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Shop all Santa Cruz Bicycles Shop sale Santa Cruz BicyclesThe Santa Cruz Bicycles Tallboy C XT Complete Mountain Bike will surprise you with its big hit potential. The numbers tell you it's a 120mm travel bike, whippet-fast and wicked maneuverable. This much is true. What's not apparent until you ride it is this thing will fall right into the pack with bikes that are way bigger than it on downhills. This is Santa Cruz's idea of an XC bike, and their heavy duty pedigree shows up in every turn, rock garden, and side hit. This Tallboy will definitely pedal all day, but it's down for some shenanigans too. With Shimano's new XT 12 speed group, you're looking at a crisp machine.
Carbon C Frame – A minimal weight gain of approximately 250 - 280 grams (0.6 lbs) for the C frame over the CC due to the different grade of carbon used. Whether you're riding a carbon CC or C frame, you get exactly the same legendary strength and stiffness because Santa Cruz uses exactly the same manufacturing facility and techniques.
Lower-Link Mounted VPP® Suspension – VPP is based on the patented principle of having two short links rotating in opposite directions. This system provides huge design flexibility, allowing Santa Cruz to manipulate shock rates to the intended purpose and character of each model; from short travel endurance bikes to World Championship winning DH machines. This redesign mounts the shock lower on the bike, making for an even better ride quality.
Fox Float DPS Performance Elite Rear Shock – Performance Elite shocks have all the same internals as Fox Factory models, just without the Kashima coating. Simply put, this is a highly tuneable and smooth shock made for aggressive trail riding.
Shock Adjustments – Lever Actuated Open, Medium, Firm Modes, Open Mode Adjust Tuning Range (1 / 2 / 3), Air Spring Pressure, External Rebound
Bottle Cage Mount – Within the front triangle, fits piggyback shocks.
Dropout Flip Chip – Allows 10mm chainstay length adjustment.
Integrated Flip Chip for High/Low Setting Adjustment
Internal Brake and Dropper Cable Routing
148mm Rear Axle Spacing
Threaded Bottom Bracket
Integrated Headset
Fox 34 Float Performance Elite – Performance Elite forks retain the same adjustments, dampers, weight, and 7000 series aluminum upper tubes as Factory Series, but have black anodized upper tubes instead of Genuine Kashima Coat. In other words, this fork is as good as it gets!
Fork Adjustments – FIT4 3-Position Lever Adjust (Open, Medium, Firm), Open Mode Adjust (22 Clicks), Rebound, Air Spring Pressure
Shimano XT – Shimano XT is the original mountain bike groupset trusted by generations of mountain bikers around the world. Whatever the trail, whatever you ride, XT is your solution for mountain biking today. Reliable shifting. Superior braking. Intuitive maintenance. XT is the high-performance workhorse you can count on.
Shimano Deore XT Trail Brakeset – With four pistons controlled by Shimano's famous light action, these brakes deliver consistent performance and reliable stopping power in all conditions. With finned Ice Tech pads, there's no fade even on long descents.
Shimano Ice Tech Rotors – This compact and lightweight rotor features rapid heat dissipation, reducing fade.
Maxxis Dissector Front Tire – The Dissector is Troy Brosnan’s go-fast signature tyre for extreme speed in downhill races or summer riding just for fun. As a front tire, it is ideal for dry, fast trails.
Maxxis Rekon Rear Tire – This is a fast-rolling tire perfect for dry conditions and high speeds. A cross-country tire that's great for racing or daily riding, it was made for aggression and speed.
Industry Nine 1/1 Hubs – Confident and capable of cleaning the A-line yet budget friendly to save up for a season of bucket list rides, the 1/1 hub stays true to the performance heritage of Industry Nine. Featuring a dual phased-pawl drive mechanism accomplishing 90 POE and 4° engagement by way of a six pawl driver and 45 tooth drivering, 1/1 takes a no-nonsense approach in welcoming riders to Industry Nine.
RaceFace ARC Offset 30 Rims – Tough hubs connected to light and burly aluminum rims--this is a trail-ripping setup that's ready to absorb all the trail action you see. With great feel and even better durability, these wheels won't disappoint.
Santa Cruz Carbon Handlebar – Designed and made exclusively by Santa Cruz, using everything they've learned from creating World Championship winning carbon bicycles. Each bar has a dialed amount of stiffness, keeping vibration in check and minimizing arm fatigue. Discrete markers take the pain out of set-up alignments and stealth branding keeps things class.
RockShox Reverb Stealth Dropper Seatpost – Don’t let its familiar good looks fool you—Reverb is a whole new weapon. Its internals have been completely re-engineered to improve on its already legendary performance and to offer enhanced reliability: all the smallest details, down to the single seal, have been re-evaluated and updated to pass the hardest and longest durability tests. Additional bushing overlap also improves performance over time. This is the brand-new Reverb, engineered for the next-generation mountain biker.
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Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
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Reach (mm) | 400 | 425 | 450 | 470 | 490 | 515 |
Stack (mm) | 592 | 601 | 610 | 619 | 637 | 656 |
Effective Top Tube (mm) | 539 | 567 | 596 | 619 | 646 | 678 |
Seat Tube (mm) | 370 | 380 | 405 | 430 | 460 | 500 |
Head Tube Angle (°) | 65.7 | 65.7 | 65.7 | 65.7 | 65.7 | 65.7 |
Seat Tube Angle (°) | 76.8 | 76.7 | 76.6 | 76.4 | 76.2 | 76.0 |
Chainstay Length (mm) | 436 | 436 | 436 | 436 | 436 | 436 |
Bottom Bracket Height (mm) | 335 | 335 | 335 | 335 | 335 | 335 |
Bottom Bracket Drop (mm) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 |
Head Tube Length (mm) | 90 | 100 | 110 | 120 | 140 | 160 |
Wheelbase (mm) | 1129 | 1158 | 1187 | 1211 | 1239 | 1272 |
Standover Height (mm) | 681 | 696 | 708 | 706 | 702 | 702 |
Wheel Size | 29" | 29" | 29" | 29" | 29" | 29" |