That might be my fault. Once upon a lifetime ago I was the marketing guy at Santa Cruz. We decided to make a cyclocross bike; aluminum, made in the US by Sapa when they were still making bikes before deciding that the margins were just not worth the hassle. A big part of the reasoning behind the original Stigmata was that we were based in Santa Cruz, a ton of us raced 'cross, and 'cross was a big part of the local scene.
The name came about because cyclocross truncates verbally to 'cross, and the discipline itself contains a very evident element of masochism, to say nothing of how so many of us used to get these little scars on our backs and arms from shouldering bikes with Mafac cantilevers all winter. Seemed like a good fit.
We didn't sell very many. No surprise there. Cyclocross is about as fractional a market as dedicated DH.
Aug. 3, 2023, 12:08 p.m. - Mike Ferrentino
That might be my fault. Once upon a lifetime ago I was the marketing guy at Santa Cruz. We decided to make a cyclocross bike; aluminum, made in the US by Sapa when they were still making bikes before deciding that the margins were just not worth the hassle. A big part of the reasoning behind the original Stigmata was that we were based in Santa Cruz, a ton of us raced 'cross, and 'cross was a big part of the local scene. The name came about because cyclocross truncates verbally to 'cross, and the discipline itself contains a very evident element of masochism, to say nothing of how so many of us used to get these little scars on our backs and arms from shouldering bikes with Mafac cantilevers all winter. Seemed like a good fit. We didn't sell very many. No surprise there. Cyclocross is about as fractional a market as dedicated DH.