There's refined cable routing for better shifting performance, simpler installation, and no cable rub. Whatever mood you're in, the tone of the Hightower can be adapted to meet your individual taste.Īnd, speaking of taste, there's room for a water bottle inside the main frame and a threaded BB for convenience. In the Low position, the shock rate is more progressive to provide additional bottom-out resistance.
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In the High setting, the BB height is a little higher for those tricky tech trails and/or when Plus sized tires are required. The Hightower also has a bonus disc to heighten the experience: the flip chip. The advanced composite chassis tracks well across all trail surfaces, holds a line, and is reactive to rider directions while isolating pedal-influenced inputs. 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 when the porridge gets too hot!īalancing 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 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!ġ45mm of rear travel complemented by a 150mm front end gives Hightower just a bit more front and rear travel over the first generation model. 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 Hightower has been a does-it-all-well trail bike since its inception. Featuring our lower-link mounted shock design, updated, adjustable geometry, this "Engineering Best Of." assembles some of our biggest design pleasers into one belter of a road-trip companion. If ever a bike resembled your most cherished mix tape compilation, the Hightower is it. Our greatest hits compiled into one bike.