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After having seen the new transition on the front page it reminded me of the amount of 4x full sussers and slopestyle bikes and the more usual hardatils that have come out over the last few years but who has use for them? I can understand things like the blur 4x or blood but these teeny 80mm bikes must be a bit niche considering the abilities of many trail bikes nowadays. When I was one of a bmx/trials/dh teenager menagerie terrorising pensioners around town and hitting the jumps I could see the use but these bikes are thousands of pounds, we've al seen the kids with £4k DH bikes at glentress but surely they're not indicative?
I'd be interested to know of anyone that finds it appreciably better at the job considerin the monetary outlay.
You need to ride one. It will make sense after that.
I got a Yeti 4x Special Projects after i had a 'just to see' ride on one from Stu at Evolution.
Day after, ordered one.
Blissfully unpractical and hopeless climbing for any real length of time but take it up to the top of GT boundary trail and GO!
a trail bike just has entirely wrong angles, standover clearance and so on for slopestyle, even in the teeny sizes. Get out to whistler, or your local jump park and you'll see hundreds
in other news, people still ride bmxs.
From what I've seen most privateer 4x racers opt for a good hardtail, often a nice short ST, long TT, with 80-100mm forks, think - Dialled holeshot, Charge Blender, Identiti Dr Jeckle, GT moto (The older ones, dunno if they still do one), Ti frames are sought after too but obviously not cheap...
There's a 4x build to fit most budgets I'm sure, basic rules are low, long, light as possible, sensible wheels and tyres, single front ring using a road cassette...
Other than the Yeti 4X I don't think many bouncy 4x bikes get used for actual 4x racing do they?
Can a full sus bike really be a good 4X bike tho? I don't think so.
I ride a 4X hardtail with a 95mm fork for 90% of my riding (other 10% split between roadbike, DH bikes and BMX) it'd prob cost about £1.5-2grands worth and is more versatile than any other bike I've ever ridden so worth every penny IMO
cookeaa - who uses the Yeti for 4X?
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I'd love one, reckon it would be great at places like Swinley, not gnarr' enough to need a 'propper' bike as you seem to view 6" full sussers, but just occasionlay the roots show through enough that you think a little travel would make things quicker.
Used to have a yeti ASR-sl, set the shock up soft and it absolutely flew down singletrack!
A 5" fork and a short travel frame would be awesome for my riding I reckon.
I've got a Yeti Special Projects 4x with Nixons on, makes a great bike, will be sad to see it go, but I need the cash, I'll buy another one when the bank balance looks healthier!