Santa Cruz Bicycles

DIRT!

We love Santa Cruz.
They make bikes to ride on dirt.
Their official website is here: http://www.santacruzmtb.com

The bikes are solid.
The breakdown looks like this:

SINGLE PIVOT
These are the least expensive bikes, because they are the most simple. We carry the Superlight. It is, in fact, Superlight. We didn’t carry them last year because the bike was a bit too twitchy for the Front Range.
We carry the Santa Cruz Superlight – inexpensive, fun 4″ of climb, descend, lube, repeat.

LINKAGE DRIVEN SINGLE PIVOT
New for 2010 was the APP (Actual Pivot Point). It was developed to be simple, but add more of a progressive feel to it. Santa Cruz says: “APP is a single pivot suspension that utilizes a pair of links to create a variable shock rate. It represents the confluence of two different SCB technologies- combining our proven single pivot location with the shock rate characteristics of our VPP suspension – and is the result of a design process that started back in 2005.”
Long story short, it rules.
Santa Cruz Nickel – 5″ travel Front Range killer.
Santa Cruz Butcher – 6″ travel everything bike.

VIRTUAL PIVOT POINT
We like to tell people that the bike pedals better than most other designs out there. Here is why: Your pedal forces are counter acting on the suspension forces; While you spin smoothly, the suspension is less active. That means while you are hammering on a climb, the suspension isn’t nearly as active as when you are coasting down a crazy rocky creek bed.
VPP is found on:
Santa Cruz Blur LT-C – 5.5″ of travel in its Carbon form factor
Santa Cruz Blur LT – 5.5″ of travel from Aluminum
Santa Cruz Driver 8 - 8″ of squish
Santa Cruz V-10 – 10″ of downhill pleasure.

Trail Bike Price Guidelines can be found here. Check it out.