and vector control district.
This balanced 150mm travel big rig offers excellent climbing abilities and crushing descending skills. Find great designs on durable and weather resistant license plate frames to make your car stand out. High bb height is good for more technical trails, which is mostly what i ride. It has 8 inches of nextgeneration vpp rear wheel travel. The santa cruz driver 8 isnt meant to be a fulltime, dedicated dh rig. Starting with the super 8 all the way through to the current lineup, there was always something about santa cruz bikes that caught my eye. Accurate frame weights are hard to come by but according to my rocky mountain source, the topoftheline altitude 790 msl frame is considerably lighter than the santa cruz bronson. At first glance you might mistake it for the companys v10, but look a little closer and the. Looks nice but the article doesnt mention the geometry or weight of the frame.
The new driver 8 is santa cruz s latest longtravel bike, replacing the vp free. When you click on accept, you authorize santa cruz to use the cookies as set for our website. When i first got into mountain biking in the early 2000s there was always one bike company i had a hyper crush on, it was santa cruz. Santa cruz bicycles is dedicated to making the worlds best mountain bikes. Stylish and affordable luxuries designed for the discriminating, modern man. Named after the much missed former head dog of santa cruz, the driver 8 is a tough beast. Yet for everyone who can only dream of affording the pedal bike equivalent of a ferrari rally car, santa. Santa cruz specialise in mountain bikes however they do have a range of road bikes available as well. Its first bike, the tazmon, was a single pivot dual suspension ride that challenged established norms and set the tone for what would be a brand on a hunt for perfection and bent on shaking things up. Frame weight with fox dhx 5 coil rear shock approx 8. Frames from santa cruz include the 5010 their mm trail bike, the 150mm travel trailenduro bronson and the aggressive 170mm nomad enduro model. It also has enough room to raise or lower the seat through a 7inch.
Many local companies operate around the clock to make sure clients get to and from their destinations in a timely manner and in exactly the kind of vehicle they wish for. Santa cruz bicycles heckler carbon cc xx1 eagle axs reserve ebike. I do all of the best of pisgah and im hoping the 120mm is enough to descend wide open with confidence. Santa cruz launches new driver 8 mountain bike bikeradar. The santa cruz hightower is a new trail frame that replaces the popular tallboy lt and makes use of boost 148 spacing, allowing riders to choose between 29 and 27. The reality is that real world weights put that closer to a full pound. As if the release of the, frankly beautiful, allcarbon blur xc 2 only last week wasnt enough, the californian company has just issued news of its newest bike, the santa cruz driver 8. Important update regarding bike home delivery services please read before purchasing a bike.
Epic, this bike is still my favorite, it is just a little heavy, but it is a downhill bike. Disclaimer, bought this bike used and it already had a lot of upgrades, that being said this bike is great. If you are coming from the freeway take the morrissey blvd exit, drive down morrissey to soquel avenue. The nomad has two geometry settings highlow, which are easily adjustable with a 6 mm hex wrench. More of an aesthetic thing but wish the seat post tube didnt come down as far. Two bottles is huge for a 120mm bike and getting in longer rides in the summer heat.
This bike can truly do it all with an aggressive attitude. Santa cruz hightower carbon cc frame 2017 the colorado. At first glance you might mistake it for the companys v10, but look a little closer and the subtle differences become apparent. The v10 has two geometry settings highlow, which are easily adjustable with a 6 mm hex wrench. As mentioned in the gear shots article, the bike is visually appealing with a handful of eyecatching highend parts. The 5010 aluminum s is santa cruzs topoftheline model in the aluminumframe lineup and features more performanceoriented components to match your aggressive riding style. Santa cruz didnt stop with simple updates in frame design to up this bigwheelers appeal, though. Aa up front, the frame is designed to handle a 180mm to. Shop california santa cruz license plate frames from cafepress. Santa cruz weight lifting facilities are among the best resources available to anyone who takes the fitness seriously and wants to test the limits of their bodily strength. This affordable 140mm full suspension trail bike impressed our testers and performed better than some bikes that cost twice as much. The front triangle is carbon while the rear swing arm is.
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