Thank you!
I get the correlation with the Switch Infinity bikes in terms of being a single Pivot where the pivot point is floating but riding both bikes they are very dissimilar.
Up front - I think the Yeti’s are awesome and I’m not disparaging them. If there was an aluminum option I’d own an SB 4.5.
By function I’d say their closest cousin is a single pivot - think Orange - and I wonder if they picked a fix point in the SI range and built a single pivot using the rest of the Yeti DNA if it wouldn’t be 98% of the - fantastic - bike in a simpler package. I’d love to try that bike.
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On the other hand there is no such correlation with Naild R3ACT - love it or hate it its unique.
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Ride wise... the Yeti’s are very linear bikes and rely on shock damping where the Wolf Ridge - speaking of descending - is as soft as anything off the top and then ramps quite aggressively and a early 2000’s Fox Van RC spring properly would probably feel awesome.
Oct. 26, 2017, 12:36 p.m. - Andrew Major
Thank you! I get the correlation with the Switch Infinity bikes in terms of being a single Pivot where the pivot point is floating but riding both bikes they are very dissimilar. Up front - I think the Yeti’s are awesome and I’m not disparaging them. If there was an aluminum option I’d own an SB 4.5. By function I’d say their closest cousin is a single pivot - think Orange - and I wonder if they picked a fix point in the SI range and built a single pivot using the rest of the Yeti DNA if it wouldn’t be 98% of the - fantastic - bike in a simpler package. I’d love to try that bike. . On the other hand there is no such correlation with Naild R3ACT - love it or hate it its unique. . Ride wise... the Yeti’s are very linear bikes and rely on shock damping where the Wolf Ridge - speaking of descending - is as soft as anything off the top and then ramps quite aggressively and a early 2000’s Fox Van RC spring properly would probably feel awesome.