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New Blur LT Carbon!

April 14, 2009


Introducing the all-new carbon fiber Blur LT:

-140mm travel (proven geometry, and the high performance, low maintenance assurance of VPP2 suspension)
-5.6 pound frame and shock weight (1 pound lighter than existing LT, almost as light as the old XC)
-The stiffest chassis Santa Cruz have ever built, bar none. In any material…
-The strongest frame they have ever built, in every test they threw at it. (It beat Jackals… V10s…)

OK, wind up the marketing!

Grease ports!
Metal chain slap thingie
Full carbon goodness, and a direct mount front derailleur
Replaceable derailleur hanger, integrated chainstay protector

It’s just like the Blur LT that everyone loves. Except it’s lighter, stiffer, way stronger, faster, and more responsive, and stronger. Did we already say strong? Yes, but it is worth mentioning again. You could build a lightweight trail flyer out of it, or you could build it to the hilt and never ever have to ask if the frame can handle whatever travel fork you want to put on it, or if there are rider weight limits, or if it is burly enough to handle a six-foot drop to flat, or any of those niggling little concerns that people are always asking about with carbon fiber bikes. We’ve got one catch all answer to any “is it tough enough?” question.

Hell yes.

Tapered (1 1/8″ semi integrated upper race, 1.5″ lower race) head tube
Low profile cable stops, included routing for adjustable seatposts

This isn’t some long travel lightweight XC experiment. Think of the Blur LTc as a hairy chested all-mountain ass kicker. In a hockey mask. Holding a chainsaw.
In-molded carbon fiber brake mount
Carbon fibre upper link, angular contact bearings top to bottom

We’re still waiting for the UK price – the US is going to be $2399, Carbon fibre frame with Rock Shox Monarch shock
5.6 pound medium frame with Monarch shock.
Available early June, 2009

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38 thoughts on “New Blur LT Carbon!”

  2. “Lots of press about this bike so I figure SC must be buying plent of advertising – expect this to get rave reviews.”

    Eh?

  3. The Blur LT aint anything like an all-mountian bike, top tube is way too long and the front end dives too low.

    Great for tackling any type of terrain until it hits a 45 degree slope then it’s a death trap.

  4. All-Mountain bikes should have long top tubes IME. And while I personally would prefer a slightly slacker head angle, any “front end dive” is a fork setup issue.

  5. They shouldn’t show the cut open sections, it just looks like a drainpipe. Like the third pic though.

    What’s the betting the £ price will be higher than the $ one?

  7. I agree with Ben_Haworth. In fact, i thought SCs were known for having shorter toptubes than many… I’m not a fan of the brand though (particularly since i met a fat bloke with a bad knee and a V10 that seemed to only get used along canal towpaths). However, that really is a lovely piece of burnt plastic fibres and glue (hmmm… maybe when this damn recession’s over…).

  9. “those nipples aren’t anywhere near as exposed as you seem to think they are.”

    But is it still possible for them to come into contact with something?
    Like if you were unweighting/lifting to mount a rock or other obstacle?

    If you fitted a hammerschmidt, then would at least the top nipple not be exposed when the riders weight swings the lower one back and upward out of harms way?

  12. The Blur LT aint anything like an all-mountian bike, top tube is way too long and the front end dives too low.
    Great for tackling any type of terrain until it hits a 45 degree slope then it’s a death trap.

    What a load of tosh I’ve tested that bike, if anything the top tube could be longer (especially the medium) And the front doesn’t dive unless as Ben says you haven’t set the fork up properly . (Matt, ad-manager with no advertising from Santa Cruz this year! ;])

  18. Ooh now thats nice. Pity I will never, ever be able to justify a frame costing that much (justify to myself let alone anyone else)

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