YETI 303...Test RIDE
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Well, there's no "factory released" photos but there's a ton of I.B. photos that show the rails and such.krustydude said:
amazing....no sarcasm in your post. you sick or something?zedro said:
bizutch said:
Sarcastic question or real one?
i leave brazil on march! I am gonna live in Orlando
yes, i would like ride DH in US, but too difficult in florida!!
Another one for yeti 303....
Yeti Frame with rain protection $ 3200
Yeti 303 Frame without rain protection $ 2900
I had a DH-9 and it is a fast bike!! I like very much Yeti products, but this 303 is too much for me!
You know i always find it amazing that people bag on stuff saying it's not going to work, when they have never been on one. It's even more amazing when they bag it and they've never even seen one in person or even some detailed pics.
E-speculation fuels the Ridemonkey ramjet. But I hear ya.Zutroy said:
christ, another ninny. No ones been bagging on it, but people are concerned about the long term durability of the system.Zutroy said:
You see, some people are smart, and when they hear that the suspension runs on rails, their smartness kicks in and says "gosh, i hope that they have a 100% effective seal system on what so far have been shown in pics to be odd shapped non-circular rails". Now maybe not-so-smart people will never ask questions except maybe if it comes in Rootbeer and not have a single clue about the depth of the technical feat at hand. But the smarter people will be duly skeptical over the long-term issues.
Now just because YOU havent seen pics or drawings, why would you bag on people who are somewhat current and do have some information, hmmmm?
I'm being serious. It's a pretty quick drive from O-town to here! We need to swap info and you can call me when you hit town. bizutch@hotmail.com Ben will probably have his 303 by then and you might can touch it..."oooooohhhhh"danielbender said:
zedro said:
There is nothing wrong with wondering about the durabilty of the system, but several people not including yourself have just said it won't work, which is baseless, considering most people have current info about what it will be speced with and how it will be sealed.
find me quote to back that up. I call BS, no one outright said that.Zutroy said:
Gross exageration: If you saw a bicycle with square wheels, could you tell something about the ride without throwing a leg over it?Zutroy said:
Nobody is saying it's not going to work, they're just wondering how it'll hold up in certain environments. Until someone with real world experience stands up and says, "mud will be handled as such;...", all we can do is e-speculate as to what the solution may be.
bizutch said:I'm being serious. It's a pretty quick drive from O-town to here! We need to swap info and you can call me when you hit town. bizutch@hotmail.com Ben will probably have his 303 by then and you might can touch it..."oooooohhhhh"
great
i add you in MSN, we can talk there
much better
but still in 303 history...
Zutroy....
zedro is right
we can talk...blablabla...
but WONDERING is the right word for 303.
durability too
i will love make a test drive in the new yeti!!
and theres no doubt that the first buyers will be guinea pigs. Prototyping and testing is fine, but it can't account for time, shear number of bikes out there being used and variances in production. This goes for any bike really, but with unproven technology to boot....Incubus said:
danielbender said:
Actually I guess you were the one i was talking about. Quote from a couple pages back was
"my humble opinion!!
neopreme covers, bla bla bla!!
in 2006 yeti will come back with dh-9
this new 303 will not ride on MUD!!!"
If i was going to join the guessing game, my guess will be there will be more maintence on it tham most people like to do. It'll probably need to me maintained more like a fork or shock than a frame. But Zedro is right, anytime your one of the first people to get something your going to guinea pig it.
Zedro is my hero 
Lego Zedro is my hero.
Rubber belows style boots are the current mud deflection design, and they already tried round rails but found them (unsirprisingly) less stable.
From MBA article...
http://www.mbaction.com/detail.asp?id=1153
From MBA article...
http://www.mbaction.com/detail.asp?id=1153
Makes you want to move to Seattle right!? HA!stiksandstones said:
Not today....looks like someone redirected the rain back north... too bad its so warm.....Freak said:
Err hang on, the bearings in most suspension frames last forever? especially when ridden in mud? Yeti know what there doing. As long as its turquoise it will be a good un
Duncan,
Good to hear from you. I myself have always looked up to you as a racer. I'm a semi out of Boulder CO that has raced for 2.5 seasons now. I've only heard about you, never spoken directly with you, but it seems you're one of the only remaining DH racers who takes his training very seriously.
