Details Matter: Hightower Overview • The Hightower is a versatile beast. We like to talk about it as being our ‘Greatest Hits’ bike, as it showcases all the best of our design, engineering, and performance features. At 150mm and paired with a 160mm fork, the Hightower fits right into the middle of the travel range in our FS lineup that starts at 100mm with the ultralight Blur, and tops out at 208mm on our legendary V10. For many riders, this is the ‘Just Right’ amount of travel, as it allows you to tackle a very wide range of intended use, from sublime natural singletrack to jagged alpine adventures. The refined next-gen VPP suspension system on the Hightower has the shock and associated linkage moved down lower into the frame, creating suspension kinematics with reduced anti-squat and a more composed and mature ride. The suspension remains active while pedaling up and across rough, technical terrain, and offers more sensitivity - it’s plush off the top, with improved small bump performance and a shock leverage rate that provides predictable, consistent, progressive support. The geometry inspires confidence, without losing the light, fast, agile feel of a trail bike and helps balance the rider between the wheels, while the proportional geometry makes sure every rider, no matter their size gets the best riding bike. And the reduced rolling resistance and larger footprint of those big 29” wheels increase traction to help riders cover ground faster and more efficiently. All these features come together in the tidy package you see here; with the clean lines you’ve come to expect from a Santa Cruz, and the finishing features like our Glovebox in-frame storage. In short, the Hightower is an all-terrain thriller. If you are looking for something that is a fast-rolling, all-day, all-purpose, all-terrain, all-arounder that will eat up miles of dirt, the Hightower is for you. Big on wheels, short on fuss, with a balance of travel, wheel size & attitude that checks all the boxes of what a modern mountain bike should be. This month we’ll dive deeper in the individual features that help make up the Hightower. Feel free to hit us up with any questions. • #detailsmatter