Suspension like you've never seen before. Details here - http://www.vitalmtb.com/product/feature/First-Ride-Yeti-SB-66-The-Super-Bike,58
Suspension like you've never seen before. Details here - http://www.vitalmtb.com/product/feature/First-Ride-Yeti-SB-66-The-Super-Bike,58
Despite the similarity in looks eccentric and concentric are not the same thing..
Despite the similarity in looks eccentric and concentric are not the same thing..
Decathalon, the company in the photo above, makes another one with a similar pivot on the bottom and a swing link at the top like the Yeti. I am sure Yeti put in a lot more effort into tuning the ride.Despite the similarity in looks eccentric and concentric are not the same thing..
Yup.Decathalon, the company in the photo above, makes another one with the same pivot on the bottom and a swing link at the top like the Yeti. I am sure Yeti put in a lot more effort into tuning the ride but it is not "suspension like you have never seen before."
You have to admit, the yeti does look much nicer. I would also be willing to bet they put more time into designing/tuning/optimizing it..Yep, the funny thing is that in Spain Decathlon bikes are considered crap, but now Yeti uses the same design and everyone is loving it...
From Pinkbike:john p, any idea of the stack and reach on a medium?
My comment regarding the falling rate is strictly in regards to running a coil shock (the Pinkbike article mentions it being coil compatible). My personal experience with other bikes that have a falling rate at the end of travel has been the suspension is easier to bottom out.-Regarding the 'falling rate' at the end of the travel, fear not. On almost every system (other than a very high actual or virtual pivot), the wheel is moving forward at the end of the travel - opposite to the direction that the bump is impacting the wheel. You may notice that systems that ramp up sharply at the end of the travel tend not to achieve full travel because of this.
--JP
cheers Dogboy,Acadian, i avoid p'bike so would never of found it.From Pinkbike:
Stack - 578.1
Reach - 425.6
Ditto. SB-96 will be the actual superbike.Johp P will there be a 29er sometime down the road?
The devil's in the details. There isn't another bike in the world, including the Decathlon, where the lower link switches its rotational direction (except for maybe some other prototypes that we're working on).Yep, the funny thing is that in Spain Decathlon bikes are considered crap, but now Yeti uses the same design and everyone is loving it...
No comment!Johp P will there be a 29er sometime down the road?
Great idea.Ditto. SB-95 will be the actual superbike.
DZ wishes he could ride like that. The videos on the site feature Shaun O'Connor, our factory-level World Cup racer, videography/photography by John Reynolds and Craig Grant, and a super slo-mo camera that costs more than my house.Zeigmann... have you guys see the new SB66 vids on their site???? He shreds that thing!!!!!!
The riding in those videos is so RAD!DZ wishes he could ride like that. The videos on the site feature Shaun O'Connor, our factory-level World Cup racer, videography/photography by John Reynolds and Craig Grant, and a super slo-mo camera that costs more than my house.
Doh- it kind of looked like him. I didn't know if he was that pro..ya know, sliding the bike in the opposite direction of the corner then snapping it in to the turn..heheDZ wishes he could ride like that. The videos on the site feature Shaun O'Connor, our factory-level World Cup racer, videography/photography by John Reynolds and Craig Grant, and a super slo-mo camera that costs more than my house.
Is there a local demo available yet?we'll have a ton of demo bikes touring the country very soon, and you can ride it for yourself.
--JP
I am liking this more and more. If it was USA made it would be over the top in excitmentThe devil's in the details. There isn't another bike in the world, including the Decathlon, where the lower link switches its rotational direction (except for maybe some other prototypes that we're working on).
No comment!
Great idea.
It's still moving back25% sag? what is the suspension doing at... say 30%?
The devil's in the details. There isn't another bike in the world, including the Decathlon, where the lower link switches its rotational direction (except for maybe some other prototypes that we're working on).