Santa Cruz Heckler

stayhigh65
stayhigh65 Posts: 611
edited July 2010 in Your mountain bikes
Morning All

I finished my building my Heckler on sunday :D

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Took it out for a nice long 3 hours 28 mile shakedown ride yesterday.

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Still a few little tweaks to be made but very happy with it 8)

Santa Cruz Heckler 08 Ano black 18"
Fox Float 140mm RL
Fox RP23

Mavic Crossrides
Maxxis Ignitor 2.1
Formula Oro K24 180/160

Chris King headset
Thomson Elite x4 100mm OS stem
Use Atom OS low rise bars
Superstar lock on grips
Thomson Elite x4 post
SDG Bel Air Ti saddle

Shimano XT M770 shifters
Shimano XT M770 triple crank
Shimano LX 580 front mech
Shimano XT M772 Shadow mech
Shimano XT cables
Sram PG 971 chain
Sram PC 970 cassette

Weighs roughly 12.5 kg
Wow great ship man. Looks like a fish, flies like a fish, steers like a cow.

HECKLER
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Comments

  • Beardface
    Beardface Posts: 5,495
    edited July 2010
    Lol, love the second pic, guessing it's not too heavy?! :wink:

    Great looking bike too, always been a fan of SC's :)
    Bird Aeris
  • weescott
    weescott Posts: 453
    Get a coil shock and it will ride much better ;)
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,284
    No it wont, RP23 is the perfect shock for the bike. Mine is faultless.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • stayhigh65
    stayhigh65 Posts: 611
    Well its only had two rides in anger but certainly cant complain about the RP23 so far. Has been very comfy since riding my Scandal for last few months.

    Never had a coil shock so cant compare.
    Wow great ship man. Looks like a fish, flies like a fish, steers like a cow.

    HECKLER
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  • weescott
    weescott Posts: 453
    Been there with air shocks on the Heckler (Had one in 04 and currently have an 08 ). Air shock work well for general XC riding but for when things get really gnarly or there are any drops/jumps air shocks on the Heckler just don't work that well. A coil shock really does transform the Heckler into a much better bike.

    But if an air shock works for your riding then great. Can't fault a Heckler in any guise. :D

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