From what I hear you spend time on the road, in the gym and on the oh so important DH rig.
Well, I'm not just ditching class to sit on a computer...time to go get burl in the gym.
Peace
....and Stik, just for the record watch for David Camp....yeah yeah, it sounds like I'm just tooting my own Colorado horn here but the DC has more talent than he'll admit and now that he's on a bike he's confident with in 05 look for him to move into and up the pro ranks extremly quickly....he's as focused as they come....
Good to hear from you. I myself have always looked up to you as a racer. I'm a semi out of Boulder CO that has raced for 2.5 seasons now. I've only heard about you, never spoken directly with you, but it seems you're one of the only remaining DH racers who takes his training very seriously.
From what I hear you spend time on the road, in the gym and on the oh so important DH rig.
Well, I'm not just ditching class to sit on a computer...time to go get burl in the gym.
Peace
....and Stik, just for the record watch for David Camp....yeah yeah, it sounds like I'm just tooting my own Colorado horn here but the DC has more talent than he'll admit and now that he's on a bike he's confident with in 05 look for him to move into and up the pro ranks extremly quickly....he's as focused as they come....
Yo jeff, stop sucking dc's dick. and dc if you are reading this I wouldn't make him stop.
mmm...dick
dude, when a guy is so pinner he has to have two seperate surgery in the off season give credit to where credit is due.
Wentz is another one...but everybody already knows he's a hard working pinner.
Wentz is another one...but everybody already knows he's a hard working pinner.
ahh, shiznit you crack me up. Anyways, you should come down and check out kendells shop it's pretty tight. Oh yeah, also we are having a party at my new house friday night.
TIGHT...why dont any of you come up here ever? It's so tight...uuber hotties everywhere...lots of booze...lots of fun...
bizutch said:just remember what Kirkcaldie told me the day my dumbass asked him if he was happy to be on an M-1 and off an RM9.
"I don't care what they give me, I just ride the FUKKE out of it!"
And he did just that! THE fastest rm9 i ever saw!
that bike was duke! i hade one for a few.
the 303 is a better bike than the rm9
Its not a big pic, but I think its the only one out there of the complete bike
duncan is a fer sure pinner, no matter how mad i was at him 2 years ago when he took me out in mtn x, but yea dont worry about the 303 guys. look at the dh9's track record. only like 3-4 of them have broken, two where by rennie (rear ends not front end) and then another was some crazy foreign hucker guy. The new frame looks sick and i bet will hold up. Blad to see they finally got the geometry right, we had been telling them for years to fix it but nooooo
As long as there's some sort of cover available for the rails I see no issue... just keep them greased and covered and they'll run smooth. If there's no cover available I'd definitely make one, neoprene seems like a good idea... or maybe just a plastic or rubber cover (like a shock boot or some soft rubber tube). Just some ideas on my part.
or perhaps it was the patents running out?stoney98 said:
good luck Ducan. Update your site and fix your links. you have a 303 take some pics. looking forward to next season, see you at sea otter.
stoney98 said:
Where are the pics of this thing?
Thoose bikes steered like a locomotive.stoney98 said:
That's how Rennie likes it though, remember, he was the guy that was racing then the bike when developing it.
DW had to talk him out of making his SGS a 62 degree bike like he wanted. He LOVES bikes long and low, so if you are big like him, maybe the old DH-9 was perfect for you.
I just think you had to get used to it and probably ride one size too small.
If I end up riding a SGS DH from last year for this season I'm going to Rennie(ize) it by doing a shock mount mod. I love my bikes low and stable.
DW had to talk him out of making his SGS a 62 degree bike like he wanted. He LOVES bikes long and low, so if you are big like him, maybe the old DH-9 was perfect for you.
I just think you had to get used to it and probably ride one size too small.
If I end up riding a SGS DH from last year for this season I'm going to Rennie(ize) it by doing a shock mount mod. I love my bikes low and stable.
I am not sure that the DH9 was such a bad race platform. what do you say about Jared Graves? He is not a huge guy by any means.
If you have sean synopsis you know that he can sure turn that bike.
If you have sean synopsis you know that he can sure turn that bike.
that's why they all ran the slider plus right? to steepen the head angle and sort of "shorten" it.stoney98 said: