The fifth generation Santa Cruz Bronson remains a 150mm travel mixed-wheel trail bike but gets longer rear centre and a…
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Mountain Bike Personality Of The Year: Jackson Goldstone
Much like in his two race wins of 2023, Jackson Goldstone totally dominated the voting in this category. Fair play…
New Santa Cruz 5010: first ride review of mid-travel mullet
The latest Santa Cruz 5010 sees a move to mullet but the travel resolutely remains the same: 130mm at the…
Details of new Santa Cruz Hightower 3
Santa Cruz Hightower 3 is designed for all-terrain riding. Up, down, along, around and over on trails, tracks and anything…
Santa Cruz Chameleon R MX review: venerable yet versatile
For the past 25 years the Santa Cruz Chameleon been a tough hardtail that can still be comfortable and light…
Santa Cruz Megatower 2 joins the downtube storage gang
The new Santa Cruz Megatower 2 remains a big travel 29in wheel enduro bike with the most progressive geometry to…
Fillmore Valve – did the worst bit of bike tech just get better?
It seems pretty universally agreed in the mountain bike world that Presta valves are horrible. Fiddly little bits of tech…
Santa Cruz Blur Carbon CC – XO1 AXS Reserve Kit
The 10th generation Santa Cruz Blur XC bike has landed at Singletrack Towers, and before we could get a good…
2021 Team News: Eliot Jackson joins Santa Cruz
Eliot Jackson signs for Santa Cruz Bicycles for 2021 and beyond after a 4 year stint at Giant! View this…
2021 Team News: Veronique Sandler moves to Santa Cruz!
After announcing here move away from Marin, Veronique Sandler has today announced she will be riding for Santa Cruz! View…
Review: Brand New Santa Cruz Nomad V5
The Nomad has been Santa Cruz’s flagship all mountain, long travel enduro bike for a good few years now, around…
2021 Santa Cruz 5010 & Juliana Furtado: More travel!
The Santa Cruz 5010 and Juliana Furtado are the 27.5in ‘all-rounders’ of each brand. Designed to go up as well…
2021 Juliana Furtado | First Ride Review
The 2021 Juliana Furtado has seen some significant changes. Pitched as being a very capable trail steed, we’ve sent one…
Reclaimdesigns Speedster 2.0 is a recycled, carbon mini Nomad
Vancouver based Chris Clarke, aka Reclaimdesigns, turns an old Santa Cruz carbon Nomad into a sweet one-off kid’s ride. Carbon…
If Santa Cruz made steel bikes they would probably look like this
No this isn’t an early Santa Cruz prototype, but an entirely different steel frame handcrafted by the folks over at…
Video: Into ‘Im Chile with Santa Cruz
In February 2020, before everything seemed to change, Santa Cruz sent four of their riders to Chile to find the…
What The Heck? Danny Macaskill rides the new Santa Cruz e-MTB
Danny Macaskill has got his hands on the new Santa Cruz Heckler and taken it for a pootle around Scotland…
Fresh Goods Friday 483 | The Countdown To Daylight Continues
Repeat after me: we have broken the back of January, it is nearly over. Take small joyous – though not…
Fresh Goods Friday 463 – A Little Yellow Tool Every Biker Needs
We deliver Fresh Goods on time this week, despite being thin on the ground and those of us that are…
2020 Santa Cruz Tallboy 4 First Look
First look at the 2020 Santa Cruz Tallboy 4 with updated VPP suspension platform, slacker geo, adjustable dropouts, and delicious…
Juliana Joplin – The Adventure Bike With 10mm More Fun for 2020
First look at the 2020 Juliana Joplin with an added 10mm of travel, updated VPP suspension platform, slacker geo, adjustable…
Santa Cruz Tallboy 4 Review – What Is Extreme Country?
The Tallboy 4 is Santa Cruz’s full suspension XC bike. It’s a 29r and we’ve had our hands on this…
Ard Rock GoFundMe | Swaledale Floods Fundraising Giveaway – Win A Santa Cruz
Following the devastating flash floods that have hit parts of Yorkshire the annual Ard Rock Enduro festival has been cancelled.…
Longterm Review | 12 months on the Santa Cruz Reserve 27 carbon 29er wheelset
It’s been two years since Santa Cruz announced it would be developing its own carbon fibre mountain bike wheels. Coming…
Fresh Forking Goods 449: Meet the RockShox Ultimate family, and have fun in the sun
The long weekend approaches and naturally our minds turn to fancy new RockShox forks, comfy saddles, fresh threads, and suncream.…
Singletrack Newsdesk 7: Is Steve Peat racing again? New Steel, Atherton Bikes
This week on Singletrack Newsdesk we discuss Santa Cruz rider rumours, the new Cedric Gracia e-Bike, Production Privée’s new steel…
Cedric Gracia Joins Startup Forestal Bikes! Another e-MTB brand?
