Fresh from Santa Cruz is their all-new, full carbon fiber Blur mountain bike. A full pound lighter in the frame, the bike continues to use their patented VPP (Virtual Pivot Point) technology to produce a stable pedaling platform without resorting to lockout mechanisms.  The new Blur also gets upgraded with features already proven on their longer-travel LT and Nomad models, all of which are shown after the break.
Why go carbon? Santa Cruz claims this bike is one of their stiffest, most flex-resistant frames ever. Oh, and the frame weighs about a full pound less than the outgoing model…4.2 lbs (down from 5.3)
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The Blur will be available in the black with orange shown at the beginning of the post along with a “Silver” (shown above) and “Black” (shown below).  Click on the images in this post to enlarge them.
There are two spec builds available, the XTR-XC ($6,281 USD), which is all XTR (including disc brakes), Easton bar and stem, Thomson Masterpiece seat post, Fizik seat, Crank Bros headset, DT Swiss wheels, SID Team Dual Air fork, Monarch 3.3 shock and Kenda tubes and tires. Full bike weight is 23.17 lbs.
The SPX-XC ($4,699 USD) uses parts from all the same manufacturers, just down-spec a little with full XT drivetrain, Fox F100 RLC fork, RockShox Monarch 3.3 shock, and Avid Juicy 7 disc brakes.  Full bike weight is 25.42 lbs.
Travel is down slightly from the old Aluminum model, from 115mm to 105mm rear travel, and the new bikes both come with 100mm travel forks.  Santa Cruz claims the bike is strong enough to accommodate a 120mm fork with no rider weight limit (The Chris King headset shown is not spec’d on the complete bike).
The downtube has two water bottle mounts, top and bottom.
