The Santa Cruz 5010 C R MX Mountain Bike is for someone who likes turning obstacles into features. It has a nimble, poppy feel which makes the most humdrum rides feel loaded with features to hop, skip, and jump over. Yet, it makes new trails feel as familiar as the back of your hand. This bike has mixed wheel sizes ideal balance of toughness and weight reduction for sprightly launching logs or weaving through legions of stumps. Its 140 mm front fork travel paired with 130 mm in the rear combined with a lower-link VPP® configuration that leaves you feeling there's way more travel at your disposal.

The 5010 is certainly no handful. Its relatively slack head angle keeps it predictable and its relatively low BB height makes it turn like it's on tracks, while the short chainstays make it easy to pick up and toss around. The geometry has been frame size-matched to size-specific chainstay lengths and wicked low standover heights to make it feel (almost) like the BMX bike you had as a kid. Its balance and elegance will turn any rider from a cautious freshman into an unshakeable pilot during an intense air battle. The Santa Cruz 5010 C R MX Mountain Bike has a harefooted and athletic disposition makes it a go-to tool for progressive riders all over the world and the only contender on backyard trails.