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Singletrack Magazine Issue 121 Bike Test: Yeti SB100
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so what do we have here this is a Yeti
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SB 100 it's a 29 inch wheel 120 ml front
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100 mil rear around fast trail bike
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trail not cross country rugged cross
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country bike yes cross country the cross
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country in the mud and wet and rocks
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yeah
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so it's hundred mil of rear travel uses
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yetis switch and penalty system which
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where the although it looks like a
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single pivot the the pivot point
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actually moves through the stroke of the
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suspension governed by a couple little
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sliders which on yetis other bikes are
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in a little window here but on this one
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on this bill 100 it's hidden behind a
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little flap on the back of the seat you
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if you're gonna clean all of that out
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yeah it's right pain to get to it to be
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honest you have to take the wheel off
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and undo footballs and so it's not a
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difficult job but it does require you to
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commit to cleaning your bike properly
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which if you've bought this bike and
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invested in it really you you will
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anyway it's talking which it's absolute
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well nearly top of the lines bag you
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could go more expensive if you yes but
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this is as as top-spec as anyone's going
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to need this side of a World Cup course
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it's Shimano XT brakes you've got SRAM
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Eagle got GX Eagle shifter and XO eagle
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to raelia and you've got the carbon
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cranks you've got fox top-end fox
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Kashima coated fox factory 34 and fox
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flow evil rear shock all super spec fox
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transfer post yeah we'd like like the
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Lee roads it seems to be very very
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reliable and yet he's on bran bars Rufus
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them well it's not some nice gear and
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then some roofing great big trail tires
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which is a bit of a visual shock really
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if you're looking this very spelled bike
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and then it's definitely got trail ready
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tires and wheels as well the wheels
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aren't carbon my name is Trey already I
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certainly wouldn't it now some very
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technical things and not alarmed myself
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too much yeah I think you gather sound
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the box and write it down anything
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that's this side of enduro a race course
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without thinking about it mmm-hmm if
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you're a if you're a finesse rider you
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could get away with a lot more but but
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who is these days
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anything else you liked about it well
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it's is it's like or is it not that it's
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it's kind of so plush so if you want to
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know what the trail is doing underneath
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you you might miss some of that feedback
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but then if you just want to ride
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without feeling like you're going to die
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then you might not if you spend 7 grand
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on on the bike potentially you want it
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you want your magic can't be right it is
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it does different differentiate it from
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cross-country race bikes where normally
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you get out and saddle and they don't
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move this one moves all the time yes I
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think so it's not quite as immediately
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feel as some or certainly not as the
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intense I think well that is quite
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definitely racy but then even if you're
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a racer you're gonna be training
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now getting the miles in for to 98% if
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you want like so yes for fun
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