What The Heck? Danny Macaskill rides the new Santa Cruz e-MTB

Danny Macaskill has got his hands on the new Santa Cruz Heckler and taken it for a pootle around Scotland on an abandoned island and on Skye. e-MTB’s are still a bit Marmite, so everyone’s favourite trials rider having so much fun on one might tip the balance of love vs hate…

Danny Macaskill is a machine in himself, so with a motor attached to his bike we can hope to see even more big days out from him, and maybe some new tricks?

Santa Cruz has gone to some lengths to explain why they’ve made an e-MTB, and why it’s called the Heckler. Here’s the tale:

The reasons for us to create an e-MTB demanded careful consideration. Heckler’s not about taking things easy, it’s about making things possible.

When someone like Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship founder Greg Williams told us that we should hurry up and make an e-bike we paid attention. When Greg Williams started the Yuba Expeditions and the SBTS he had a vision to breath life back into old Californian gold rush towns through mountain biking. Today e-bike technology is expanding that concept on a completely different scale.

Amanda Wishart

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Amanda is our resident pedaller, who loves the climbs as much as the descents. No genre of biking is turned down, though she is happiest when at the top of a mountain with a wild descent ahead of her. If you ever want a chat about concussion recovery, dealing with a Womb of Doom or how best to fuel an endurance XC race, she's the one to email.

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