Santa Cruz Hightower 2024 - Dream Build

[@JamesRobertMTB]

Santa Cruz do some sick colours!

[@petitrde2477]

Pouahhhh il est magnifique

[@ld2510]

Merci!!

[@AubracAuCoeur74]

Vélo magnifique ! Vous arrivez à quel poids total ?

[@ld2510]

@@AubracAuCoeur74 en configuration enduro (donc avec les pneus Michelin de la vidéo et un insert à l’arrière), je suis à 15,1kg inclus les outils dans la boîte dans le cadre et les pédales.

[@samthion]

Salut , dommage que ce soit en intérieur. J’ai le même , avec le soleil sur le cadre le violet translucide est magnifique ✌️

[@danielnilsson7172]

What spacers did you use so the bash/chain guard fitted the new transmission cranks? Sick bike🍻

[@ld2510]

I did used the provided OneUp spacers: the 2,5 mm to get the bash closer to cranks/away from frame. And in addition for the upper guide the provided shims stacked up to 4mm.

[@Cortezuma]

That’s a 2023 model. 2024 is matte cardinal red or gloss ocean blue only. The purple is 2023 but it’s nice.

[@ld2510]

True, but I built it in 2024 😉

[@Cortezuma]

@@ld2510 it’s a sweet color though. I got the ocean blue but more because it was from a better bike shop and also cost me less. Enjoy!

[@DeanicussMT10]

@@Cortezumawhat’s the Ocean blue like? I can’t find any videos of it. I can’t decide between that and the Cardinal red.

[@Cortezuma]

@@DeanicussMT10 I’ve seen both in person. The cardinal red is definitely a nice deep red but in person the SC logo is very obviously pink which I disliked. They make decals which are an option for a little while but they always get beat on and look bad. So if you didn’t like that pink hue to the logo on the down tube it kind of sucks. Overall though really cool matte color. But the gloss ocean blue is really much more like a gunmetal grey or something. Maybe a slate grey. It feels a lot more neutral though the blue hue overall is noticeable. I just don’t think many people would look at it and say it’s a “blue” frame. It’s a bluish grey. I think in direct sunlight it tends to look medium-light and in the woods it shifts into more of a medium-dark. I really love both colors. If the cardinal red bike had a white or black “Santa Cruz” logo on the down tube it would be a tighter race but since it’s actually a light pink I like this gloss ocean blue better. My wife saw both in person and said she actually thought the red bike was more feminine and liked the blue better. Personally I think you can’t go wrong with either but few people are rocking the blue so there’s a rare factor in it too for me. Tough choice but both are beautiful. I don’t hate pink I just hate it on the red bike compared to the much more neutral grey/blue.

[@davidec666]

We got the same bike, in the same color with same brakes and the same fork ahah, yours its 150mm o 160? Anyway, cheers from Italy ;)

[@ld2510]

Fork is 150mm

[@ld2510]

Fork is 150