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    SANTA CRUZ TALLBOY CC X01 RESERVE

    Oct 16, 2019 5 minutes
    Danny Milner

    £7,299 / 29in / santacruzbicyles.com

    You wait ages for a new Santa Cruz 29er and three come all at once. Yes, 2019 has been all about big wheels for the brand, with the Megatower, Hightower and now this, the Tallboy, all launched in the space of six months. Busy times at Santa Cruz towers, then, although, so similar are the new bikes you could be forgiven for thinking the whole thing was just a cut and paste job.

    Try as you might, there’s no getting away from the fact that they look like three VPPs in a pod, and not simply because they all use Santa Cruz’s latest lower link-driven shock arrangement. The geometry is also similar, no wait, almost identical, which ensures their silhouettes are even more aligned. That

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