This summer I shall be the proud owner of a (nearly) new Santa Cruz Blur 4X… in shiny red. It’s been in the hands of Guy from What Mountain Bike magazine for a short while whilst he reviews it, but now it’s gonna be mine… all mine!
I’ve specced it up with a pretty standard Santa Cruz X9 build kit – with the All Mountain upgrades (fatter wheels, tyres, bigger brakes and oversized stem + bar combo..) – I’ve opted for a set of coil sprung pikes (I have to say I prefer springs!) – and a couple of additions to the usual build including a nice e-thirteen DRS chain guide to keep the chain in the right place.
We had one of these last summer on demo (which Tim, a friend of mine bought off us at the end of the season) – I loved the bike. And so did everyone who rode it. It just begs to be ridden hard; thrown round corners with one foot out; pumped and jumped at every occasion and generally acting like a child. I think the ’4X’ name has meant that this bike hasn’t got the recognition it deserves – but now that they’re reduced in price and getting great reviews everywhere it can’t be long before everyone wants one. There’s not too many full sus bikes with uneven travel (there’s only 115mm at the back, with a 140mm fork up front) – it rides in a similar manner to my Prince Albert, but with even more hooligan tendencies 
It’ll be kinda like that – but red!
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