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 that lad.

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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 rear, 140mm fork up front.

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 fun.

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 enough for longer rides.

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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 date. And a Glovebox.

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 that leak, clog, spontaneously take themselves apart, or break at...

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 look it raced off to its keen temporary owner, who’s...

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 post on Instagram A post shared by Eliot Jackson (@eliotjackson)...

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 this post on Instagram A post shared by Vero Sandler...

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 15 to be precise, and today sees the launch of…

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 as they come down, the nimble trail bikes have had...

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 of our favourite Van Girls out to play on the...

Reclaimdesigns Speedster 2.0 is a recycled, carbon mini Nomad

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 fibre is an awesome material with standout properties that make...

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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 Zoceli Bikes in the Czech Republic. We all know that...

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 riding hotspots. But as much as this film is about...

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 on an abandoned island and on Skye. e-MTB’s are still...

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 quite spring-like gambolling – steps. Breathe a little deeper. Bask...

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 here being distracted by the results for the Singletrack Reader...

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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 colours. Santa Cruz’s Tallboy has received a major facelift for...

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 dropouts and plenty of build options. The Joplin is the...

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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 CC model for the past week to give it a...

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. The news has hit hard within the mountain biking community...

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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 under the ‘Reserve’ label, the carbon wheel range hosts a...

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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. Oh, and pickles…  Fabric Scoop Shallow Race Ti Price: £69.99...

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 bikes plus more! As usual, you can watch Singletrack Newsdesk...

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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 been following Cedric Gracia very carefully since he announced he...

Santa Cruz Megatower first ride review – The big wheel Nomad we’ve been waiting for.

We ride the first Megatower in the country!

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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 it to be called the ‘Megatower’? Too bad if you...

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. Ok, so now you’ve seen the launch video for Santa...

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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 life celebrities this week with news that Cedric Gracia will...