Yeti Xc Mountain Bike

The model yeti s been missing.

Yeti xc mountain bike. That bike had 114 millimeters of rear travel paired with a 140 millimeter fork and lived in yeti s line between 2016 to 2018. Yep even the shortest travel model the yeti sb 100 is very much a bike for cross country trails as opposed to xc race courses. 8 000 as tested yeti sb100 photo. If you re unsure as to what all these modern genres and classifications actually mean head over to our feature what to look for in a mountain bike for quick refresher.

Yeti sb100 from 6 000. To yeti loyalists this configuration might sound reminiscent of the sb4 5c which was the first 29er yeti developed with its switch infinity suspension platform five years ago. Cross country cross country or xc mountain bikes are designed to perform over long distances. This bike is less pure xc race bike and more really fast trail bike.

For racers who want to fly down as much as soar up the sb100 is the bike we ve always wanted to make. Once the gradient turns the other way though the sb100 descends with the prowess of bikes much. As one of our testers in this year s bible of bike tests put it the sb100 is an xc bike without the suppressed rage yeti s switch infinity linkage climbs like you d expect a hard core 100 millimeter travel xc bike should damn quick. We are ride driven.

I hate to say i told ya so but i did yeti just announced a new xc mountain bike the sb100 built around the company s switch infinity suspension platform the new bike offers 100mm of rear travel and yeti says they shrunk the switch infinity mechanism and turned it 90 degrees to make the whole thing work. Yeti sb130 turq t1 bike 2020 6 799 00. Crushing souls on the descent is more than half the fun. And a hell of a lot more than half the point.

Searching for your new mountain bike will start with clearly defining what your list of must haves looks like. While the sb100 looks similar to the specialized on paper 100 millimeters of travel in the rear 120 millimeter fox.