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[Scotty T]

Certified fanboi. I like everything they do. Looks sick.

 

[hifiandmtb]

I think this looks more Tallboy-y:

 

[Scotty T]

Has 27.5+ found its niche on hardtails?

First Look | The New Santa Cruz Tallboy Is Basically A Minitower!

The much-loved Santa Cruz Tallboy is back for 2020, but this 4th generation model is radically different from the Tallboys of the past. With a burlier low-slung frame, drastically slackened geometry, and the lower link-driven VPP suspension design, the new Tallboy has a whole new approach to the...

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Tallboy is now 29er only, perhaps signposting that the plus tyre craze has come to an end – at least on full suspension bikes anyway.

 

[beeb]

Damn you Santa Cruz stop putting shocks through your seat tubes already, where am I supposed to fit my super-long dropper posts!?!

Do rate the overall geometry though. Good to see short-travel bikes getting some decent geometry these days too!

FWIW - I even like the purple.

 

[Scotty T]

Does it still have a threaded BB shell?

 

[hifiandmtb]

Does it still have a threaded BB shell?

Yes.

 

[Ultra Lord]

Time to fangirl over SC even more @Scotty T!

 

[creaky]

Thoughts @Big JD ?

 

[Mr Crudley]

Time to fangirl over SC even more @Scotty T!

Think of the bulk discount that can be had when the SC fans get together and get the obligatory SC tattoo. Winning.

If anything, SC have too many models bordering on each other now which is good and bad thing at the same time.

 

[hifiandmtb]

Proper ad:

Better than any car ad I can remember.

Bike ads are choice when done this well. And he's dating Jolanda Neff, if you didn't know.

 

[Scotty T]

If anything, SC have too many models bordering on each other now which is good and bad thing at the same time.

Yeah agree.

I was a fan before they made bikes

 

[moorey]

Proper ad:

Better than any car ad I can remember.

Bike ads are choice when done this well. And he's dating Jolanda Neff, if you didn't know.

Really? They essentially just stole the catchphrase of the spitfire from like 10 years ago.
Pat yourselves on your brilliant backs, SC marketers...

Edit. My bad. The Original V1 was dubbed ‘The downhillers XC bike’
https://m.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/Frames,7/Banshee-Bikes/Spitfire-v2,12133

 

[Zaf]

Removed by user

 

[SF Trailboy]

The new Ripley still seems to be winning in the review stakes over the tallboy....

 

[hifiandmtb]

It does!

 

[mas2]

I'm a little disappointed that, with the exception of the new Guerilla Gravity lineup, nobody is adopting the Canyon method of cable routing on their frames and instead persisting with these moto-brake hating tubes-in-tubes systems.
It even makes a lot of sense from a downtube guard perspective that covers the length of the frame. I imagine it's much easier to engineer and layup as well.

The Tallboy and new primer look fist bitingly hot though. And realistically, I don't think I've ever avoided buying a bike because of cable routing anyway.

Suprised the GG boys dont get more press. They are the best of the bunch at the moment I reckon.

 

[Ultra Lord]

All I got was they’re different?

 

[nzhumpy]

Proper ad:

Haha, Steve Peat at the minute mark providing hydration in one hand whilst running with a Duvel in the other.

 

[BT180]

I'm a little disappointed that, with the exception of the new Guerilla Gravity lineup, nobody is adopting the Canyon method of cable routing on their frames and instead persisting with these moto-brake hating tubes-in-tubes systems.
It even makes a lot of sense from a downtube guard perspective that covers the length of the frame. I imagine it's much easier to engineer and layup as well.

The Tallboy and new primer look fist bitingly hot though. And realistically, I don't think I've ever avoided buying a bike because of cable routing anyway.

Agree. It seems strange that hasn't been copied more widely.

 

[sane]

I'm a little disappointed that, with the exception of the new Guerilla Gravity lineup, nobody is adopting the Canyon method of cable routing on their frames and instead persisting with these moto-brake hating tubes-in-tubes systems.
It even makes a lot of sense from a downtube guard perspective that covers the length of the frame. I imagine it's much easier to engineer and layup as well.

The Tallboy and new primer look fist bitingly hot though. And realistically, I don't think I've ever avoided buying a bike because of cable routing anyway.

Does SC/ Yeti/ Ibis etc insisting on producing frames only for L/front R/rear routing actually constitute racism?