Competitive Cyclist Featured Bike: Santa Cruz Tallboy/SRAM XX

Lightness, geometry, stiffness, and suspension design: Perfection is rare, but Santa Cruz nailed it with their universally-hailed Tallboy. Paired to SRAM's flawless XX component package, this is a masterful full-suspension 29er — a true bike of dreams.

Santa Cruz Tallboy/SRAM XX: http://www.competitivecyclist.com/frame/2011-santa-cruz-tallboy-sram-xx-compl...

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Sports

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• 29er MTB
• Carbon fiber mtb
• carbon mountain bike
• 29 mountain bike

[chunky1x]

$5,500 is not affordable.

[ryanola72]

@toaster56 Admittedly, the hose looks too short at the beginning of the video, but It's a funny angle. If you watch the action shots of Andy on the trail, you'll see that there is a nice bend to the hose with plenty of slack. The bike was also built with 30cm of spacer stack underneath the stem. The hose was cut with the stem as high as possible. If a customer lowered it, there wouldn't be a problem with extra flappy hose. Keen eye though...

[toaster56]

front brake hose looks pretty damn short

[kevinsboyce]

Dream bike - S-Works Epic 29er

Great bang for the buck bike - Epic Expert 29er

[racecrewleader]

@MorrisseyOner no I have the x0's wich are set up exactly the same the modulation isnt as bad as the xx but its not as good as magura. The mt8's are really expencive but there worth it fully

[usernameofutube]

5500 is quite reasonable...but that wheelset will only last two years (if you careful) 

[tmdavinci]

$5,500 WOW tooo pricey for moi :(

[KBPtv]

could you do a mountain bike give away contest? Your subscribers would appreciate it ;)

[MorrisseyOner]

@racecrewleader Do you also deal with problem of the levers hitting your knuckles while breaking? I have them all the way out I'm using Elixir R, but same build style

[iCxLegion]

Guys, slow down with the uploads. Do like one a day so people can keep wanting more.