Pit Puzzle - Greg's V10 with New/Longer Rear End 3

Always on the pursuit for greatness....and speed.

Marshy and Greg have gone longer in the rear this time round, with some custom dropouts, links and caliper mounts to match, all machined in house at Santa Cruz Bicycles.

How did they get on with it after day 1 practice at Andorra? Warning: Heavy doses of sarcasm at the beginning.

Credit: The Syndicate
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TEAMROBOT
5 years ago
477mm rear end, and interestingly they got rid of the Buzzworks headset to make the front end 8mm shorter. All my life I've heard how short chainstays corner better, but Greg seems to be doing fine on the limousine. I hope all the engineers at SC talk to each other, because the 2019 Nomad still has 430mm chainstays in Large and XL.
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sspomer
5 years ago
Kiran MacKinnon (works for SC) using the same idea: shorter reach, backwards buzzworks and longer stays. He and I talked about it at Tamarack and he thinks it's all relation of body weight/position to BB. he also thinks longer reach is yanking riders too far forward these days. when the front end drops, their arms get straightened more than they should. it's all really interesting. kiran's bike from tamarack - https://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/PIT-BITS-Tamarack-Pro-GRT-NW-C…
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jeff.brines
5 years ago
...but short chainstays manual better and cutty so much easier. You wont' be faster, but you'll have freeride flicks down in seconds and you can 50:01 everything in site.

I've been ranting and raving about longer rear ends for a long time , as you have. Finally had a chance to go to something longer out back, shorter up front...and its the best bike I've ever ridden.

I doubt we'll see longer rear ends, however. Its like larger fork bushings that don't bind as much or heavier aluminum bikes that don't break...we may be right, but those who ride on the internet won't see the point.