How else can you look cool on instagram without a full face helmet and 6" of travel for that epic firetrail gnar?But I reckon they'll sell heaps of them (even though they'll be massive overkill for about 90% of those who buy them, lol).
I read that the STA is supposedly around 76 with a ~65 HTA, so getting close to the current trend. IMHO this is the bike that the Hightower LT should have always been. The funk SC applied to the original HT front triangle to get 150mm rear travel slackened the HTA and already fairly slack STA even more, shortened the ETT, and when you add a 170mm fork it further amplified all those shortcomings. The new 29er should address all that, and better suit taller riders.I'm most surprised Santa Cruz is still sticking with pretty conservative seat tube angle on their new frames. Other than that it looks okay, but nothing special either. Aside from the Nomad 4, most of these low shock designs look a bit 'meh' aesthetically to me. But I reckon they'll sell heaps of them (even though they'll be massive overkill for about 90% of those who buy them, lol).
Nah. There's another pocket of cashed up tradies who want to avoid paying tax.They will sell like hot cakes though, maybe to the detriment of Nomad sales perhaps?
If that's 76 degree SA pictured it's definitely the old "effective SA" trick. Like you say though, still a lot better than the HTLT.I read that the STA is supposedly around 76 with a ~65 HTA, so getting close to the current trend. IMHO this is the bike that the Hightower LT should have always been. The funk SC applied to the original HT front triangle to get 150mm rear travel slackened the HTA and already fairly slack STA even more, shortened the ETT, and when you add a 170mm fork it further amplified all those shortcomings. The new 29er should address all that, and better suit taller riders.
They will sell like hot cakes though, maybe to the detriment of Nomad sales perhaps?
Is your order in already?
I guess these long travel 29"ers evolve into similar shapes. You need the front and rear clearance so the main triangle must get a bit compressed. Add it fashionable ST and HT angles and stuff begins to look more similar but unfortunately doesn't make it prettier either IMHO. Those steep downtubes aren't a personal favourite.They've gone the way of Yeti with their silhouette now.
I'll bet the SRAM and Fox product guys have a bit of price war going on there.Also, what have Santa Cruz got against the Lyrik? They spec SRAM for almost everything else, and then boom! Fox 36
Geeez, that ore of the exception than the rule now. Maybe that will be closer to lines of the next generation.You what mate!? <<<That's a link
i lined up in 1996 to get a floppy disc version of windows 95, i think it was 13 discs if i rememberA boomer hipster walks into a bar...
i have a couple of tradie mates, one has 12k sitting in a drawer to drop on swords stumpjumpy when his b’day rollls around..cash jobsNah. There's another pocket of cashed up tradies who want to avoid paying tax.
My shortlist is pretty short at the moment. Only just just started thinking about an upgrade.What's on your shortlist? And I really hope you enjoy owning a G1.
Also, I said the same thing to my mate when I heard the name!! Completely agree that it should have been given a better name.