Santacruz Hightower Reviewed

This Spring, Santa Cruz sent us the new Hightower for testing. Now in its third iteration, the All Mountain bike is the brand's utilitarian offering - the most "one and done" bike in their lineup. Since there hasn't exactly been a ton of new developments in that category over the last couple of years, I was very much looking forward to trying it out on my local trails. With new kinematics, internal downtube storage and a slew of other updates the sum of those parts make it a much different machine than the last Hightower, even if it might not appear to be upon first glance. Let's dive in and see what all the fuss is about...

Long form article link: https://www.mtb-mag.com/en/tested-san...