Santa Cruz Hightower – Santa Cruz Bronson – Juliana Roubion

Santa Cruz Hightower 2024

The 2024 Hightower is synonymous with a Swiss pocketknife due to its versatility. It strikes a perfect balance amongst its up-hill and downhill performance. Santa Cruz nicknamed this bike “The One” as a do-it-all and more mountain bike. The new model showcases confidence inspiring tweaks to its geometry to cater towards aggressive riding in rowdy terrain. It’s technically in the trail bike category given 150mm of front travel, but it doesn’t shy away from steep technical terrain. It includes proportional geometry having the chainstay length and seat angle match the frame size. Therefore, every rider no matter their differences will find a perfect fit. With 145mm of Santa Cruz VPP suspension (virtual pivot point) allows more flexibility in suspension and manipulation of shock rates. The longer wheelbase makes it shine in stability at speed and in the steeps. 

Travel: 

• Front: 150mm
• Rear: 145mm

Wheel Size:

• 29”

Sale Price:

• $3,849 – $8,799

Santa Cruz Bronson 2024

If you haven’t heard, the mullet is trending once again, just like the Santa Cruz 2024 Bronson. The mullet, also known as mixed wheel, has a 29” front wheel for squaring off turns and rolling over whatever is in its way. In the back the 27.5” wheel provides more agility and clearance for crushing the advanced trails you’ve been talking about for years. It means business in the front and parties in the back. The Bronson is essentially the crazy uncle of the Hightower due to its versatility, with slightly more weight and suspension. It instead has 150mm VPP suspension in the rear for even bigger sends. If you treat the trails like a playground and love getting airborne the Bronson is the toy built to handle everything.

Travel: 

• Front: 160mm
• Rear: 150mm

Wheel Size: 

• MX

Price: 

• Sale Price: $3,999 – $7,199

Juliana Roubion 2024

The 2024 Roubion in matte jade green is a gorgeous bike that looks even better caked in mud after a long session. It is the most capable trail bike of the Juliana lineup providing the most suspension with 160mm of travel in the front and 150mm VPP in the rear. Designed for getting you to the top of your favorite downhill and will be right by your side the whole way down with the easy adjustability of FlipChip technology. With this, minor adjustments to the suspension can happen on a fly either making it more progressive for higher speeds or more upright for climbing. A slack head angle of 64.5-64.7 pushes the front wheel further forward, providing confidence rolling down whatever is in your way. Like crazy uncle Bronson, the Roubion is equipped with a mullet and certainly won’t say no to a good time. 

Travel: 

• Front: 160mm
• Rear: 150mm

Wheel Size: 

• MX

Price: 

• Sale Price: $3,999 – $7,199