![]() ![]() Good or bad, it doesn't really matter just so long as it's interesting. It's always so much easier to talk about a bike when it does something that deserves a few exclamation points, a dash of hyperbole, or maybe even some italics. You might want to go LO to compensate for your 2.6" wide tires or if you over-over-forked the bike, for example. Jokes aside, the idea with these adjustments isn't to drastically alter the bike's character, of course, but just as a modest tuning option. There are big changes at the bottom bracket, however, with 3mm of height added. Turn the chip around and you'll get head and seat angles that are literally just 0.2-degrees steeper, otherwise known as basically nothing. Am I high for thinking that the majority of us would automatically default to the latter, even if we didn't know the geometry it provides? That'd probably be me, to be honest, and that's the setting that the bike spent the most time in it provides a 65.5-degree head angle, a 76.2-degree seat angle, and 41mm of drop at the bottom bracket that's 332mm high. It's a tuning tool that isn't made to vastly change the bike's performance.īut wait, there's still more flipping to be done, this time down at the lower shock mount where a chip offers either a 'HI' or 'LO' setting. This one is likely a set-and-forget for most of us.Ī flip-chip at the lower shock mount lets you adjust the geometry by the smallest amounts. The change requires a different brake mount to be used (they both come with the bike), the non-drive-side chip to be flipped after loosening a micro-sized set-screw that holds it in place, and the different drive-side chip/derailleur hanger to be installed. I had planned on ranting about how such adjustments only add complication and cost while only serving as another bullet point on the sales floor, but Santa Cruz does have a sound-ish angle for the feature: If you want to run 2.6" wide rubber with decent clearance, you'll want to put it in the longer setting. You'll need to use a different brake adapter, though, but at least it comes with the bike.Īnd speaking of the Megatower, the Tallboy uses similar inserts at the axle to let riders pick a chainstay length of either 430mm or 440mm. There's 10mm of chainstay length adjustment (right) via chips at the dropout. ![]() My test bike got the slightly lighter CC carbon frame (left). ![]()
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