Santa Cruz Bicycles Solo Carbon SPX AM Complete Bike Matte Black/Green, L

Santa Cruz Bicycles Solo Carbon SPX AM Complete Bike Matte Black/Green, L Description

Carbon fiber has been a cycling industry buzzword for quite some time. This year, however, carbon has been living in the very large shadow of 27.5-inch wheels. And delivering truth to this is Santa Cruz"s full embrace of this new standard. With trail bikes like the 125mm travel Solo Carbon SPX AM Complete Bike, Santa Cruz is taking an aggressive stance on mountain biking"s most aggressive platform. The SPX AM build dresses Santa Cruz"s carbon frame with Shimano XT components, DT Swiss/WTB wheels, and Fox suspension in order to keep the price reasonable without killing the Solo"s all-mountain sense of purpose. One of the biggest contributors to this is the rolling stock. Sure, within the gravity/park sect, stiff, nimble, and strong 26in wheels will continue to shine. Likewise, though, when the trail favors high-speed, flowing singletrack the 29er rules supreme. But, any riding between those extremes will see the 27.5-inch Solo Carbon"s ability to dominate. A quick look at the geometry makes this perfectly clear. The Solo"s chainstay length is only a quarter-of-an-inch longer than the Blur TRc, yet it"s three-quarters-of-an-inch shorter than the Tallboy LT. Another key number is its bottom bracket height -- the Solo is .04-inches higher than the TRc and a quarter-inch lower than the Tallboy LT. This means that aboard the Solo, you"ll enjoy that "seated within" felling of two-niners, while retaining the nimbleness that would otherwise be lost to long wheelbases, high-center of gravity, and flex"y wheels. In fact, the Solo"s wheelbase is a full-inch shorter than the Tallboy, and it has a trail-worthy 68 degree head tube angle. That"s should be enough numbers to expose the playful, yet composed nature of the Solo. But, just as essential to that balance is Santa Cruz"s carbon mastery. The Solo Carbon uses a one-piece layup and curing process for the triangles, as opposed to assembling joints, which would require bonding, wrapping, or rivets.

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