Santa Cruz Highball 29 Aluminum R1x
Details
The Highball is unapologetically fast, surprisingly fun, and every bit a Santa Cruz mountain bike.
Despite Santa Cruz's commitment to carbon fiber engineering and manufacturing, they know the allure of a metal bike. Perfect welds, proper heft, and a certain tangible quality makes metal an attractive material. It's also more amenable to the placement of bolts and other hardware than carbon is, which is why they offer a single-speed dropout kit in the alloy version of the Highball, but not the carbon. If you want to get your hammerhead on, Santa Cruz thinks this is the best way to do it. In addition, they reduced the seat post size to 27.2mm, which adds some compliance you’ll appreciate when you’re 80 miles in to a 100-mile race.
Specs
| Frame | Aluminum |
|---|---|
| Fork | Rock Shox Reba RL 100 |
| Headset | Cane Creek 10 series tapered; cartridge bearing |
| Rear Shock | N/A |
| Rims/Wheels | WTB STP i19 TCS; 32h |
| Hubs | Front: Novatec D711; Torque Cap; 15x110mm Rear: Novatec D772; 12x142mm |
| Spokes | DT Swiss Champion |
| Tires | Maxxis Crossmark 29x2.1 |
| Crankset | Race Face Aeffect AL |
| Chainwheel | 32t |
| Bottom Bracket | Included w/ crankset |
| Chain | SRAM PC1110 |
| Rear Derailleur | SRAM NX |
| Rear Cogs | SRAM XG1150 10-42 |
| Shifters | SRAM NX |
| Handlebars | Raceface Evolve Flat 720, 31.8 clamp |
| Tape/Grips | Santa Cruz Palmdale Lock-On |
| Stem | Raceface Ride |
| Brakes | SRAM Level T - Avid Centerline 160mm Rotors |
| Saddle | WTB Volt Race |
| Seat Post | Raceface Ride, 27.2x375mm |
* Subject to change without notice.
Part Numbers
| Option | Store SKU |
|---|---|
| Black / Small | SAN313935287 |
| Black / Medium | |
| Black / Large | SAN334063517 |
| Black / X-Large | SAN355286587 |
| Grey / Small | |
| Grey / Medium | SAN313241307 |
| Grey / Large | |
| Grey / X-Large |
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