Tallboy D / Aluminum / 29
A 29″ aluminum frame full suspension trail bike with upper mid-range components.
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Manufacturer Price
$2,699Frame | Aluminum |
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Suspension | Full, 120 / 130mm |
Fork | RockShox Recon Silver RL |
Shock | Fox Float DPS Performance |
Wheels | 29″ Aluminum |
Drivetrain | 1 × 12 |
Groupset | SX Eagle |
Brakes | Hydraulic Disc |
For This Bike
4'7" – 5'2"
5'0" – 5'6"
5'4" – 5'10"
5'8" – 6'2"
6'0" – 6'5"
6'3" – 6'8"
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Sep 2020 · Ryan Salyer
THE AVERAGE GUY’S AVERAGE BIKE USED 2013 SANTA CRUZ TALLBOY LTc REVIEW Words by Ryan Salyer If you’ve been in this world a while you’ll know that keeping a budget can be tough. When you throw different circumstances into life; marriage, kids, broken
Jun 2020 · Christoph Bayer
The Santa Cruz Tallboy is a versatile trail bike designed to appeal to riders looking for a comfortable and fun ride. We put it to the test.
Capable descender
Lots of traction
Versatile despite short travel
Sluggish climber
Hefty price
Mar 2020 · Ian Collins
Back in August, Santa Cruz introduced the Tallboy as the latest bike in their lineup to migrate over to the newer "lower link VPP" suspension layout.
Feb 2020 · Logan Watts
The Santa Cruz Tallboy was revamped with 120mm of lower-link suspension and axle flip-chip that allows 10mm of chainstay adjustment and 29 x 2.6" tires.
Well engineered suspension redesign that makes it aesthetically pleasing and one of the most downhill-capable short-travel 29ers on the market
Clearance for 29 x 2.6” tires
Adjustable geometry with axle and shock flip chips
Purple colorway looks really nice
Santa Cruz preserved under downtube bottle mounts (bike has two pairs)
Odd build spec with a few cons (as detailed above under Build Kit)
Can get a little clumsy and wandering on steep climbs (especially for us long-legged riders)
Despite the lower linkage shock, it still has a relatively small frame bag space in the triangle
The internally routed cables exit the headtube pretty far forward which was a bit of an issue with a standard handlebar roll
Feb 2020
The new Tallboy isn't a cross-country racer, but that's not to say you couldn't enter a race with it. That being said, you could also take it down your local jump line just fine.
Nov 2019 · Tom Marvin
Hard-charging yet short-travel trail bike that rewards riding with attitude
Oct 2019 · Jeremy Benson
Santa Cruz recently redesigned their popular short-travel 29er and in doing so they've created an impressively versatile and capable trail bike. The update...
Oct 2019 · Danny Milner
The new Santa Cruz Tallboy blends big bike geometry with small bike travel: so is it a trail bike, an XC bike, or something else entirely?
Punches well above its weight.
Can be a handful if you take it out of its comfort zone. Needs a Pike Ultimate at this level.
Frame | Tallboy D / Aluminum / 29 BB Standard: BSA, 68mm, Threaded Colors: Stormbringer Purple and Black; Rocksteady Yellow and Yellow |
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Fork | RockShox Recon RL 130 Travel: 130mm |
Shock | FOX Float Performance DPS Travel: 120mm |
Bottom Bracket | SRAM DUB 68/73mm Threaded BB |
Headset | Cane Creek 10 IS Integrated Headset |
Stem | Race Face Ride 50mm |
Handlebar | Race Face Ride 35x760 bar |
Saddle | WTB Silverado Comp |
Seatpost | Race Face Ride, 31.6 400mm Type: Rigid |
Grips | Santa Cruz Palmdale Grips |
Rear Derailleur | SRAM SX Eagle 12spd |
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Crank | SRAM SX Eagle 148 DUB, 32t - 165mm (XS), 170mm (S-M), 175mm (L-XXL) |
Shifters | SRAM SX Eagle |
Cassette | SRAM CS PG1210 Eagle, 11-50t |
Chain | SRAM CN SX Eagle 12spd |
Brakes | SRAM Level Type: Hydraulic Disc |
Rims | WTB ST i25 TCS 2.0 29" Rims |
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Spokes | DT Competition (32) |
Front Hub | SRAM MTH 716, 15x110, Torque Cap, 32h |
Rear Hub | SRAM MTH 746, 12x148, 32h |
Tires | Front: Maxxis Minion DHF 29"x2.3" EXO TR, Rear: Maxxis Minion DHR2 29x2.3 EXO TR |
Disc Rotors | Avid Centerline 180mm |
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