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The latest from Santa Cruz ... from the news from the Syndicate team at the Sea Otter, the recent Heckler and Bullit bikes, plus rumours of a new downhill bike and much more!!! Check it out

New Bikes!
Info has been trickling out about the new Heckler and Bullit bikes since the end of last year. Now, with the bikes scheduled to start shipping this month, the SCB website and bike builder have been updated with all the new sizing, spec, color option and pricing info for them. There are still a couple small holes to fill, but they�ll be taken care of soon. All the important stuff � pricing, sizing, kit and color options � is good to go.

We Just Work Here
Brian Vernor is a filmmaker. He made a moody and artistic film about cyclocross a couple years ago titled �Pure Sweet Hell� that is a must for anyone into the whole skinny-tire masochism of �cross. Brian also works as a builder here at SCB, along with some other over-talented freaks, artistes and bike riding martyrs. He�s now in the final phases of making a moody and artistic film titled �We Just Work Here,� about, not surprisingly, those aforementioned freaks, artistes and martyrs. We have no idea whether this will be good or bad publicity for SCB, but at least it won�t show anyone pretending to be someone they�re not. Fingers crossed, it�ll be done by Sea Otter.

Speaking Of The Sea Otter...
The entire Santa Cruz Syndicate team will be on deck at The Sea Otter Classic, April 12-15, at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California. That is, if the Australian can get his passport sorted, and the Englishman doesn�t get punched by a drunk Spaniard on a ferryboat somewhere, and the guy in Oregon doesn�t have to siphon any biodiesel, and the endurance racer isn�t off getting new tattoos. IF none of that goes wrong, they�ll all be here, riding, racing, signing autographs, showing off their new paint jobs. Swing by the Santa Cruz Syndicate encampment and say hi. Nathan Rennie, Steve Peat, Jamie Goldman, Johnny Waddell. (Kirt Voreis and Mark Hendershot will be there too).

About that Downhill Bike
Speaking of the Syndicate, there have been rumors floating around about a new Downhill bike.Well, they are all false. Nothing to see here. Move along.Okay, we fibbed. There IS a new downhill bike in the works, but don�t go expecting to order one anytime soon. Really. Like, seriously, not a snowball�s chance in hell of even trying to order one before the end of this year.This is a prototype race bike, and it�s going to be raced this season by Syndicate riders Steve Peat and Nathan Rennie, as well as the MBUK squad consisting of Marc Beaumont and Will Longden. As for the bike, it�s an evolution of the current V-10 platform, with a major emphasis placed on shaving weight. Between a new carbon fiber upper link, some super-svelte new dropouts and completely revised frame tubing (everything has been gone over, and the only parts shared with the existing V-10 are the seat and chainstay yokes), the new chassis sheds more than a pound over the old one. It also features some revised linkage rates and sits higher in its sag point for a livelier feel. So, now you know. But remember, this bike is a LONG way from being ready for production.

And Now a Sally Field Moment
Hmmm, that was probably a little too obscure. Anyway, the first magazine reviews of the revamped Heckler are starting to come in, hot on the heels of a raft of reviews about the new Superlight. And people are digging �em! We�re posting as many of them as we can get our hands on up on the website. You can find them by clicking on specific model pages, then clicking �reviews� at the top of that page.
Or if you are one of the lucky ones reading this, just click here for the Superlight review(s). And click here for the Heckler review(s).

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