Our bike came with the slower reacting, heavier DT Swiss 350 hub set rather than the Industry Nine Hydra hubs listed on the website. The RSV in the name means it gets the new Reserve 28 SL carbon rims which continue the super light (they’re 385g a rim) but still with a lifetime warranty theme. The bar they sit on is Santa Cruz’s own 760mm carbon flat bar held by Syntace’s superb Liteforce stem in a 70mm length Fork and matching SIDLuxe rear shock are linked to a twist-grip-on, push-button-off remote lockout, which leaves the left underbar clear for the lever for Fox’s lightweight Transfer SL 100mm stroke, two-position dropper post. The reduced power makes you less likely to skid the minimal tread front tire or overload the sub-1,320g fork with brake strain. The small front rotor allows a direct mount onto the drastically dieted, 32mm legged RockShox SID SL Ultimate fork. We tested the X01 AXS RSV option which uses SRAM’s mid-range AXS wireless gear system with carbon cranks and SRAM’s lightweight Level TLM brakes with 160mm rotors. ‘Cheaper’ Blurs use ‘C’ grade carbon composite which gives the same ride-feel and strength, but for a roughly 250g weight gain depending on frame size. The reason for that is purely to save 289g over the previous frame according to Santa Cruz, bringing a size large CC frame in at 1,933g including shock and all the hardware. The shock also stays high under the top tube rather than buried in the guts, so it looks visually different to the rest of the range. What is new for the brand however is the use of flex in the seat stay and a single alloy shock driving linkage rather than the normal twin linkage VPP (Virtual Pivot Point) setup. There’s a minimalist One Up chain guide as standard, and it uses a screw-in bottom bracket that gives room for a 36-tooth chainring and 2.4in tires, while the frame gets Santa Cruz’s industry-leading ‘no questions asked’ lifetime warranty too. There’s armor under the belly where you’ll also find a third bottle mount and thick ribbed rubber chain slap protection on the top of the drive-side stay. The massive chainstays swing off broadly spaced DIY-serviceable ‘lifetime warranty’ collet bearings. The cables and hoses plug into individual blisters that feed into full internal tubes for easy routing. The low head tube is stocky for a strong connection onto the big squared top and down tubes. The Blur frame is all-new but unsurprisingly it shares a lot of DNA with Santa Cruz's other latest generation frames.
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