Comments on: Santa Cruz Tall Boy: Out Of The Box http://twentynineinches.com/2010/02/08/santa-cruz-tall-boy-out-of-the-box/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=santa-cruz-tall-boy-out-of-the-box 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: grannygear http://twentynineinches.com/2010/02/08/santa-cruz-tall-boy-out-of-the-box/#comment-65361 grannygear Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:21:53 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4735#comment-65361 @contemplating I am 6'2", 34" inseam and longish arms. The XL is a dead on fit with the approx 100mm stem on it....I have not measured. The 25" TT is ample for me. It is a straight up seat post and it has me where I want to be over the cranks. grannygear @contemplating

I am 6’2″, 34″ inseam and longish arms. The XL is a dead on fit with the approx 100mm stem on it….I have not measured. The 25″ TT is ample for me. It is a straight up seat post and it has me where I want to be over the cranks.

grannygear

]]> By: contemplating http://twentynineinches.com/2010/02/08/santa-cruz-tall-boy-out-of-the-box/#comment-65352 contemplating Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:58:43 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4735#comment-65352 @Grannygear You mentioned your demo bike is an XL. How tall are you and what is your inseam? I'm 6' with a 34" true inseam and overly long arms relative to my height. On my last two bikes I have resorted to longish (>= 130mm) stems and setback seatposts to prevent feeling cramped. Looking at the geometry on the Tallboy I'm seriously thinking about an XL. Anyhow, any thoughts about fit for this particular bike from you or anyone else out there is appreciated. /me again curses living in an area where a demo of high end MTBs is often impossible. @Grannygear You mentioned your demo bike is an XL. How tall are you and what is your inseam? I’m 6′ with a 34″ true inseam and overly long arms relative to my height. On my last two bikes I have resorted to longish (>= 130mm) stems and setback seatposts to prevent feeling cramped. Looking at the geometry on the Tallboy I’m seriously thinking about an XL.

Anyhow, any thoughts about fit for this particular bike from you or anyone else out there is appreciated.

/me again curses living in an area where a demo of high end MTBs is often impossible.

]]> By: grannygear http://twentynineinches.com/2010/02/08/santa-cruz-tall-boy-out-of-the-box/#comment-65349 grannygear Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:07:35 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4735#comment-65349 @shop mechanic Kudos. grannygear @shop mechanic

Kudos.

grannygear

]]> By: Shop Mechanic http://twentynineinches.com/2010/02/08/santa-cruz-tall-boy-out-of-the-box/#comment-65344 Shop Mechanic Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:36:30 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4735#comment-65344 BTW, in my original post I admit that I was exaggerating when I described the new VPP as having removed chain torque from the suspension equation. I do realize that it was simply reduced but my point (and now officially Santa Cruz's) still stands. Sorry if my original post was at all misleading on this issue. BTW, in my original post I admit that I was exaggerating when I described the new VPP as having removed chain torque from the suspension equation. I do realize that it was simply reduced but my point (and now officially Santa Cruz’s) still stands. Sorry if my original post was at all misleading on this issue.

]]> By: Shop Mechanic http://twentynineinches.com/2010/02/08/santa-cruz-tall-boy-out-of-the-box/#comment-65343 Shop Mechanic Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:19:34 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4735#comment-65343 @mf--Everything I want to write to commend you seems to read sarcastically so I will try to just put it as simply as I can; my respect for you and Santa Cruz has grown immensely as a result of your post. I don't know that I have ever seen that kind of honesty about a product someone was selling from anyone in the industry in the fifteen + years I have been working in it. Well done my friend, well done. @mf–Everything I want to write to commend you seems to read sarcastically so I will try to just put it as simply as I can; my respect for you and Santa Cruz has grown immensely as a result of your post. I don’t know that I have ever seen that kind of honesty about a product someone was selling from anyone in the industry in the fifteen + years I have been working in it. Well done my friend, well done.

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