Cedric Gracia joins Andorran based Forestal Bikes, to build… What? It kind of looks like an e-Bike doesn’t it? We’ve…
Santa Cruz Megatower first ride review – The big wheel Nomad we’ve been waiting for.
We ride the first Megatower in the country!
All Hail The Megatower – Santa Cruz’ Brand New Long Travel 29er Enduro Bike!
Well a long-travel 29er is THE bike that everyone has been expecting from Santa Cruz Bicycles. But did anyone expect…
Video: Craig Evans Shows Us What The Carba-Carba-Carbon Chameleon Can Really Do!
You’ve seen the launch video for the Carbon Chameleon, Oh, you’ve not? Well, you can watch it here then come back.…
Cedric Gracia Leaves Santa Cruz. Could He Be Doing An “Atherton”?
Flamboyant Frenchman, Cedric Gracia announces his move away from Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz has lost another of its larger than…
2019 Burgtec Houseshow Highlights, From Burgtec, Fox Clothing and Santa Cruz
While half of the Singletrack crew suffered in the office with sniffles and coughs, Andi and Ross escaped the lurgy…
First Ride Review: Santa Cruz Chameleon C SE 29 Reserve
There can’t be many models of mountain bike out there which can claim to have the longevity of the Santa…
Top 10 Most Read Singletrack Reviews Of 2018, And Number 1 Isn’t an eBike
Last year was pretty full-on for reviews. We tested some of the hottest bikes on the market, both standard and…
New Carbon Wheels From Santa Cruz, Plus Two New V-10 Downhill Bikes!
Santa Cruz has just expanded its carbon fibre mountain bike wheel range, with a brand new Reserve DH model. Joining…
Steve Peat’s “Bikes And Beers” Tour Coming To A Venue Near You!
Mountain biking superstar, Steve Peat, has announced tour dates across the UK for his stage tour “Bikes And Beers”. The…
Video: Watch this custom Santa Cruz Blur frame turn into a complete bike
Earlier this year I was given the opportunity to check out the brand new 3rd generation Blur from Santa Cruz…
The New Bronson Is So Good It Might Kill Its Sibling, the 5010
After a too-short afternoon on both bikes, Chipps gives us his Santa Cruz 2019 5010 and Bronson first impressions… A…
Comfortable kit upgrades, many components and one VERY nice frame – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 402
Did you know that in Idaho there is a button you can press that induces pancakes? Instant, fresh, warm pancakes!…
The Ten Best Carbon Wheel Crash Replacement Schemes
Lighter, stiffer and more available than ever. Is there anything about a carbon wheelset that there’s not to like…? Oh…
Fresh Threads, Fresh Springs, And Fresh Water – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 395
∗Ēξū⊕ϖ ℘ÛℵЊ βγ Ηē¢κ ιτ˜ς ƒℜî∂αψ Never fear, normal service has been resumed. The walls have dried, the IT hamsters are lying with…
Check Out Danny MaCaskill’s Santa Cruz Carbon Trials Bike
Santa Cruz and Danny MaCaskill have teamed up on another project one which should see the trials superstar riding a…
How does Santa Cruz build wheels? Wil goes to the factory to build his own set of Reserve Carbon wheels
According to Syd Newsom, Head Of Wheels at Santa Cruz Bicycles, “wheelbuilding is not magic. It’s a skill set that…
A Robot bike, Basque carbon, and a Noah’s Ark worth of kit in Fresh Goods Friday 389
Look! Do you see that? Eh? What am I supposed to be looking at? It’s spring! Can’t you see it?…
First Ride Review: Santa Cruz Highball 3 CC X01 Reserve
In a refreshing change of programming, Santa Cruz is going all-XC on us for the start of 2018. Jib-specific trail…
First Ride Review: Santa Cruz Blur 3 CC XX1 Reserve
It’s been about five years coming, but the Santa Cruz Blur is finally back First introduced back in 2002 alongside…
Santa Cruz launches the brand new Blur 3, plus its lightest carbon hardtail ever
Today you lovely readers don’t just get to find out about one shiny new bike. No ma’am. Because you’ve been…
We Test & Review 3 Alloy Full Suspension Bikes That Prove Carbon Isn’t The Be-All, And End-All
Barney sets out to test three bikes made of metal, not plastic
Who Needs Carbon? We Test & Review The 2018 Santa Cruz Tallboy Alloy R
Santa Cruz is best known for its carbon bling-wagons, but it makes bloody brilliant alloy frames too
First Look: Santa Cruz Tallboy Alloy R
Yes, Santa Cruz does make bikes made out of metal! We check out the Tallboy Alloy to find out if…