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Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

We began to carry Santa Cruz bikes ten years ago because of a bike we heard about called the Heckler. Apparently, this offshoot of my favorite skate board company as a kid had found the holy grail of pivot placement for single pivot bikes. By the time we got our hands on one they were calling it the Superlight, and with its light weight and great pedaling, we all agreed that it was pretty Super.

In 2002, Santa Cruz introduced a multi link suspension called Virtual Pivot Point (VPP) that revolutionized full suspension bikes. The Blur, with four inches of travel, became our best selling mountain bike overnight. This model was so popular that some of our customers waited 8 months to get one!.

Today Santa Cruz offers VPP and single pivot bikes to fit all riding styles and most budgets. We have more different models, sizes, and colors of Santa Cruz in stock for you to try than you are likely to see any place else. You can buy one right off the floor today, or we can work with you to build your custom built dream bike.

Heckler Bike

HECKLER 6.1 R AM 2012

Sharing the same surefooted and fun-loving geometry as the Blur LT and LTc, but with a super-bomber single pivot rear suspension offering 150mm travel, the Heckler recipe remains true: a tough aluminum frame and a solid, efficient suspension.

NOW ON SALE!

Highball Bike

HIGHBALL CARBON R XC 2012

There are still those times and places where the best way to light the fuse and blow everyone else into the weeds is by riding a hardtail. Bigger wheels have revived the venerable double diamond design, and by mixing the smooth rolling hoops with a feathery 2.4-pound carbon fiber frame, we've come up with a potent race weapon. The Highball is insanely light, razor sharp, nimble but surefooted, stiff as a plank, and designed to do two things: 1. Race. 2. Win.

Juliana Bike

JULIANA 3.2 R XC WOMEN'S 2012

Take the traits that define our Superlight aluminum frame, simple, durable, proven single pivot suspension, confidence inspiring handling – and shuffle them along the size spectrum a little bit to the left. Bringing all these characteristics to fruition in smaller sizes with more fit options and standover clearance is the essence of the Juliana. We're not going to slap a pink paintjob and floral patterns on a kid's bike and call it women's specific.

Nickel 2011

NICKEL 2011

X7 FLOAT 140 RLC

NOW ON SALE!

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NOMAD SPX AM

NOW ON SALE!

Blur XC Bike

NOMAD X9 AM

NOW ON SALE!

Superlight Bike

SUPERLIGHT 29 D XC 2012

Combining the proven value and performance of the legendary Superlight with the smooth rolling stability of larger wheels, we present the Superlight29. Custom hydroformed aluminum tubing, a reliable, efficient, responsive single pivot suspension design offering 100mm of travel, 29" wheels and great value for money all add up to a timeless bike.

Tallboy 2011

TALLBOY R XC 2012

The pairing of VPP suspension and 29” wheels created a fast rolling, crisp handling, versatile bike that exploits the benefits of big wheels to the best of their advantage, at home anywhere from remote alpine singletrack to crowded start lines. Now the tallboy is available in aluminum – same geometry, same lines, same great suspension, teeny bit more weight, whole lot less money.

 

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Many Santa Cruz Models Now on Sale!

Last updated on May 17, 2013 11:45 AM