Santa Cruz 5010
Riders who want a fun trail bike more than a race-stage 29er.
Playful 27.5 trail bike. Poppier and more manual-friendly than Hightower, less of a straight-line 29er.
Riders who want a fun trail bike more than a race-stage 29er.
Playful 27.5 trail bike. Poppier and more manual-friendly than Hightower, less of a straight-line 29er.
Trail riders who want a Yeti do-everything bike. SB120 is shorter travel; ASR is XC.
Yeti's 140 mm trail bike, Switch Infinity, and a reputation as a traction finder. It pedals better than the travel number suggests and wants to be ridden in the right sag.
Trail riders who want one Canyon for weekend laps without going full enduro.
A 29er trail bike between play and pace. It pedals better than the Strive and still has enough travel to get sloppy on descents.
Riders who want Santa Cruz trail manners with less travel than Hightower.
Shorter-travel 29er Santa Cruz. Pedals toward downcountry, still a trail bike, quicker than Hightower.
| Measurement |  Santa Cruz5010 2025 |  YetiSB140 2022 |  CanyonSpectral CF 2022 |  Santa CruzTallboy 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 622 | 630+8 | 633+11 | 633+11 |
| Reachmm | 459 | 485+26 | 485+26 | 475+16 |
| Head tube angle° | 65.2 | 65.5+0.3 | 64.0−1.2 | 65.1−0.1 |
| Seat tube angle° | 77.4 | 77.0−0.4 | 77.0−0.4 | 77.4 |
| Chainstaymm | 430 | 434+4 | 432+2 | 430 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1219 | 1245+26 | 1252+33 | 1225+6 |
| BB dropmm | 30 | 30 | 32+2 | 40+10 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | 5010 M | SB140 LG | Spectral CF L | Tallboy L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 50 mm | 50 mm | 50 mm | 50 mm |
| Bar | 800 mm | 800 mm | 800 mm | 800 mm |
| Crank | 175 mm | 175 mm | 175 mm | 175 mm |
Santa Cruz has updated its rowdy 5010 trail bike, moving it to a mullet setup, adding storage, and tweaking the geometry.
The playful Santa Cruz 5010 gets a mixed wheel size, storage, and updates to make it more joyful than ever on the trail. TAGS: Top Story.
So after just a few hours on the new bike, my first impressions of the Yeti SB140 LR T1 are definitely positive. It's a bike that's full of character and plenty ...
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Our reviewer Mick Kirkman rated the Santa Cruz Tallboy as "fast and responsive and perfectly balances never sapping your energy with not sapping your thrills.".
The Tallboy 5 is Santa Cruz's 120mm rear/130mm front travel trail machine that aims to prove one bike really can do it all.
