"Santa Cruz's 6th-generation Tallboy ditches VPP Suspension for a four-bar design. Why? Santa Cruz felt like they'd gotten all they could out of the VPP platform on the Tallboy. To achieve their desired performance moving forward, they need to move to something different. Despite testing a few different suspension platforms, including flex stays, they landed on a four-bar layout. They say this allowed them to mor"
""Santa Cruz" and "VPP" have long been synonymous, despite some criticism of the suspension platform. However, we have seen Santa Cruz break away from the VPP platform in recent years. The Vala and Bullit were both recently released as four-bar bikes, moving away from the VPP platform. The caveat? Obviously, both of those are e-bikes. And while Santa Cruz had to be aware of some of the criticism the VPP platform received, the move to four-bar on these bikes was mostly motor-related."
"Santa Cruz also mentioned that the move to a four-bar was to make their "best handling bike" yet. So maybe some acknowledgment..? If there was any acknowledgment, it is fulfilled in the new Tallboy. Santa Cruz's 6th-generation Tallboy ditches VPP Suspension for a four-bar design. Why? Santa Cruz felt like they'd gotten all they could out of the VPP platform on the Tallboy."
Rumors preceded the release of a new Santa Cruz Tallboy, with leaked images and a Santa Cruz video showing major changes. The 6th-generation model abandons the brand’s VPP suspension platform in favor of a four-bar design. Santa Cruz previously moved away from VPP on the Vala and Bullit, which are e-bikes, largely because VPP offered limited space for a motor and battery. Santa Cruz now states that it reached the limits of what it could achieve with VPP on the Tallboy and tested multiple suspension approaches, including flex stays, before selecting a four-bar layout. The goal is a “best handling” bike with improved performance going forward.
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