Press Release
The all-new Blur is built around Santa Cruz’s new SUPERLIGHT suspension design that is tuned to optimize the ride characteristics demanded by modern mountain bikers – lightweight and efficient with ample plushness to ensure riders are in control when the terrain gets gnarly.
We tapped into everything we’ve learned from years of making the highest quality carbon full-suspension bikes so that we could put as little
(weight) as possible into the Blur .
The Blur isn’t guaranteed to make you a race winner but being the lightest, full-suspension carbon XC bike we’ve ever made (289g lighter than the previous Blur) it might be the difference between claiming first place…or just crossing the line.
Key Features:
- Travel (XC): 100mm Superlight suspension & 100mm fork
- Travel (TR): 115mm SuperlightTM suspension & 120mm fork
- 289g lighter than previous Blur
- Room for two bottles inside front triangle
- Size specific chainstay lengths
- Wheel Size: 29-inch
- Size Range: S-XL
- Materials: C and CC Carbon
- Lifetime Warranty as standard
How is it weighed?
- Weight reduction from Blur 3 CC = 289g .
- Dark Matter paint finish saves 48g over Salmon in M/L size.
- Frame with shock (SidLuxe – 235g) and all hardware (including seat clamp), minus axle = 1933g (size large).
- No standard way to measure frame weights. Many other brands claim weights that can’t be backed up by real world scales. Special edition layups and other mischief is likely a factor.
- The Blur is made to go the distance and as always the legendary Santa Cruz lifetime warranty and Rider Support team has got your back.
SUPERLIGHT Suspension
- Because it’s the superlightest suspension we’ve ever made
- 289g lighter than Blur 3
- Less parts equals less weight
- Lockout easy to reach
- Easier to achieve desirable XC suspension curves
SUPERLIGHT Tech
- Requires tuning the right amount of spring force into the carbon to achieve the balance of flex, damping and durability.
- Having our own composites lab in Cali and skilled composites specialists allowed us to experiment with layups.
- Flex stays are not new at all, so that’s old news (at least 15 years old). What is new, and what makes ours unique, is our carbon knowledge to tune the rear end precisely where it’s needed for a consistent and desirable leverage curve.
Leverage curve vs anti-squat
- Rather than using high anti-squat to resist bobbing from a progressive, high leverage shock we looked to leverage curve to provide support and control.
- Results in a lower and more consistent leverage curve which enabled us to reduce anti-squat, and therefore chain influence on the suspension.
- Allows more traction and sensitivity in both climbing and descending scenarios.
- Also produces a much more efficient forward drive because less pedaling input, from anti-squat, is utilized to overcome the rider’s body weight influence on the suspension.
Two Bottle Inside The Frame
- Means there’s enough juice (or whatever electrolytes you choose) to keep the engine running.
- In high demand of racers / riders.
- Great for long rides and marathon or point to point events
Geo To Match
- Chainstay length is proportional to frame size.
- Every rider, no matter their height, gets the same balanced geometry and bike fit.
- Unique in the XC market .
- Variable seat tube angles for better fit across all sizes.
- Longer reach, shorter (60mm) stems. Slacker head tube than previous Blur.
- 0.7° slacker head tube than previous Blur / 1.4° slacker head tube than previous Blur TR
XC and TR kits
XC – for the full on XC racer. 100mm front and rear
- Light tires (Aspen 2.4″)
- Light dropper
- Remote lockout
- RockShox SidLuxe and Sid SL
TR – not a trail bike, it’s a XC bike for certain courses
- 120mm front and 115mm rear Beefier tires (Rekon Race 2.4″)
- Full height adjust dropper post No remote lockout
- Bigger rotors Fox 34 Stepcast
Availability
Limited units will be available on the day of the launch from Santa Cruz Dealers nationwide. Contact your local Santa Cruz dealer for pricing and specific build options.
Their top end builds have a claimed weight of 10.23kg and 10.69kg or the Blur and Blur TR versions respectively. But as you mention, that pricing likely in the #nobudget range, i.e. R200k+
https://www.santacruzbicycles.com/en-ZA/bikes/blur
We'll ask about frame only options in ZA, but stock is very limited with global shortages & delays. There were a few at their local dealers yesterday, but likely all pre-sold.