Any input on how trail-worthy the 4X is? Would it be too cramped to do a 10-15 mile trail ride? I primarily want it for DJ's/screwing around but it'd be a huge bonus if I could use it as a semi-legit trailbike...
Yeti 4X for trail use?
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Is it a XC bike... no, but I've seen people ride 10-15 miles on all kinds of crap. I'll go out on a limb and say.... YES. I ride my Yeti DJ as a trail bike. Its not the best XC position for long rides, but I've easily done 10-15 miles. The DJ and 4x are supposed to have very similar numbers.
Hmmm that sounds like it may have been painfulstoney98 said:
Thanks for the info...steering away now...
The limb just broke...stoney98 said:
how are ou going to get ahold of this frame??? do they sell it now- isnt it TEAM ISSUE ???
How?stoney98 said:
My yeti 4x has the exact same geometry as a Yeti DJ save for slightly longer chainstays (.25") and higher bb (.75"). I love it as a trail bike, but you will want to run taller forks than you would for specific 4x stuff. I recently changed from Fox 36s to Shermans and the shermans sit an inch lower on the same travel setting (110mm). The only downside is that the bike feels a little sketchy in steep stuff, hence why i think the taller fork would be better for trailriding (a 130mm Talas would be ideal- wind it down for 4x and then run it at full travel for trail stuff.
They have been "team issue" bikes since the last production run, however yeti is going to be bringing another run back into production very shortly (as soon as the 303s are completed). They will be different to the "special projects" frames.
I said in my first post that I would go out on a limb to say that it would be okay, but with what you said I guess I went too far out on the limb.stoney98 said:
Not too sure yet, i'm only going on what Rowney told me. I assume it will not have the machined linkages (with the engraved logos) and i think the tubing is a different shape. It will still ride the same, but it will be different enough to keep the original one's exclusivity.SuperBad said:
You could do it, you can sort of ride xc with any 4X bike. You should probably get a real XC bike if you're going to make a habit of long rides. 4X bikes are really fun for smoother downhills though.
I do 20-30 mile days on my hard tail 4x/dirt jump bikes. Flats and uphills arn't the greatest (But are they ever fun), but its totally worth it when your ripping back down.