2022 Santa Cruz Hightower 2 CC Frame
If ever a bike resembled your most cherished mixtape compilation, the Hightower is it. Featuring our lower-link mounted shock design, updated, adjustable geometry, this “Engineering Best Of...” assembles some of our biggest design pleasers into one belter of a road-trip companion.
The Hightower has been a does-it-all-well trail bike since its inception. More manoeuvrable than its longer-travel sibling, the Megatower, and more at home in the steep-and-chunky than its snappy cousin Tallboy, Hightower excels when the route covers ‘all points in between,’ and descents come courtesy of some big-ass climbs. The VPP suspension’s lower-link-mounted shock creates a nearly linear leverage curve, meaning it mops up bumps of all sizes and maintains the kind of progressivity normally reserved for our V10 DH bike!
140mm of rear travel complemented by a 150mm front end gives Hightower just a bit more front and rear travel over the first-generation model. Combined with a slacker 65-degree head tube angle, the Hightower still sits squarely in the Goldilocks zone, but with a touch more “Oh sh*t get me out of here” capability when the porridge gets too hot!
Balancing stiffness and weight savings in all the right places is a hallmark of all Santa Cruz carbon frames and the Hightower flies the flag yet higher. The advanced composite chassis tracks well across all trail surfaces hold a line and is reactive to rider directions while isolating pedal-influenced inputs.
The Hightower also has a bonus disc to heighten the experience—the flip-chip. In the High setting, the BB height is a little higher for those tricky tech trails and/or when Plus-sized tires are required. In the Low position, the shock rate is more progressive, to provide additional bottom-out resistance. Whatever mood you’re in, the tone of the Hightower can be adapted to meet your individual taste.
And speaking of taste, there’s a room for a water bottle inside the mainframe and a threaded BB for convenience. There are refined cable routing for better shifting performance, simpler installation, and no cable rub. On top of that, there’s a tailgate shuttle guard, downtube protector, shock fender, and noise-cancelling chainstay protector keeping things quiet.
The lifetime frame warranty, lifetime pivot bearing replacement policy, and a lifetime guarantee on the optional Reserve carbon wheels assure you that the Hightower will keep delivering the hits for years to come.
2022 Santa Cruz Hightower 2 CC Frame
- Frame Material
- Carbon CC
- Wheel Size
- 29
- Max Tyre Size
- 2.4" (29"), 2.8" (27.5")
- Suspension Type
- VPP
- Suspension Travel
- 150MM
- Shock
- 145MM
- Shock Size
- 210X55
- Shock Upper Fitting
- 20X8
- Shock Lower Fitting
- 30X8
- Seatpost Diameter
- 31.6MM
- Seatpost Clamp Size
- 36.4MM
- Front Mech Fitting
- N/A
- Headset
- INTEGRATED (IS41/52)
- BB Type
- 73MM THREADED
2022 Santa Cruz Hightower 2 CC Frame - Colour Options
Santa Cruz have a reputation for making some of the finest carbon fiber mountain bikes money can buy. It's well deserved. Their VPP Suspension system is neat, highly effective and tuneable allowing a different character to be designed into each model in the range, it's easy to look after too. Whilst their top of the line CC range has no expense spared, the same technology trickles down into the rest of the range at a more attainable price point. You're also covered by a lifetime warranty for complete piece of mind.
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