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Tallboy Aluminum R XC RP23 Complete - The Carbon Tallboy re-worked into an Alloy frame, same great performance, lower price point.

Tallboys have become mighty popular bikes in the 1.5yrs since it was introduced.   The pairing of VPP suspension and 29” wheels created a fast rolling, crisp handling, versatile bike that exploits the benefits of big wheels to the best of their advantage; at home anywhere from remote alpine singletrack to crowded jittery start lines. Now the Tallboy is available in aluminum – same geometry, same lines, same great suspension, teeny bit more weight, whole lot less money.

The Tallboy utilizes the aptly named Virtual Pivot Point (VPP) suspension system which was created in the mid-'90s, by Outland Sports. They were talented suspension designers, but weak on business management. The Outland VPP bikes received stellar reviews, but quickly folded because of mismanagement.

Outland's VPP design and patents were all but forgotten about until Santa Cruz acquired the rights and began selling the Blur, a VPP-based XC bike, in 2002. The VPP design places pivots so that the pedaling forces hold the suspension in one position, partway into the travel. The trick is to manipulate the VPP design by specifically locating the pivot points so the effects of pedaling forces are strong enough to hold the suspension in a neutral position but not so strong as to hold it there when the bike encounters a bump. Santa Cruz has done an excellent job the last 8 years of refining the design and has created a perfect balance with the Tallboy's suspension configuration. The result: The bike pedals completely bob-free, and offers wonderfully plush travel when things get rough.

We have set it up Tallboy ALs as a 25.5lb XC Race Machine and a 29lb Plush Trailbike. It can be set up as you wish.

SPECS
100mm travel
30.9mm Seatpost
34.9mm Traditional Top-Pull Front Derailleur
2-Year Warranty on the frame
Lifetime Warranty on the pivot bearings

Bearing & Linkage Maintenance Instructions

http://santacruzbicycles.com/tech/tallboy_overhaul.php

R XC BUILD LIST
Frame       Tallboy Aluminum, Float RP23, 100mm, Tapered HT
Fork          Rock Shox Reba RL, Tapered, 100mm, 15QR
Headset     Cane Creek 10
Frt Der       XT 10spd
Rear Der     XT Long Cage 10sp Shadow
Shifter        SLX 3x10sp
Brakes        Avid Elixir 5 w/ 160mm rotors
Crank         Shimano M552 3x10 24/32/42, 175mm
Chain         HG74 10spd
BB             Included w/ Cranks
Cassette     SLX 10sp, 11-36
Wheels       Mavic TN 719/Shimano M785 F & XT R Hubs
Tires          Maxxis Crossmark 29x2.1
Bar            Truvativ Stylo Team 680mm 31.8mm
Grips        Lizard Skin Charger
Stem         Truvativ Stylo Team 70 31.8