Santa Cruz has launched new 27.5 and 29er versions of the Highball hardtail and a reworked Stigmata cyclocross bike. Both bikes have been updated for 2015, with a variety of geometry and spec changes, and BikeRadar met the guys from Santa Cruz near Nelson, New Zealand, to try the new rides out.
The Highball is now available in both 27.5in and 29in wheel sizes, as well as carbon and alloy options, while the cult-followed Stigmata has been totally redesigned and in a carbon, disc-only flavour, and is sure to be a hard hitter in the cyclocross scene.
Highball 29 and 27.5
The Highball has had a total redesign, with geometry updates and an option of CC or C-level carbon on the full build bikes.
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The biggest update is that it is now availabile in both 650b and 29er sizes, though the Small frame is 27.5in only and the XXL comes only in 29in.
You now get a choice of wheel sizes on the Highball – 650b or 29in
The Highball is Santa Cruz’s first entirely internally cable routed frame – the design team spent a good while putting different ideas through the grinder, with the result effectively moulding a separate pipe into the down tube of the frame to house the rear brake hose. This means routing the hose is easy, with no clattering in the frame while riding. The shift cables run through the down tube to the bottom bracket, where a specially moulded piece of plastic sits as a cable guide, with a bolt on cover to keep the elements out (time will tell how it holds up to the kind of wet and grit our test machines get subjected to).
Stigmata
Frame and equipment: performance-oriented rework
Ride and handling: confidence inspiring, even on MTB trails
Pricing
- Highball C R: $2,799
- Highball C S: $3,199
- Highball CC frame only: $1,899
- Highball CC XT: $4,299 (ENVE option +$2,000)
- Highball CC XTR: $6,799 (ENVE option +$2,000)
- Highball CC XX1: $6,299 (ENVE option +$2,000)
- Stigmata CC frameset: $2,299
- Stigmata CC Rival: $3,699
- Stigmata CC Red: $6,599 (ENVE option +$2,000)
- Stigmata CC Force CX1: $4,699 (ENVE option +$2,000)
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