Yeti Goodness
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It has one of those cool quick release thingies to just drop the seat whenever you want!DH Diva said:
It's a medium frame - I'm 5'9.
Ha! Well, I'm 5'4 on a good day so a medium wouldn't be too outrageous, I don't think. I test road a friends size small Yeti DH9 one time and it was so long my arms were completely stretched out and I was hunched over just to reach the bars so I think I've always thought yeti's were huge in general (or that I had freakishly short circus arms??). Well, I'll be stoked to check out your bike and have some more gals to hang out with at the races!!Heidi said:It has one of those cool quick release thingies to just drop the seat whenever you want!
Well what stem did she have on it...a 120? I have dipped below the 100's!!!!DH Diva said:
See you at the races! I'll be the one in lycra hahahahahaha
I Are Baboon said:
when I first looked at it that was the first hing I though of was JT's 575Nice ride . Congrats
Nice bike! Not sure why you need all that travel, but I guess you are getting old.
You crazy XC racers with your triple digit stems and lycra....Heidi said:Well what stem did she have on it...a 120? I have dipped below the 100's!!!!
I'll be the one with circus midget arms and baggy shorts!
Heidi , How many Bikes do you have now ?
I'm letting the darkside of me out!ghostrider said:
Well, let's see:splat said:
Giant Simple 7 cruiser bike
Titus Full Custom Racer road bike
Titus Racer X winter commuter
Dean Torreys Titanium cross bike
Dean Ace
Yeti 575
Only 6! CLEARLY I need another...one for each day of the week. I keep it pretty basic...one for everything.
You most definatly need another or 2 ! have you thought about a Tandem ? I bet you and the Hubby could really get a Tandem Moving !Heidi said:Well, let's see:
Only 6! CLEARLY I need another...one for each day of the week. I keep it pretty basic...one for everything.
No tadem, I don't want a divorcesplat said:
I don't think I could give up control of the bike to someone else, it just isn't in my personality.
Good one. I rode my Santa Cruz Blur winter beater to work yesterday. Maybe tomorrow I'll break out my Lemond pond jumper.Heidi said:
Heidi said:No tadem, I don't want a divorce
hello? just sit in the front!
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I rode on back of a tandem once. I just wasn't comfortable.
Nice bikey, i envision alot of fun to be had on that sucker.
I can't wait to get mine!!!!
Hmmm 575 has 5.75 inches of travel the ASX has 6.1 or 7.5 Yeti definitley needs something to fill that giant gap in their linesyadasti said:When is Yeti going to have an All Mtn frame between the 575 and the ASX
That being said I got my 575 over a year ago, you are all a bunch of poseurs!:mumble:
The 575 is a trail bike and the ASX is a FR bike. Plenty of brands have bikes inbetween the two these days.maxyedor said:Hmmm 575 has 5.75 inches of travel the ASX has 6.1 or 7.5 Yeti definitley needs something to fill that giant gap in their line
That being said I got my 575 over a year ago, you are all a bunch of poseurs!:mumble:
The difference between a trail bike and all-mountain(or light FR) bike is the tubeset, shock stroke(leverage), shock type (All Mtn usually have piggyback air and/or optional coil), other features (like Cannondale putting a thru-axle on the MX Prophet rear), and the intended usage.
Lots of clear examples:
Intense:
XC - Spider XVP
Trail - 5.5
All Mtn - 6.6 (coil optional)
FR - Uzzi VPX
SC:
XC - Blur XC
Trail - Blur LT
All Mtn - Nomad (coil optional)
FR - VP Free
Ironhorse
XC - Azure
Trail - MKIII
All Mtn - 6point (in 07)
FR - 7point
I am 6ft and ride a med 575 w/ 100mm stem. and I have a med dh9. and I had a med asx. I love my 575 sometimes I want a shorter stem, handles great. I ride it hard like I am on my dh bike and have had it almost a year. I almost got the team color but I would have had to wait a bit so I got orange.
orange beats teal every time. don't be sad.
syadasti said:
Can you define and provide a numerical rating systems for the different trail attributs for XC, trail, all mountain, freeride and veloshushing for us? Please include measurements such a speed, gradient, trail roughness, soil sheer strength, drop height, drop transition gradient , short bagginess and gnar in your ratings. It would help greatly when trying to label my next ride.
Thank you.
If there wasn't a need for these inbetween bikes, they wouldn't sell and product managers would not be adding them to their linesWesty said:
I know how everyone on RM hates them. They all say the Nomad sucks and who cares when the Type6/6point is coming out. Man that new Specialized Enduro, what POS
You can get a DHX air (read piggy back) on the 575 and the ASX as options. they are both super light compared to what Santa Cruz and Specialed are building. I do beleive you are a little confused and a whore for the bike marketing machine
Sorry you can't escape the laws of physics. Those are stronger bikes built for more severe usage, hence they are not trail bikes - they make lighter bike frames for that. The extra weight is from stronger tubesets, bigger shocks with more air/oil volume (that provide about equal or greater travel with lower leverage ratio that proves more control travel and works out better especially for heavier or abusive riders), thru-axle rear for stiffness (like prophet vs. MX/4cross), larger or quad bearing pivots (for great loads/longer life), geometry, etc...maxyedor said:You can get a DHX air (read piggy back) on the 575 and the ASX as options. they are both super light compared to what Santa Cruz and Specialed are building. I do beleive you are a little confused and a whore for the bike marketing machine
Now I'm raly lost as to what your point is all I know is my 575 works for everything up to about 8 foot drops, Then my Fly takes over. The Fly weighs about 33 pounds and the 575 is 25.8 both are mutch lighter than most "trail bikes" you mentioned.
Yes, do it (the Ashland race). The more mountain bikers here, the merrier!Heidi said: