Santa Cruz has just unveiled the redesigned Tallboy. The latest version is longer upfront, shorter in the back and slacker than its predecessors. The sum of these changes is a short-travel trail bike with a penchant for speed. Read on for the details and first ride impressions.
Tallboy 3 highlights
- Longer reach, shorter chainstays, slacker head angle
- Available in 29er and 27.5+ builds
- 120mm of front suspension (130mm for 27.5+)
- 110mm VPP rear suspension
- 73mm threaded bottom bracket
- Front derailleur compatible
- Available in small, medium, large, XL and XXL
- Pricing from $6,499-$7799 (UK and Aus pricing TBC)
- More affordable build kits to follow
- Available in May
A Tallboy in name alone
Version 3.0 of the venerable Tallboy is a drastic departure from the two previous iterations. In truth, the second-generation Tallboy wasn’t a redesign as much as it was a quick refresh to keep on target in the component standards shooting gallery.
The quick-release rear end was replaced by a 142x12mm thru-axle, a direct-mount was added for the front derailleur, as was internal routing for a dropper seatpost. The latest Tallboy also gets a standards reboot, receiving ‘boosted’ thru-axles at both ends, internal cable routing, and a much cleaner removable mount for a front derailleur.
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The Tallboy’s geometry remained unchanged through the first two generations and in this regard, the new Tallboy is an entirely new machine that's in line with the growing crop of short-travel 29er trail bikes.
Like its forefathers, the Tallboy 3 comes equipped with a 120mm suspension fork (thankfully now with 34mm stanchions). The head tube angle is 2.2 degrees slacker at 68 degrees. The front center has been lengthened as well. The frames now sport 40-50mm longer reach numbers across the five frame sizes and come stock with stubby, 50mm stems and 760mm handlebars.
Not just a 29er
Early impressions
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