By Luke Marshall

Published: Tuesday, 01 February 2022 at 12:00 am


Santa Cruz’s Heckler electric mountain bike has been redesigned to turn it into a do-it-all machine, with mixed wheel size options, a 720Wh battery and slacker geometry.

It follows in the footsteps of the 2022 Santa Cruz Bronson we tested last year, with which the Heckler shares its DNA.

This means it’s built around a mullet bike design – referred to by Santa Cruz as ‘MX’ – where the front wheel is 29in, and the rear 27.5in, to maintain the Heckler’s cornering agility.

However, unlike the Bronson, the Heckler is also available in a full 29er guise for maximum roll-over ability and traction.