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Santa Cruz Megatower Carbon CC X01

Santa Cruz Megatower Carbon CC X01
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The ultimate power-wheeling, bump-chewing sidekick.

The Megatower is the fusion of big wheels and the biggest-hitting suspension system. It’s a modern day brawler, as suited to diehard racers as it is to riders wanting to conquer their hometown trails.

Tracing its roots to the Hightower, and now featuring the lower link-driven VPP suspension derived from the V10, the Megatower is the most capable, confidence-inspiring 29er trail bike in Santa Cruz's line-up. The lower-link mounted shock configuration — designed for compatibility with both air and coil shocks — provides a progressive shock rate that has unmatched traction and bottom-out resistance, making it ideal for taming the longest descents and rowdiest hits.

In order to make the Megatower stride confidently across the globe, it has an enormous amount of clever adjustability hidden in its bones. A tidy and concealed flip chip in the lower-link adjusts bottom bracket height and changes progressivity of the rear suspension. A second modular point in the rear dropouts allows for a 10mm fore-aft adjustment in chainstay length to dial in the rider’s rearward weight distribution — either set for play or for stability. The flip chips are a robust mechanism for riders looking to tune their ride according to their needs without compromising reliability and durability. No wackadoo mousetraps and frail proprietary shocks here.

The Megatower isn’t all fight and fury, it’s smart and savvy too. It has a sharp, 76-degree seat tube angle for winching to the top of the kinds of descents where having a roomier cockpit and a 65-degree head tube angle will come in handy. And you can still carry around a full water bottle inside the frame (even with a piggyback shock), and the frame is well protected with a shock fender, shuttle guard, downtube protector, and ribbed chainstay protector.

- SRAM X01 Eagle drivetrain
- Fox 36 Float Performance Elite fork
- Santa Cruz Bicycles AM Carbon handlebar

Specs

Frame Carbon
Fork Fox 36 Float Performance Elite 160mm 29"
Headset Cane Creek 40 IS Integrated Headset
Rear Shock Please choose rear shock from the drop-down menu
Axles Front: 15 x 110mm
Rear: 12 x 148mm
Rims/Wheels Race Face ARC Offset 30 29" Rims 28h
Hubs DT 350
Spokes DT Competition
Tires Front: Maxxis Minion DHF, 29 x 2.5", 3C EXO+
Rear: Maxxis Minion DHR2, 29 x 2.4", 3C EXO+
Crankset SRAM X1 Eagle 148 DUB - 170mm
Chainrings 30T
Bottom Bracket SRAM DUB 68/73mm Threaded BB
Chain SRAM X01 Eagle 12 SPD
Rear Derailleur SRAM X01 Eagle
Cassette/Rear Cogs SRAM XG1295 Eagle 10-50T
Shifters SRAM X01 Eagle
Handlebars Santa Cruz Bicycles AM Carbon Bar 35 x 800mm
Tape/Grips Santa Cruz Palmdale Grips
Stem Race Face Aeffect R 40mm
Brakes SRAM Code RSC
Saddle WTB Silverado Team Saddle
Seat Post RockShox Reverb Stealth 31.6
Accessories & Extras MRP AMg V2 Alloy Chainguide

* Subject to change without notice.

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