{"id":16084,"date":"2018-03-21T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2018\/03\/21\/epic-bike-check-oli-munnik39s-santa-cruz-blur-cc-r7196\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:05:07","slug":"epic-bike-check-oli-munnik39s-santa-cruz-blur-cc-r7196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/epic-bike-check-oli-munnik39s-santa-cruz-blur-cc-r7196\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Bike Check: Oli Munnik’s Santa Cruz Blur CC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oli Munnik has been riding the all-new Santa Cruz Blur<\/a> from the start of this year’s Absa Cape Epic. He went to great lengths to keep the bike under wraps, organising a 5AM appointment with his local bike mechanic and taping up every reference to the brand and model name (which it turns out there are a number on this frame). Midway through Stage 2, the embargo dropped, and Oli was able to proudly reveal<\/a> his new ride to the world.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-83063000-1521632762.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Oli is riding the Blur CC frame, the CC refers to Santa Cruz’s higher-grade carbon frame which uses fewer pieces and is therefore lighter than the more affordable Blur C frame.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-37589300-1521632778.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-66832500-1521632764.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-56966200-1521632766.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Oli’s bike is largely similar to the X01 Reserve specification retail model, with some tweaks here and there. One such deviation is the Factory Series 32 Step-Cast fork, where a customer would get the Elite level component with the black stanchions. The 100 mm VPP rear suspension is controlled by Fox’s Float Performance Elite DPS shock. Both ends are controlled by a dual-lock remote lever.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-90194500-1521632773.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-44844800-1521632776.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The transmission is full SRAM X01 Eagle with the new Dub crank and bottom bracket interface. Inside sources (Marc Carr, the man that built the bike) tell us that Oli started the race on a 34T chainring but, for whatever reason, decided to switch to a 32T after the first couple of days. The braking is supplied by SRAM’s Level TLM brakeset clamping down on 160 mm SRAM rotors.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-02525900-1521632949.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-23261400-1521632952.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Oli’s cockpit features a Santa Cruz carbon handlebar measuring 740 mm wide held in place by a Syntace Liteforce 90mm stem with a carbon Syntace P6 HiFlex seat post. A RapStrapz strap binds a spare tyre, a bomb, and tyres levers to the underside of the saddle.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-97708800-1521633015.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-19571200-1521633019.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-55952400-1521633022.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Santa Cruz’s own carbon Reserve rims (with a 25 mm internal width) are laced to Industry Nine Torch hubs using DT Swiss Competition Race spokes. Oli trusts Maxxis’s Aspen 2.25″ tyres for the rugged Epic terrain.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-47266200-1521633095.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"ccs-62657-0-87550700-1521633098.jpg\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Oli is writing daily race reports for Bike Hub from this year’s Absa Cape Epic. So stay tuned for the latest instalment every evening this week and, if you missed out, you can catch up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-93123300-1521632768.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Specification List:<\/h2>\n

<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Frame<\/span>Santa Cruz Blur CC Carbon 29″ 100mm travel VPP<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Fork<\/span>Fox Stepcast 32 Factory DPS Kashima<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shock<\/span>Fox Performance Elite DPS<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rims<\/span>Santa Cruz Reserve 25mm internal diameter, 28 hole<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Hubs<\/span>Industry Nine Torch 28 hole<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Spokes + Nipples<\/span>DT Competition Race<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Front Tyre<\/span>Maxxis Aspen 29 x2.25\u201d TR with EXO<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rear Tyre<\/span>Maxxis Aspen 29 x2.25\u201d TR with EXO<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Handlebar<\/span>Santa Cruz XC Carbon Flat Bar 750mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Grips<\/span>ESI chunky<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Stem<\/span>Syntace Liteforce 90mm 0 degree<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Headset + top cap<\/span>Cane Creek 40 IS Integrated.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Seatpost<\/span>Syntace P6 Carbon HiFlex 31.6mm x 400mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Brakes<\/span>SRAM Level TLM<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Brake rotor<\/span>SRAM 160mm 6-bolt<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shifters<\/span>SRAM X01 Eagle 12-speed<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rear derailleur<\/span>SRAM X01 Eagle 12-speed<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Cassette<\/span>SRAM X01 Eagle XG1295 10-50T 12-speed<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Crank arms<\/span>SRAM X1 Eagle Carbon, 175mm crank arm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chainring<\/span>SRAM 34T Narrow Wide<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chain<\/span>SRAM X01 Eagle 12-speed.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Bottom Bracket<\/span>SRAM DUB<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Spares strap<\/span>RapStrapz<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Oli Munnik has been riding the all-new Santa Cruz Blur from the start of this year’s Absa Cape Epic. He went to great lengths to keep the bike under wraps, organising a 5AM appointment with his local bike mechanic and taping up every reference to the brand and model name (which it turns out there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[24,434,706,141],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-cape-epic","tag-epic-bike-check","tag-oli-munnik","tag-santa-cruz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16084"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}