Santa Cruz Tallboy 30 Cc X01 - 2016 Review
Santa Cruz Tallboy CC XX1 first ride review
Totally modern two-in-one trail raver
GBP £vi,179.00 RRP | USD $vii,999.00
Published:
Santa Cruz Tallboy CC XX1 offset ride review
Skip to view product specifications
Russell Burton
Russell Burton
Russell Burton
The 3rd generation of Santa Cruz's premium-priced benchmark trail racer gets a makeover and builds up either business firm and fast as a 29er or fat and fun in 650b+ livery.
- Which is faster: hardtail or full-intermission?
- five cycle handling issues caused by bad break set-up (and how to fix them)
Russell Burton
Santa Cruz Tallboy CC XX1 highlights
- Long, low geometry
- Plus tyres create a high-velocity party creature
- Latest complete spec gets Thruway fork and 12-speed upgrades
Santa Cruz Tallboy CC XX1spec overview
- Frame: 'CC' level carbon fibre, 110mm (4.3in) travel
- Fork: Trick 34 Float Performance Elite, 120mm (4.7in) travel
- Shock: Fox Bladder Performance Elite
- Drivetrain: SRAM XX1 with Race Face Next SL cranks (one×11)
- Wheelset: WTB i23 rims on Manufacture Nine hubs, Maxxis Minion DHF 3C EXO 29×2.35in (f) and Maxxis Ardent Race EXO 29×2.25in (r) tyres
- Brakes: SRAM Level Ultimate
- Bar/stem: Santa Cruz carbon, 760mm/Burgtec, 50mm
- Seatpost/saddle: RockShox Reverb Stealth (dropper) WTB Volt Team
- Weight: 11.96kg/26.37ib, large size without pedals
Russell Burton
Santa Cruz Tallboy CC XX1 frame and equipment
While the first two iterations of the 29in wheeled, XC orientated Tallboy were very similar, with steep angled (seventy-degree head), short travel (100mm), ii.2kg frames, this third version is an altogether unlike animate being. Travel (110mm) and frame weight (two.7kg) both go upwardly, and the lower VPP break linkage also comes up in the frame to change the suspension kinematics.
The caput bending slackens to 68 degrees, while the radically dropped elevation tube and seat tube make sizing up for a really long reach piece of cake (L is 450mm, XL is 475mm). The Tallboy 3 is also one of the first curt-travel full-suspension bikes to be both 29in and 650b+ cycle uniform, with a 148x12mm Boost rear axle and an adjustable intermission fleck to compensate for the slightly different ride summit (or non, depending on taste).
Santa Cruz has stuck with its tried and tested grease-injectable, adjustable-collet pivot bearings and super-reliable threaded lesser bracket (both very welcome) and it even has an onetime-schoolhouse IS rear brake mountain (not so welcome).
The Tallboy CC comes in four unlike build kits for 650b+ or 29in wheels, with boosted suspension, bottom bracket and bike upgrade options. They're all trail, rather than cross-country, biased, with command-friendly chunky tyres and wide confined.
The XX1 build we tested in 29er format now gets SRAM'southward latest 12-speed, 10-50t Eagle manual and a RockShox Freeway fork (the Fox 34 Operation Aristocracy is an upgrade). UK bikes also boast Hope hubs and a KS LEV dropper postal service.
Santa Cruz Tallboy CC XX1 ride impression
Russell Burton
With its longer, slacker geometry (and information technology was already low) the new Tallboy encourages a much more than attacking mental attitude than most 100-110mm bikes and it has the chassis stiffness to back up bold moves. The pedal-interactive VPP suspension encourages a similarly difficult-driving style, although overall weight dulls the Tallboy's climbing edge slightly.
In 29er format the 120mm fork tin get into problem, though, and despite the normally faithful Maxxis Minion DHF tyre nosotros regularly found ourselves losing the forepart when things got too rowdy. Even with the compression damping fully open, the rear interruption tends to slap and clatter through trail trauma rather than carrying speed smoothly, and pedalling can choke the stroke and vice versa. Switch to plus-size wheels and tyres, though, and the unforgivingly bony suspension feel gets a pillowy result with better pocket-size-bump absorption that immediately increases rough terrain momentum and front wheel traction, while reducing pedal choke (the proper 650b+ build gets a 130mm fork too).
Although the heavier wheels advance more than slowly, time splits on dorsum-to-back tests showed them to be significantly faster on technical trails, with a huge dose of swaggering, big grin confidence thrown in for skilful measure.
Santa Cruz Tallboy CC XX1 early verdict
Aggressively punchy as a 29er and flat-out, total-gas fun as a high-performance 650b+ bike.
Product Specifications
Product
| Proper name | Tallboy CC XX1 |
| Brand | Santa Cruz |
| Brakes | SRAM Level Ultimate |
| Cranks | Race Face Next SL cranks (1x11) |
| Fork | Fox 34 Float Operation Elite, 120mm (4.7in) travel |
| Frame Material | 'CC' level carbon fibre |
| Forepart Tyre | Maxxis Minion DHF 3C EXO 29x2.35in |
| Handlebar | Santa Cruz carbon, 760mm |
| Rear Derailleur | SRAM XX1 |
| Rear Shock | Trick Float Functioning Elite |
| Rear Tyre | Maxxis Agog Race EXO 29x2.25in |
| Saddle | WTB Volt Squad |
| Seatpost | RockShox Reverb Stealth (dropper) |
| Shifters | SRAM XX1 |
| Stem | Burgtec, 50mm |
| Weight (kg) | 11.96 |
| Wheelset | WTB i23 rims on Industry Nine hubs |
| Frame size tested | L |
Source: https://www.bikeradar.com/reviews/bikes/mountain-bikes/santa-cruz-tallboy-cc-xx1-first-ride-review/
0 Response to "Santa Cruz Tallboy 30 Cc X01 - 2016 Review"
Post a Comment