The frame also includes Santa Cruz’s new carbon ... work of pretty much every challenge—be it 27.5+ or 29—the Santa Cruz Hightower is an excellent place to start that search.

Now, the Hightower gets the same 150mm rear wheel ... with more room to fit everything low in the frame. Santa Cruz call it all-around better VPP performance for a better all-rounder bike ...

The Santa Cruz Hightower 3 gains geometry changes and better suspension performance. And you get a clever storage compartment in the frame, too. For those biltong bites or whichever trail snacks you ...

The frame has Boost 148mm spacing ... and you could do this without pushing too much into the Santa Cruz Hightower’s (160mm front/150mm rear) all-mountain/enduro remit. For most of the Tallboy’s test ...