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Santa Cruz Heckler: Super Fun All Mountain Machine

2 years, 0 months ago.

Gilligan built this black Santa Cruz beauty on a long Friday lunch. It’s a 2008 Heckler with X9 All-Mountain gruppo and Rock Shox Pike. This thing should be a serious all around trail machine that can handle steep climbs, jumps and drops.. and haul ass on descents and single track.

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Update from Gilligan… indeed it is an awesome ride. Total comfort, total speed. It stays glued to the trail… except, of course, when it’s in the air… and that was pretty often today. It was the most fun I’ve had on a bike in ages. It was almost like cheating after years on a Litespeed hardtail. I am an old codger now, so I need the plushness of 5.5″ of air suspension.

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Jamis Parker Review

2 years, 3 months ago.

Jamis have really stepped it up in the freeride and dirt jump department for 2008. My son and I had the chance to extensively test the Kromo and Parker II at the demo day last week. I must say, I was impressed by both bikes… here’s my reviews.Both of these rigs were designed with input from slopestyle madman Jordie Lunn, and I’m pretty sure he’d feel comfortable doing his wacked out 360 flips and monster gap jumps on these machines.

Both bikes are in the 34-35 pound range, which is not so bad for a dual suspension freerider, but might seem a little hefty for a single-speed dirtjumper.

Versatility by Design

Review by Gilligan

Parker

The Parker II is set up as an all-mountain rig that leans heavily toward the freeride side. Other builds in the Parker line include a slopestyle jumper, 4X gate-racer setup (Parker III) and a 3-ring all-mountain ride (Parker I).