[Closed] My first bouncy bike!!!!! (Santa cruz Superlight)

Luverly.

likey. 🙂

sweet as a nut

Brilliant, I really love the frame colour!

Cool bikes.
Really fun to ride.

Yeah, I'm really pleased and I certainly came up trumps with the frame, Not a mark to mention on it. looking forward to going out on Monday hopefully.

Is it me or your pseudo should be Santacruzlacey now?

Yep, well done. Thats a really nice build & a very good choice of frame.

Might just do that Gilles 😆

Good choice man.... looks sexy like mine...

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Nice. The SL will defo be on my shortlist later on this year.

Should go very fast. Watchout for rear pinch flats as you ****t it into stuff!

"looks sexy like mine"
Aside from it being a bike, I'm so sure that the bar ends, middleburn? cranks, mudguards, wierd looking old saddle don't ruin it ..

I like the blue. The bits look to suit it pretty well. The stem appears really long at first glance, but I'm not sure it really is? Is it about 110/105mm?

The stem is 100mm but yes it does look long in some of the photos

I'm not sure on the silver spacers as pointed out by a friend but they're easily changed.
I also nearly put some bar ends on it as well but held back, but i still might do as they really are ok to put on risers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heres mine, set at 120mm, I ran it 100 to begin with but it is twice the bike at 120mm, angles are so much better.
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Very tidy looking build Scottlacey - if you ride light you'll find its a fantastic allrounder - have had one for nearly ten years and ridden everything from XC races to weeks in Morzine.

Having said all that, I have just sold it to a friend and am now building up an Epiphany, so maybe I need to change my name too...

Enjoy!

(oh and loose the mudguards Martyntr - all the aesthetic is lost)

That's nice Scott, you will really enjoy riding it, love my Superlight....the older version

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Hello Dave I was wondering when you would come along. Yes very pleased, cheers mate.

Great bike, enjoy it mate.

My son rides a santa cruz and loves it

I like the colour and you won't be disappointed riding it. I bet you end up replacing the bits off the Rock Lobster and rebuilding it up...i know i would.

had mine for 3 years now wouldnt swap it for anything, except maybe a new superlight...

Dave its sitting in the garage all polished up ready to sell but I must admit to thinking about it and Pete said the same.

My Santa Cruz luverrrlyness
This was taken while still in 100mm setup. Now running my rebas without the spacers at 115mm, much better bike for it. The bar ends have gone now and I'm sitting on a Fizik Arione.
And to think I almost parted company with her last year. Glad I didn't

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yup superlight gets my vote too..! had one back in 2000 for 2 years then went a bit burly with fivespot..now back on superlight genuine all day ride..mint.. 🙂

not the greatest photo..

I want one!!!

They are selling them in leisure lakes for 1699 full build

not sure of the spec though?

anyone know?

I love the colours smarty, especially the red wall tyres, my first malt two had them and i loved that bike. Sadly sold it and regretted it big time as it was a lovely bike.

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Go for it. It's nice to have an FS and an HT.

Been riding santa cruz bikes for over fifteen years... superlight is the best one yet 😉
welcome to the club haha..

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I like that Merlin malt. I'm looking for a hardtail for my commute. I'm lucky enough to have a 9 mile commute with 6 of it on the Leeds/Liverpool canal. Superlight is nice but don't need full suss for canal bank.

Smarty I sold the malt two for a rock lobster which looking back was a mistake as they are so alike. The lobster was the donor bike for the superlight

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@OP - Very nice.

Did have a Superlight last year...it was great bike. I found the frame worked well with the older 100-130 u-turn Revs. I did find the BB low which resulted in a far few pedal strikes though.

Scottlacey, prefer the look of the Malt but that cock knobster looks a nice bike too. Very stealthy.

@ nukeproof, you're sooo right, BB is very low on superlight. Lots of pedal strikes.

Wow Scott, thats a lovely colour. Superlights are great.

Mine:

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Alps

congrats on a wise choice 😉
only had mine 6 months, but has completely changed my riding. excellent bikes.

here's mine
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EDIT - bugger!

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get in there stan, you IT whizz 😀

Superlights are great!

My Superlight: -
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xcstu.
Isn't that a rather extreme height difference, saddle to bar?
How long is the seat post? Or more to the point, how much seat post is inside the frame?

Love my superlight-but some of these builds are putting me right off!

For why, Mole, for why ?

each to their own, mole... each to their own 😉

Santacruz - I WANT ONE! 😥

Mole
Come on we're all grown ups what dont you like:

I'm not keen on mudguards but they do serve a purpose

I'm also not sure on some of the colour mixes used but again that's totally personal and actually creates conversation.

bar ends, with or without risers always creates opinions?

