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Santa v10
SANTA CRUZ
Santa is not only more adjustable, letting you tweak both the travel and head
angle, but also sports new larger pivot bearings and hardware, a 1.5"
headtube, and a longer stroke shock than what was used on its aluminum
predecessor. Total weight of our test bike? An impressive 35.6 lbs. And
this is a stock build straight from Santa Cruz - some extra coin spent
will have you under the 34lb mark without getting too crazy. Not only is
it impressively light, our carbon frame and Vivid Air shock weigh in at
8.6 lbs, but it's also said to be as strong - and even stronger in some
regards - than its aluminum predecessor. A perfect example of this
would be the head tube and down tube junction, where the carbon material
is nearly half an inch thick. This really highlights carbon's ability
to be used sparingly where not much material is needed, but layered on
thick or in different layups in high stress areas. While the burly
junction up front may not be able to be seen without looking at a
cutaway, the frame's smaller than average diameter down tube is more
obvious. While everyone seems to be going towards massive, but thin,
tubes that can be susceptible to rock strikes, the engineers at Santa
Cruz went the opposite direction. Not only does the smaller diameter
present a smaller target for impacts, but thicker material has been used
to resist any damage that could be caused by rocks being thrown up from
the front wheel or in crashes.
 | | Santa Cruz's carbon V-10 has been designed to not hold anyone back, that includes both yourself and Steve Peat. |
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V-10 is all about adjustability. You can choose between 10 and 8.5
inches of travel out back, along with a head angle between 63 and 66
degrees, letting you tailor the bike to suit the track or your riding
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Customized handling
Adjustability,
whether you are changing the bike's handling from course to course or
are wanting to set it up once to suit your style, is a large part of
what the V-10 is all about. With its 10" of travel, the previous
iterations of the V10 may have been pigeonholed by some as simply being
"too much bike", even if they hadn't ever ridden it in anger. The 2011
V-10.4 goes a long way to appealing to more riders by featuring a simple
and easy to use adjustable travel system on the lower link that lets
you reign in the travel out back to 8.5", which also lowers the bottom
bracket and slackens the steering angle. All one needs to do is remove
the shock bolt and flip the aluminum inserts, quick and easy. This
should completely change the character of the bike and allow you to
decide how much feedback from the terrain you are looking for and
whether you want a more playful steed or a bike that stays low and fast.
While this may necessitate a spring change on frames equipped with a
coil shock, the Vivid Air that is bolted to our carbon '10 will require
only an air pressure adjustment.
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