Steve Peat's 2012 Santa Cruz V-10 Carbon – First look

Cutting-edge rig decked out with equipment from new sponsors

Steve Peat's 2012 Santa Cruz V-10 Carbon

James Costley-White/BikeRadar

James Costley-White

Published: February 23, 2012 at 4:15 pm

Taking pride of place at this week's iceBike* show was downhill legend Steve Peat's 2012 race rig – a Santa Cruz V-10 Carbon newly decked out with Shimano and Fox Racing Shox bits.

We've already covered the now full-carbon V-10 in a fair bit of detail here and here, and Santa Cruz released some images of the new team bikes when they announced the move from SRAM to Shimano last month. But it's such a nice looking bike we thought you wouldn't mind a second look! Check out our image gallery for more shots.

James Costley-White

Group editor, Mountain Biking UK and Cycling Plus

James is the group editor of the best-selling magazines Mountain Biking UK and Cycling Plus, and their associated digital editions and websites. He has worked on MBUK since 2013, became editor in 2019 and took over at Cycling Plus in 2024. An NCTJ-qualified senior journalist with a postgraduate diploma from Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture, JCW joined the cycling media world in 2012. Previously, he’d worked as a reporter and sub-editor on daily newspapers. After a stint as operations editor on BikeRadar, he worked for Triathlon Plus and the ahead-of-its-time ChopMTB. JCW has been an avid cyclist his whole life, progressing from a Chopper-style Raleigh Commando to a Raleigh Sprint road bike before discovering mountain biking in 1992. Since then, he’s amassed a huge amount of knowledge and riding experience, in the UK and abroad. He can often be found riding the trails of South Wales on his latest long-term test bike or custom-built RAAW Jibb, hitting North Somerset cycle paths with his kids, scything down the Cheddar Gorge on his road bike or heading to work on his mutant e-commuter. As well as editing MBUK and Cycling Plus, JCW contributes regular product reviews and other articles.

Height: 6ft 2in (188cm)
Bike size: XL

Steve Peat's 2012 Santa Cruz V-10 Carbon – First look

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