Great bikes, just love the simplicity of single pivots.

Here's my old one.

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Superlight was the first proper FS I had from 2001.

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Back in the day when 80mm forks and noodly SIDs at that was where it was at! That stem length is also something to behold. It ended up with some longer forks, wider tyres that actually gripped something and a stem less likely to act as some kind of aviery 🙂

Survived the Les Gets downhill course tho 🙂

Mole, a "stealthy" one for you here. Its one of the best MTB's Ive had, very fast up and down hill as well as the flat. Watch out for it in races. 😛 Not sure what the difference is betwen by "standard" Blur and a superlight, anyone help?
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Superlight is single pivot, Blur is VPP.

Ti29er
Ya it is quite long.. pic angle prob makes it look longer... 400mm seatpost n far bit still in frame 😉

Andy - where is that pic in Yorkshire?

Special_ized_Jamie; dalby red (almost exactly 12 months ago today 😀 )

Aside from it being a bike, I'm so sure that the bar ends, middleburn? cranks, mudguards, wierd looking old saddle don't ruin it ..

Barends - for enduro comfort and climbing and are Carbon ergo stubbies.
Middleburn - what's wrong there, I fail to see an issue ??
Mudguards - The rear one prevents the Joplin from seizing up and the front one stops me getting sheep shit in my mouth.
Saddle - Flite Ti, which I've had on 4 bikes and is the most comfortable saddle for me.
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Not sure what the difference is betwen by "standard" Blur and a superlight, anyone help?

as pauly said... there's no linkage on a SL. Just simplicity.

Woah there! Have I stumbled upon a stw in an alternative universe? Not one person slagging the OP's bike in anyway! No-one mentioning any background minuté in the pic. Wow.

Nice bike anyway, but where's the headbadge?

Cool i get to post a pic of my pride anf joy!
Now with 130 dual air Revs and black chain rings.

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I have got the head badge just need some decent glue to re affix it, The guy i got the frame off said it kept falling off so he left it off.

Amazed that no one said anything about the bike especially the silver spacers and there not much you can slag about the garage door or a concrete floor is there.............

Dodgy phone picture:
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Just fitted some new Reba's with Maxle to it. First ride with them tomorrow hopefully.

Great bikes.

nice

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Not a Superlight but my Blur at Kirroughtree on Thursday..

My superlight is better

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Great thread. No bitching, just all about the bikes 😀

Totally

been posted on here before, but here's mine
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now without bar ends, as I kept whacking my left knuckles on trees, when going around the some corners..

Also, have changed the saddle to a white one.... sod it.. I'll post a new pic up...

with pedals level and white saddle;
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Common as muck 😉

Here's mine, only been out once, built it up in a rush and needs a little tweaking on the gears and brakes.

Will have new wheels and brakes in the next 8 weeks.....

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Megastream, I think I've seen that bike somewhere else? Very nice.

are you John L?

There are some very good pictures on here guys.
Thanks for the positives on my build, Having never had a bouncy bike before I'm not sure on the the rear shock the frame came with (fox float R), and having rode HT for the last 5 years I would of liked to have been able to have locked the rear out so may consider getting hold of a RP23 in the future. It may be fine I'll have to wait and see...........

I dont really use the 3 propedal settings on my RP23, maybe I need to experiment more? Or have others just gone for RP2s? I have found running the shock really soft and getting all of the 100mm rear has had big benefit though!

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Clean with new forks. Getting ready to go and get it filthy.

I've only used the setting once or twice, normally in a race, where it's not technical, nor bumby, so I set it to HT setting (only want a little movement, as I'm getting old, and would like to walk to the bar later in the day)

Yup flick the propedal on and off while riding, but dont adjust between the 3 propedal settings.

Andy - Member
Yup flick the propedal on and off while riding, but dont adjust between the 3 propedal settings.

+1 (just set it at setting two on propedal)

Actually just checked and mine is on setting two as well. There you go, didn't notice that before!

jad - Member

that is seriously nice looking bike, i am drooling and you need to post it to me immediately
is it 2010 frame?

My GF's Santa Cruz Juliana Superlight shortly after it's rebuild...
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Wow, there are some seriously pretty bikes here. I'm trying to decide between Reba 120mm forks or 100mm SID's. Any thoughts?

Mine:
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Scottlacey - Member
Megastream, I think I've seen that bike somewhere else? Very nice.

are you John L?

Yup! 😆