![]() Of course, the big differences are in the rear end, with this prototype ditching the lower link and opening up the rear stiff triangle of the Blur. prototype in orange), geometry on the prototype appears similar to the current Blur, which makes sense as that bike is already quite modern in XC geometry terms. Putting the two bikes side-by-side (current Blur in blue vs. It gets the same horizontal shock layout driven by a linkage under the seat cluster, and overall shaping that looks very familiar. What we can see is a lot of similarities in the carbon front triangles, comparing the current Blur to this new Superlight Blur prototype. And thanks to their photographer Enrico Andrini, we have plenty of good views of the new orange prototype team bikes. The entire Santa Cruz FSA pro racing team led by Maxime Marrotte were on the new bike for the first round of the UCI XCO World Cup over the weekend. The question remains… will it be a Superlight, will it be superlight, or could it be a Super Blur? XC prototype raced on the World Cup – Tech details & assumptions Santa Cruz’s long championed VPP short-link four-bar suspension is out, and this new XC race bike goes back to a high single-pivot design. But while the Blur XC 29er has continued to see updates over the years – and was being raced at the top level until this past week – there’s a new Santa Cruz in town. It’s actually been almost a decade since that last alloy single-pivot Superlight introduction I can remember, and the carbon VPP Blur had already long taken over top XC bike duties by that time. Santa Cruz FSA pro racing, photos by Enrico Andrini Complete details remain limited, but Santa Cruz doesn’t seem to be keeping a tight lid on the project, with the highly-visible new orange XC bike popping up all over the team and riders’ social media accounts since its race debut in Albstadt last weekend… Santa Cruz prototype Superlight Super Blur short-travel XC race bike all c. Getting raced now by the Santa Cruz FSA team on the World Cup cross-country circuit, the all-new lightweight carbon race bike has a familiar high single-pivot, now getting a linkage-driven shock. Santa Cruz hasn’t had a Superlight XC bike in the lineup for years, but that’s exactly what this prototype looks like.
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