Santa Cruz Tallboy AL D

Product Details

Established theory suggests shorter travel bikes get ridden slower, therefore require steeper and more conservative geometries. In reality though, when was the last time you ever throttled back on a fun trail because you weren’t on a bigger bike? Knowing your answer, we mimicked our longer travel geometry to create a bike with a 65.5-degree head-angle, generous front center, and short-offset fork, something rarely seen on a bike of this ilk.

And, the radical thinking doesn’t stop there. The Tallboy’s short-short 430mm chainstays have +/- 10mm of rear axle adjustment to ensure riders of all sizes and styles feel equally at home. Match that to a relatively low BB (335mm and 37.5mm drop), and you’ve got a combo that’s ready to haul into every pocket turn and launch out the other side.

- Aluminum frame
- RockShox Recon RL 130mm fork
- FOX Float Performance DPS rear shock
- SRAM SX Eagle drivetrain
- WTB ST i25 TCS 2.0 29-inch rims
- SRAM Level brakes w/Avid Centerline 180mm rotor