I'm lusting after an ASR-7 at the moment.
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They look lovely, and all the reviews I can get my hands on sound positive... the only criticisms being that they are maybe a little bit long, and not quite as chuckable as they could be - but this helps with climbing.
My other concern is the small fork that they are spec'd with. A 160mm fox float. Given that the back is 178mm travel, would it cope with a totem or similar? Some American reviewers have suggested that maybe this is only because fox don't have a 180mm fork, and yeti have a deal with them.
Anyone got anything to say about any of this?
Dave
I wouldn'd read much into the reviews, as most seem to contradict themselves. The 7 is the same length as a lapierre spicy, which owners have been raving about!
Not sure the Totems are the way to go, some fox 36's are probably best, it's a long travel enduro bike afterall, not a freeride bike.
i wouldnt worry about balancing travel front and rear, however if you want to change the geometry..... thats up to you
and i cant resist....
its not what youve got its what you do with it.
Full report here
http://yetifancom.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=975&page=1
Its designed for the 160mm forks.
Its meant to be a long travel xc bike rather than a freeride bike, the angles might be the giveaway on this,
I have had a quick blast on one. They are pretty fast and are smaller feeling than they initially look. You will need to be going some to get the best from it. A 575 may be more suitable for most UK riding.
I ride my blizzard for just about everything in the UK; I have a 575, which I am thinking of giving to my fiancee. I was feeling a bit limited by it in the alps this year (mostly the front end), and she was definitely limited by riding her sc juliana.
Giving her the 575 will be plenty of bike for her (she weighs a lot less than me, and isn't quite so gung ho YET). It also gives me the opportunity to buy a new shiny bike, which should never be passed up.
nomad 2, intense tracer (or uzzi??), alpine 160.. all in consideration - but nowhere near the phwoooar factor of the asr-7.
Dave
thread resurrection... any different people around today with opinions?
Dave
nomad 2, intense tracer (or uzzi??), alpine 160.. all in consideration - but nowhere near the phwoooar factor of the asr-7.
Nowhere near the snapping factor either 
you know you cant go wrong with buying a yeti.
By using a bearing pivot instead of a carbon flex pivot the initial compression force is not having to overcome the flex of the carbon pivots resulting in a more controlled compression curve resulting in more grip for this style of bike.
YETI FOR THE WIN!
So using a pivot like all the other suspension designs is better than no pivot? Who woulda thought!