

Santa Cruz Stigmata 3 CC GRX (2021)
Santa Cruz offers with the Stigmata a high-end gravel-bike equipped with the shimano ultegra gravel-specific groupset called GRX, a pair of solid 700c DT-Swiss wheels to be fast on the road and even faster off-road. The road goes on forever and the party never ends!
Highlights
Frame
Carbon CC
Fork
Carbon
Tires
Maxxis Rambler 700x40c
Wheelset
DT Swiss
Shifter
Shimano GRX (2x11)
Brakes
Shimano GRX
Santa Cruz Stigmata 3 CC GRX
When the Stigmata was resurrected in 2015, Santa Cruz fused a number of MTB standards and design features to create our spin on the modern CX bike. Something must have clicked, because within months of launch it raced to victory at the legendary Three Peaks, and has continued to contend at elite cyclocross races around the world.
Nowadays, the internally routed disc brakes, generous tire clearance and thru-axles approach that made the Stigmata famous have become more of a norm, so Santa Cruz took a fresh look at which standards the riders of tomorrow wanted access to today.
Threaded bottom brackets remain a perennial favourite across our entire line thanks to their proven robust, cost-effective and compatible design. “If it ain’t broke…” ...and it never is. Fender mounts add a bit of CYA, and highlight the Stigmata’s ever-widening scope of purpose. Santa Cruz added to that with three bottle cage mounts so that the frame can still hold at least one normal bottle even when running a front triangle bag.
Deeper adventures, bigger tires perhaps? The frame now clears up to a 45mm 700c or a 2.1” 650b tire. Marry the latter to our Force/X01 AXS mashup kit and you’ve got yourself the kind of drop-bar singletrack rallycat we can all get onboard with.
And when it comes to good old-fashioned off-road etiquette, the Stigmata’s had some coaching at the Highball school of stiffness, handling, and offroad feel. The carbon layup borrows knowledge gained from not just the Highball, but also Danny MacAskill’s trials bike, to produce a ride so law-abiding you’d think HR had sent it on a compliance training course.
Geometry plays a big part here too, so Santa Cruz has made tweaks to improve handling for smaller riders and reduce toe overlap. The reworking of the 52/54cm frames means the Stigmata now comfortably suits riders from 160 cm and up. Meanwhile different fork offsets—50mm for the 52-54cm sizes, and 45mm for the 56-61cm sizes—help ensure your little piggies don’t go to market on the front wheel.
Topped off with tidy details like 12mm front axle and flat mount brakes , the Stigmata is designed to let you decide whatever the heck you want this category to be.
Additional Information
Bike category | Gravel Bike |
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Brand | Santa Cruz |
Colour | Midnight Green and Black |
Weight | 8,7 kg |
Wheel Size | 28'' |
Frame | CC Carbon |
Frame type | Diamond |
Fork | Carbon |
Rims | DT XR 361 Asym 29" 28h |
Front hub | DT 350 12x100 Centerlock 28h |
Rear hub | DT 350 12x142 11spd Centerlock 28h |
Tires | Maxxis Rambler 700x40c |
Front derailleur | Shimano GRX 810 |
Rear derailleur | Shimano GRX 11spd |
Crank | Shimano GRX 11spd 48/31 |
Cassette | Shimano Ultegra 6800, 11-34t |
Chain | Shimano SLX M7000 11spd |
Brake | Shimano GRX 810 |
Handlebar | Easton EA70 AX |
Stem | Easton EA90 |
Headset | Cane Creek 40 IS Integrated Headset |
Saddle | WTB Silverado Team Saddle |
Seatpost | Easton EC70, Zero Offset |
Annotation | The illustration may vary. The manufacturer reserves the right to replace certain components with components of equivalent quality. |
Manufacturer Information | Pon Bike Performance GmbH |
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