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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Pivots should be arriving at the store in early January!
Here is a taste of what’s to come . . .
The first priority when arriving at this year’s Dirt Demo Days in Las Vegas was to ride a Pivot. For those who have not heard, Pivot was founded by former Titus man Chris Cocalis. As of [...]

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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 [...]

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Heavy Duty Earth Moving Machinery
Review by Gilligan
Kromo
The Kromo is specifically designed for dirt jumping:

burly 4130 chromoly steel frame
SR Duro DJ-D 100mm fork
stout, 3-piece WheelPro cromoly cranks
tiny, heavily padded SDG I-Beam saddle
31.8mm Syncros Bulk bar (Wiiiiiiide) and stem

The Kromo is a fun little bike on the trail, with very quick handling due to the super short [...]

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