PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: THE SANTA CRUZ STIGMATA CC AXS
The Stigmata, Santa Cruz's sole drop bar offering since they discontinued the Roadster, has been widely praised for its neutral, capable handling and versatility, even in the days when it was marketed more as a pure cyclocross race bike. When the third generation Stigmata came out, tire clearance was bumped up a bit, the bottom bracket went down a bit, and everything else was tweaked to make this an even better all-road bike.
The bike you see here is the CC, which is how Santa Cruz refers to their best carbon layup, and features a SRAM AXS wireless electronic groupset and an amazing lavender paintjob. Santa Cruz absolutely killed it with this colour and build, and it looks really, really good. Be sure to check out more of that purple in the gallery below!
Bit of trivia: Santa Cruz is also a town in California.
SRAM XO1 mountain bike derailleur for getting rad.
Sram Force Crank, more carbon here.
Dropped stays and smooth lines.
All the Stigmatas are CC's, which is twice as good as the C.
