Santa Cruz has revamped its Blur cross-country bike, increasing the travel to 120mm front and rear, updating the geometry and slimming down the tubing in order to reduce weight.There are both XC 'Race' and trail-style 'Standard' build options available, both using the same CC (Santa Cruzs top-spec carbon) frame. The suspension kinematics have been updated, too, with more mid-stroke support and significantly increased reach numbers.Santa Cruz emphasises that this isnt just a race bike, though, saying the Blur takes XC racing and adds Oh hell, yeah. We're not entirely sure what that means.Updated geometry and kinematics The new Blur Mk5 has more travel, a slacker head angle and a longer reach. Santa Cruz Santa Cruz has evolved the geometry dramatically for the latest version of the Blur, with the reach increasing significantly and the head angle much slacker.The new Blur is around 15mm longer in each size, with the old bike spanning 412-483mm from Small to XL and the new bike ranging from 425-500mm in 25mm increments.The head angle is now a more relaxed 66 degrees compared to the 67.1 degrees of the outgoing model. The bottom-bracket height has been dropped 6mm to 334mm.The rear-centre measurement remains similar to the previous Blur and keeps the proportional chainstay length, with the Small measuring 433mm and growing across the sizes to 439mm on the XL.Suspension kinematics have been tweaked, too, with the latest Blur receiving an update to the shock-actuation ratio through the travel, which Santa Cruz says will increase the support in the mid-stroke.More travel and more progressive The single-pivot flex-stay design from the Blur Mk4 remains, but travel has increased to 120mm. Santa Cruz Travel is now 120mm front and rear on all Blur Mk5 models, whereas the outgoing Mk4 Blur offered 115mm on the 'Trail' builds and only 107mm of rear suspension on the XC race-oriented builds.The new Blur therefore sits squarely in the downcountry bikes camp with an emphasis on light weight, but also promising customers strength and longevity.Santa Cruz hopes the new Tallboy, which has redesigned rear suspension and travel boosted to 130mm will fill the trail bike niche, with the Blur covering downcountry duties spanning the gap between XC race bike and those who want a lightweight, short-travel bike for trail riding.Santa Cruz says the new frame has slimmer tube profiles to reduce the weight of the frame. Its versatile, too, with space for two bike bottle cages and internal frame storage.The newest Blur frame is claimed to weigh 1.98kg, which is heavier than the claimed 1.85kg of Canyons new 125mm-travel Lux Trail.Santa Cruz has chosen to drop the budget 'C' carbon Blur frame from the range with the new version, and the only option is now the more expensive 'CC' carbon frame. Santa Cruz Blur spec and pricing Both 'Standard' and 'Race' build kits are available, with all sharing the same CC carbon frame. Santa Cruz There are seven specs on offer when buying a new Blur, with two distinct build styles on the table from Santa Cruz: one is more trail-focused with a 50mm stem, riser bar and Maxxis Aspen AT tyres.The more race-focused builds have a longer 60mm stem, flat bar, remote-actuated shock lockout and Maxxis Recon Race tyres.All the options have a dropper post and a chain guide.The Blur CC 90 will be the only build option available in the UK, along with the frame-only.All builds are available in Gloss Tart Cherry or Matte Charcoal.Blur CC Deore Frame: Blur CC Fork: RockShox SID Base Shock: Fox Float Rhythm Cockpit: 50mm Santa Cruz stem, Race Face Ride riser Drivetrain: Deore 12-spd Brakes: SRAM DB8 Wheels: Race Face AR Offset rims on Shimano hubs Tyres: Maxxis Aspen AT MaxxSpeed Extras: SDG dropper Weight: 13.21kg Price: N/A / $4,899 / 4,999Blur CC 90 Frame: Blur CC Fork: Fox 34 SL Performance Shock: Fox Float Performance Cockpit: 50mm Santa Cruz stem, Race Face Ride riser Drivetrain: SRAM 90 Eagle T-Type Transmission Brakes: SRAM DB8 Wheels: Race Face AR Offset rims on DT Swiss 370 hubs Tyres: Maxxis Aspen AT MaxxSpeed Extras: OneUp dropper Weight: 12.50kg Price: 5,299 / $5,799 / 5,999Blur CC GX AXS Frame: Blur CC Fork: Fox 34 SL Performance Elite Shock: Fox Float Performance Elite Cockpit: 50mm Santa Cruz stem, Carbon OneUP riser Drivetrain: SRAM GX AXS Eagle T-Type Transmission Brakes: SRAM Motive Bronze Wheels: Race Face AR Offset rims on DT Swiss 370 hubs Tyres: Maxxis Aspen AT MaxxSpeed Extras: OneUp dropper Weight: 11.96kg Price: N/A / $6,999 / 6,999Blur CC X0 AXS RSV Frame: Blur CC Fork: Fox 34 SL Float Factory Shock: Fox Float Float Factory Cockpit: 50mm Race Face Turbine SL stem, Carbon OneUP riser Drivetrain: SRAM X0 Eagle T-Type Transmission Brakes: SRAM Motive Silver Wheels: DT Swiss 350 hubs and Reserve 28IXC carbon rim Tyres: Maxxis Aspen AT MaxxSpeed Extras: OneUp dropper Weight: 11.68kg Price: N/A / $9,199 / 9,499Blur CC XTR RSV Frame: Blur CC Fork: Fox 34 SL Float Factory Shock: Fox Float Float Factory Cockpit: 50mm Race Face Turbine SL stem, Carbon OneUP riser Drivetrain: Shimano XTR Di2 Brakes: SRAM Motive Ultimate Wheels: DT Swiss 180 hubs and Reserve 28IXC carbon rim Tyres: Maxxis Aspen AT MaxxSpeed Extras: OneUp dropper, Chris King headset Weight: 11.43kg Price: N/A / $10,299 / 10,999Blur CC GX AXS Race RSV Frame: Blur CC Fork: RockShox SID Select+ Shock: RockShox SIDluxe Select+ Cockpit: 60mm SRAM Atmos 7k stem, Santa Cruz Carbon flat bar Drivetrain: SRAM GX Eagle AXS T-Type Brakes: SRAM Motive Bronze Wheels: DT Swiss 350 hubs and Reserve 28IXC carbon rim Tyres: Maxxis Rekon Race MaxxSpeed Extras: OneUp dropper, SRAM Twistloc remote Weight: 12.06kg Price: N/A | $7,999 | 7,999Blur CC XX AXS FA Race RSV Frame: Blur CC Fork: RockShox SID Ultimate Flight Attendant Shock: RockShox SID Ultimate Flight Attendant Cockpit: 60mm Cane Creek GXC stem, Santa Cruz Carbon flat bar Drivetrain: SRAM XX SL Eagle T-Type Brakes: SRAM Motive Ultimate Wheels: DT Swiss 180 hubs and Reserve 28IXC SL carbon rim Tyres: Maxxis Rekon Race MaxxSpeed Extras: Reverb AXS dropper, SRAM XX SL Eagle Power Meter crank Weight: 11.44kg Price: N/A / $13,399 / 12,499Blur CC frame only Price: 3,299 / $3,799/ 3,899