Santa Cruz Hightower
Hightower X01 Carbon CC $150/day
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The Hightower has been a does-it-all-well trail bike since its inception. More maneuverable than its longer-travel sibling, the Megatower, and more at home in the steep-and-chunky than its snappy cousin Tallboy, Hightower excels when the route covers ‘all points in between,’ and descents come courtesy of some big-ass climbs. The VPP suspension’s lower-link-mounted shock creates a nearly linear leverage curve, meaning it mops up bumps of all sizes and maintains the kind of progressivity normally reserved for our V10 DH bike!
140mm of rear travel complemented by a 150mm front end gives Hightower just a bit more front and rear travel over the first generation model. Combined with a slacker 65-degree head tube angle, the Hightower still sits squarely in the Goldilocks zone, but with a touch more “Oh sh*t get me out of here” capability when the porridge gets too hot!
Balancing stiffness and weight savings in all the right places is a hallmark of all Santa Cruz carbon frames and the Hightower flies the flag yet higher. The advanced composite chassis tracks well across all trail surfaces, holds a line, and is reactive to rider directions while isolating pedal-influenced inputs.
- Santa Cruz Reserve carbon wheels!
- RockShox Lyrik Ultimate 150mm
- RockShox Super Deluxe Ultimate
- SRAM X01 Eagle
- SRAM Eagle 10-50T
- Rock Shox Reverb Stealth 150mm
- SRAM Code RSC
- Maxxis 2.4 Minion DHR2s
- Detailed info at Santa Cruz Bikes
