Santa Cruz Tallboy
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.
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.
Riders on 2010s Trek enduro geometry. For current long-travel, look at Slash.
The older enduro/all-mountain Trek before Slash fully took that brief. Steeper and shorter-reach than a modern Slash, depending on year.
Trail riders who want one Giant for climbs and descents.
Trail 29er with Maestro suspension. Playful for a Giant, still a trail bike rather than an XC Anthem or a Reign enduro.
First mountain bikes, commuting with knobbies, and riders who want Trek trail geometry without Fuel EX money.
Trek's gateway trail hardtail: durable, upright compared with Procaliber, and built for path-to-singletrack rather than XC racing.
| Measurement |  Santa CruzTallboy 2024 |  TrekRemedy 2019 |  GiantTrance X 2022 |  TrekMarlin 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 633 | 632−1 | 630−3 | 635+2 |
| Reachmm | 475 | 475 | 475 | 450−25 |
| Head tube angle° | 65.1 | 65.0−0.1 | 65.5+0.4 | 66.5+1.4 |
| Seat tube angle° | 77.4 | 75.5−1.9 | 77.0−0.4 | 74.0−3.4 |
| Chainstaymm | 430 | 435+5 | 438+8 | 438+8 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1225 | 1242+17 | 1241+16 | 1178−47 |
| BB dropmm | 40 | 32−8 | 40 | 55+15 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | Tallboy L | Remedy L | Trance X L | Marlin 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 |
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.".
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