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Description
Santa Cruz Hightower Frame CC 2022Featuring Santa Cruz's lower link mounted shock design, and updated, adjustable geometry, this Engineering Best Of assembles some of Santa Cruz's biggest hits into one belter of a road trip companion. 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
Featuring Santa Cruz's lower-link mounted shock design, and updated, adjustable geometry, this “Engineering Best Of...” assembles some of Santa Cruz's biggest hits into one belter of a road-trip companion.
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 huge
climbs. The VPP suspension’s lower-link-mounted shock shock position creates a nearly linear leverage curve, meaning it mops up bumps of all sizes and maintains the kind of progressivity normally reserved for the 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 - you'll ride out of trouble wherever you find it.
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.
The Hightower also has a bonus disc to heighten the experience— the flip chip. In the High setting, the BB height is a little higher for those tricky tech trails and/or when Plus sized tires are required.
In the Low position the shock rate is more progressive, to provide additional bottom-out resistance. Whatever mood you’re in, the tone of the Hightower can be adapted to meet your individual taste. And speaking of taste, there’s a room for a water bottle inside the main frame and a threaded BB for convenience. There’s refined cable routing for better shifting performance, simpler installation, and no cable rub. On top of that, there’s a tailgate shuttle guard, downtube protector, shock fender and noise cancelling chainstay protector keeping things quiet.
The lifetime frame warranty, lifetime pivot bearing replacement policy, and lifetime guarantee on the optional Reserve carbon wheels assures you that the Hightower will keep delivering the hits for years to come.
- Fork Compatibility: 150mm-160mm
- Frame Travel: 145mm
- Shock Size: 210x52.5
- ICSG-05 Tabs: Yes
- Headset: Integrated (IS41/52)
- Seatpost Diameter: 31.6mm
- Seat Clamp Diameter: 36.4mm
- BB Shell: 73mm Threaded
- Max Tyre Size: 2.4"
- Max Chaingring Size: 36t
- Shock Mounting Bushing Front: 20X8
- Shock Mounting Bushing Rear: 30X8
- Water Bottle Mounts: 1
- Coil Shock Compatible?: No
- Adjustable Geometry: Yes, Hi/Lo settings, adjusted with flipchip on lower link
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