The rest of the drivetrain is all SRAM with their XO1 Eagle shifter and derailleur spinning the gears. Out back a RockShox Super Deluxe Coil rear shock performed wonderfully and offered a great ride. Our size large weighed in at 51.7 pounds and features a Fox Factory 38 fork with 170mm of buttery travel. Santa Cruz Bullit pricing starts at $7,499 for the R CC build and features SRAM NX level components and then rockets into the stratosphere with the $11,499 X01 Coil CC build tested here. Santa Cruz’s eBikes are definitely on the higher end of the price spectrum and while we wouldn’t say they are the buy for the deal-savvy shopper, we’re happy to report that at least the performance of the Bullit is on point. Let’s let the purple elephant out of the closet right here, Santa Cruz charges a premium for their eMTBs and whether or not you or we agree, the fact is market demand, product supply and a number of other factors have made it so. ![]() We were lucky enough to keep that coil-sprung version for a couple of months, and then just before our 2021 eMTB Shootout, Santa Cruz sent us their Barney purple top of the line version to prep for our shootout down in St. Our team spent some time riding it here in the PNW, sat down with Santa Cruz engineers and marketing folks and got intimately acquainted with that beautifully bronzed 170mm mullet eBike. Back in November when we received our first Santa Cruz Bullit eMTB for a first ride and Dissected Series video, we fell in love.
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