{"id":52780,"date":"2023-08-01T09:01:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T07:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=740721"},"modified":"2023-08-01T09:37:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T07:37:01","slug":"new-santa-cruz-stigmata-is-rowdier-than-ever-and-says-no-to-internally-routed-cockpits","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/new-santa-cruz-stigmata-is-rowdier-than-ever-and-says-no-to-internally-routed-cockpits\/","title":{"rendered":"New Santa Cruz Stigmata is rowdier than ever and says no to internally routed cockpits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated Stigmata is designed to tackle the whole spectrum of gravel riding <\/p>

By Paul Norman\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 01 August 2023 at 07:01 AM<\/p>

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Santa Cruz has updated its Stigmata gravel bike, with a new, more progressive geometry borrowed from its mountain bike range.<\/p>\n

That means a slacker head tube with a 69.5-degree angle across the full S to XXL size range, down from the previous bike\u2019s 71 to 72 degrees.<\/p>\n

Reach has increased by a substantial 30mm over the previous model too, with Santa Cruz speccing shorter 70mm-long stems to compensate. That has led to an increase in wheelbase, up from the previous bike\u2019s 1,009mm to 1,053mm, to between 1,043mm and 1,130mm across the size range.<\/p>\n

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The higher fork crown enables the rigid fork to be swapped out for a suspension model.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Another change is a shorter head tube paired to a rigid fork with a higher crown, so that it can be swapped out for a 40mm-travel suspension fork without affecting the geometry. That will be music to the ears of some of our off-road riding colleagues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All of this is designed to make the Stigmata more capable off-road.<\/p>\n