Hold onto your hate: Santa Cruz has entered the world of eMTBs with their all-new Heckler, a 150mm-travel all-mountain machine that’s powered by Shimano’s 250-watt Steps E-8000 motor and rolling on 27.5″ wheels. Their first e-bike is modelled after like the non-motorized Bronson, which we loved when we tested it last year.

Santa Cruz will offer the Heckler in four different configurations, ranging from $7,399 to $12,599 USD, with all of them based on their top-tier CC carbon frames; there’s no less expensive C or alloy Hecklers in the pipeline… Yet. There’s also no frame-only option at this point.

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