exactly.
As for turning a bullit into a lightweight race bike, why? The bullit is a single pivot do it all bike, the only one in their lineup and their most popular bike.
Think about Santa Cruz models that have gone away, then come back.
Back in the day they had the heckler 4" trail bike, bullit 6" FR bike, Super 8 8" DH bike.
Heckler went away, replaced by 4" superlight, which was essentially a light OLD heckler.
Bullit got beefier, slacker, mo' travel up to 7".
Super 8 went away.
Heckler came back as beefy 6" bike, essentially a light OLD bullit
Bullit went away
I think they are going to bring back the Bullit as a lighter, improved Super 8.
super light 4" --- Blur
Heckler 6" --- Nomad
????? 8" --- VPFree