Post your 29er!
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Coaster
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Very nice bike. What tyres are you going to put on? I have the same bike (love it) and tyres will be my first change outside pedals.
Cheers,
Coaster
mtb101
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Looks very nice, last Yeti I owned was a 575 and if they had a 29er available back then I would have built one up. Reckon you have the build just right for a very fast HT XC bike.
Did you spend much time on a bike fit, i.e. stem/bars - looks like a pretty aggressive set up. What riding will you mainly do? cheers.
Very nice ! What's it weigh?
jathanas
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Absolutely beautiful bike but on the heavy side.
Most reports have the frame weighing around 4 pounds i.e. between 1.7 & 1.8kg
The ride reports speak of it in glowing terms:
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/categ...duct/review-yeti-big-top-29er-frame-11-42655/
EDIT: "our frame weighed a sensibly middleweight 1986g..."
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bunchie34
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Right.....I'll answer in order of questions posed!
@mtb101; Not much time spent on fit actually. In fact, none. But let me caveat that by saying I demo'ed one which fit me perfectly - no, really! - which was owned by the shop mechanic who did my build. So I simply asked him to set it up basically the same and made some minor tweaks myself. I'll go back for a follow up fit after a few more rides to dial it in for sure.
It is an aggressive setup, which is what I wanted. I mainly ride XC, from dirt crits up to 6 hour jobbies, so wanted something punchy and fast as opposed to a cruisier dually rig. I disposed of a Cannondale Rush to buy the Yeti.
@casnell & jathanas; the bathroom scales - which is all I have as I'm not too stressed about bike weight - tip in at 10.5 kg's, which feels about right. Not the lightest rig around for sure, but since it's basically that right out of the box, can't say I'm unhappy!
@mtb101; Not much time spent on fit actually. In fact, none. But let me caveat that by saying I demo'ed one which fit me perfectly - no, really! - which was owned by the shop mechanic who did my build. So I simply asked him to set it up basically the same and made some minor tweaks myself. I'll go back for a follow up fit after a few more rides to dial it in for sure.
It is an aggressive setup, which is what I wanted. I mainly ride XC, from dirt crits up to 6 hour jobbies, so wanted something punchy and fast as opposed to a cruisier dually rig. I disposed of a Cannondale Rush to buy the Yeti.
@casnell & jathanas; the bathroom scales - which is all I have as I'm not too stressed about bike weight - tip in at 10.5 kg's, which feels about right. Not the lightest rig around for sure, but since it's basically that right out of the box, can't say I'm unhappy!
jathanas
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I'm sure you'll be stoked with the beast mate! 
Wishing you many happy hours n the trail.
Wishing you many happy hours n the trail.
bunchie34
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Cheers mate, much appreciated.I'm sure you'll be stoked with the beast mate!
So far, the dirtiest it's got is commuting to the office by the Yarra!
Nath8
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Thanks for that. I'm going to give Racing Ralphs a go. I've used Nobby Nics on 26" bikes before, but never the Ralphs. In a 29er, Racing Ralphs have a good size bag and many good ride reports, so thats enough for me to give them a shot.
Cheers.
That's not bad - my ARC weighs 10.0 as a 1x9, but goes better than my old Scott Scale 20 which was 9.5.
Where did you get it? I know Ben at Trailmix has one...
bunchie34
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In which case, you know where I got it from and whose bike I demo'd.......
That weight is bathroom scales without pedals.....I would put too much faith in its accuracy!
Steve_N
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That's featherweight! So no more love for the Yeti?
spikenet
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I've had mine 5 months, couldnt be happier! Only changed the wheels to more robust XT's and put a 2X crank on it.
You going to equip it similar to the Pro standard spec?
Antsonline
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jathanas
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Hanging out to learn how you're going to build it. Either way, just be prepared to amaze yourself on the climbs, if you procure a light wheelset...Still have Yeti love... but new sponsor
More than 800g lighter than the Yeti frame... that will become a singlespeed rigid steed...
tate6969
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Ahh!! OMG!!! Sacrilege!!! I hope I never see such a thing!
