Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Bicycles was founded by skateboard pioneers Rob Roskopp and Rich Novak in 1993.
Santa Cruz focuses on producing high-end, full-suspension mountain bikes. The company's first production bike was the Tazmon, a single pivot dual suspension model with three inches of travel.
In 1999, the company purchased the rights to Outland's VPP (virtual pivot point) suspension design. This suspension design has become a hallmark of the company's bicycles and has been adapted for use on everything from cross-country to downhill bikes.
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New Stigmata gets more progressive geometry and down tube storage
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New Santa Cruz Heckler SL gets Fazua Ride 60 motor and mullet wheels
Santa Cruz enters the lightweight eMTB market with 150mm-travel Heckler
New Santa Cruz Stigmata is rowdier than ever and says no to internally routed cockpits
Updated Stigmata is designed to tackle the whole spectrum of gravel riding
Santa Cruz Riser Carbon Bar review
Santa Cruz’s Riser Carbon Bar comes with a lifetime warranty and will be a great upgrade for brand loyalists
Bike of the Year contender | Santa Cruz Bullit CC S review
Santa Cruz’s Bullit is the brand’s longest-travel ebike designed for gravity-focused riding
12 new mountain bikes we want to see in 2023 | Our wishlist for YT, Specialized, Santa Cruz and more
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Review | Santa Cruz 5010 CC X01 AXS RSV MX
Jump-focused 5010 moves from 27.5in hoops to a mixed-wheel setup
Review | Santa Cruz Nomad C GX AXS RSV Coil
Santa Cruz increases the versatility of its burly Nomad with mixed-wheel sizes, plus suspension and geometry changes
Introducing our headline bikes… | 8 mountain bikes setting the trend for 2023 and beyond
Introducing our headline bikes…
Santa Cruz’s 2023 Tallboy gets integrated down tube sandwich storage and updated geometry
An evolutionary rather than revolutionary update for the short-travel 29er
New 5010 is final 27.5in Santa Cruz bike to make switch to mullet setup
Updated Juliana Furtado model also announced
Worlds bike check | Defending champion Greg Minnaar's custom Santa Cruz V10
The GOAT's ride for Sunday's downhill World Championships men's elite race
New Santa Cruz Nomad switches to mullet setup and gets geometry update
Santa Cruz increases the versatility of its burly Nomad with mixed-wheel sizes, plus suspension and geometry changes
Review | Santa Cruz Chameleon R AL 29
Is the Chameleon as versatile as Santa Cruz claims?
Bike of the Year contender | Santa Cruz Bronson C R
The Santa Cruz Bronson offers up 150mm of rear-wheel travel and some serious do-it-all intentions
Santa Cruz’s 2022 Hightower is “just a bike” for every type of riding
Jack-of-all-trades defies categorisation with incremental updates
Best mountain bike upgrades: our pick of the best budget and ultimate MTB upgrades
The parts you need to improve your bike’s performance and your experience on the trail
First ride review | Santa Cruz Megatower CC X01 AXS RSV
Just how mega is Santa Cruz’s new Megatower?
Santa Cruz goes bigger and radder with the latest 2022 Megatower
The enduro Megatower gets a makeover to keep it on-point for tackling the wildest trails
First ride review | The Santa Cruz Heckler gets more versatile with new wheel options, a 720Wh battery and slacker geometry
The new Heckler is Santa Cruz's do-it-all eMTB