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Santa Cruz Bicycles
Highball Carbon CC 27.5 X01 Complete Mountain Bike - 2016

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Interrogating the real.

In a vacuum, the Highball Carbon CC 27.5 X01 Complete Mountain Bike may not be the out-and-out fastest XC machine in Santa Cruz's stable. That honor falls to the Highball 29er — but only in the vacuum of a smooth ribbon of singletrack or a well-kempt fire road. There's no room for honor in the less-than smooth conditions of an actual XC race, and the Highball 27.5's ability to overcome small obstacles with a large angle of attack without sacrificing nimble dexterity while climbing or getting hung-up while interrogating stretches of recalcitrant, enduro-worthy trail furniture mean that it's actually superior outside of virtual speed simulations.


The latest Highball Carbon CC frame is built with the same Carbon CC construction as its predecessor. It features a higher modulus carbon than the Carbon C model, so less material is required to hit the same strength and stiffness numbers. Less material equates to a lighter chassis that needs fewer watts to propel, and the watts that you do pour into it are transferred with greater efficiency courtesy of the increased stiffness.


The whole frame is also a single piece instead of a jigsaw puzzle of individually-cured carbon tubes. This allows Santa Cruz to wrap the fibers continuously around structurally important junctures like the head tube and bottom bracket, buttressing the frame and dissipating the force from impacts and pedaling load. Translated into trail talk, this means it hits the bricks when you stomp on the pedals and dampens high-speed chatter. The Highball's efficiency combines with its low-weight for a package that makes any full-suspension bike's responsiveness feel as sharp as an overripe banana.


As cyclists, we often daydream about spec'ing a dream build kit, and we spend plenty of time playing around in our own Configure Bike app at the expense of whatever obligations we've got queued for the day. With the Highball X01 build kit, Santa Cruz spared us the dilemma of picking a component loadout or road-mapping an upgrade strategy before taking the bike out of its box. From the titular SRAM X01 drivetrain to the DT Swiss hubs and the obligatory Shimano XT brakes, the components are exactly what we would have chosen ourselves.


Frame Material
Carbon CC
Fork
FOX Racing Shox 32 Float
Front Travel
100 mm
Headset
Cane Creek 40
Shifters
SRAM X01 (right only)
Front Derailleur
n/a
Rear Derailleur
SRAM X01
ISCG Tabs
yes, ISCG 05
Crankset
32 t Race Face Turbine
Bottom Bracket
BSA threaded
Crank Arm Length
175 mm
Cassette
10 - 42 t SRAM XG1180
Chain
SRAM PC1130
Brakeset
Shimano XT
Brake Type
hydraulic disc
Rotors
160 mm Shimano RT86 Ice-Tech
Handlebar
Santa Cruz Carbon
Handlebar Width
720 mm
Grips
Santa Cruz Palmdale Lock-On
Stem
Race Face Turbine
Saddle
WTB Silverado Team
Seatpost
Easton EC70
Wheelset
[rims] WTB Asym i19
Hubs
DT Swiss 350
Front Axle
15x100mm
Rear Axle
12x142mm
Tires
Maxxis Ikon
Tire Size
27.5 x 2.2 in
Pedals
not included
Recommended Use
cross-country
Manufacturer Warranty
lifetime on frame

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