Santa Cruz Hightower Alloy '21

"Santa Cruz's greatest hits compiled into one - just hit play"

If ever a bike resembled your most cherished mix tape compilation, the Hightower is it.  Featuring our lower-link mounted shock design, updated, adjustable geometry, this “Engineering Best Of...” assembles some of Santa Cruz's biggest design pleasers 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 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!

S-Build Specifications:

• Frame: Alloy
• Fork: FOX 36 Float Performance, 150mm
• Shock: RockShox Super Deluxe Select+
• Rear Derailleur: SRAM GX Eagle, 12spd
• Shifter: SRAM GX Eagle, 12spd
• Crankset: SRAM GX Eagle 148 DUB 30t
• Cassette: SRAM XG1275 Eagle, 12spd, 10-50t
• Chain: SRAM GX Eagle, 12spd
• Bottom Bracket: SRAM DUB 68/73mm Threaded BB
• Brakes: SRAM Code R
• Brake Rotors: Avid Centerline 180mm
• Headset: Cane Creek 40 IS Integrated Headset
• Handlebar: Burgtec Alloy Bar
• Stem: Burgtec Enduro MK3
• Grips: Santa Cruz House Grips
• Front Hub: DT Swiss 370, 15x110, 6 bolt, 28h or E13 SL, 15x110, 6 bolt, 28h
• Rear Hub: DT Swiss 370, 12x148, XD, 28h or E13 SL, 12x148, XD, 28h
• Rims: RaceFace AR Offset 30 29" Rims
• Spokes: Sapim Race
• Front Tire: Maxxis Minion DHR II 29"x2.4", 3C, MaxxGRIP, EXO, TR
• Rear Tire: Maxxis Minion DHR 29"x2.4", 3C, EXO, MaxxTerra
• Tubes: Stan's Sealant
• Seatpost: RockShox Reverb Stealth
• Saddle: WTB Silverado Race Saddle or WTB Volt