You've got to get up to get down, so choose a bike that can do both well. The Santa Cruz Hightower is a mid-travel trail bike that loves a rowdy descent. With 145mm of rear travel and 150mm of front travel balanced with Virtual Pivot Point (VPP™) Suspension, the Hightower optimizes trail pedaling efficiency and techy enduro descents. The Hightower 3 suspension is refined with an improved leverage curve, heightened sensitivity, purposeful tuning, and high/low flip chip adaptations.

Whether you ride a small frame or an extra large frame, Santa Cruz has designed each size to offer proportional geometry with consideration to headtube angle, bottom bracket height, chainstay length, seat angle, and handlebar setup.

The Hightower 3 is Santa Cruz’s “greatest hit of engineering.”

With a full carbon lineup of build kits and 29” wheels, what more could you ask from a bike chomping at the bit to descend yet plenty capable of comfortably pedaling to the top for another run?