I really enjoyed the Heckler and would have kept it if it was MX and had a bigger battery. The concern with carbon is that I beat on my bikes and the weight of an ebike causes it to hit objects harder when I eventually go down. A light analog bike is much easier to safely ditch. Plus I cant...
Any word on whether Santa Cruz will sell an aluminum version of the Bullitt? Hard to justify 1.5k+ more for a 50+ pound bike. I owned a carbon heckler and will only own alu e-bikes from now on. Analog bikes are a different story.