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A purple bike with yellow accents stands against a gray background. “New Hightower” in big text covers the bottom left of the image. Some of the text covers the bike. There are some stats of the bike typed out on the bottom of the image. They read: Discipline, Trail. Travel, f:160mm r:150mm, and Wheels, 29”.

New Santa Cruz Hightower Mountain Bike
 


Redesigned To Take You Higher

Hightower has sat firmly in the mid-trail category and defined itself as the quintessential do-it-all MTB. But as the category keeps evolving to gobble up the end pieces of cross-country and enduro, Santa Cruz had to butter up Hightower to be more flavorful than ever. Travel is now longer, handling is more well-rounded, and the ride is imbued with a surplus of confidence.

Shop New Hightower

Two people stare out at a brilliant mountain scene. Purple flowers slightly obscure the foreground and mighty, snow-covered peaks line the background. They two people lean on their new Santa Cruz Hightower mountain bikes. They are soaking in the scenery after what was likely a tough ride to the top.

A detailed, close-up shot of the fork and wheel of the Hightower.

Longer Front & Rear Travel

Santa Cruz pushed travel out from 150mm to 160mm in the front and 145mm to 150mm in the rear. They altered the geo to accommodate, so Hightower is a bit slacker while retaining the well-balanced ride quality critical to the trail category. It still climbs quickly and delivers on agility, but now remains composed over the bigger features its longer suspension is aimed at.

A detailed, close-up shot of the linkage, and chain.

New, Lowered Linkage

Hightower’s been hard at work to solve its anti-squat dynamics. The shock and the linkage have been moved down in the frame to reduce anti-squat, allowing you to get into the longer travel, suffer less harsh pedal dynamics, and feel a better ride over all the small bumps on the trail. Hightower is now a bike any level of rider can pick up and have a fantastic time on.