2016 Yeti Cycles SB5 Carbon - XX1 11 Speed Build - Turquoise
Well this is it Yeti Fans the long awaited Yeti SB5 featuring the Yeti / Fox Collaboration suspension system Infinity.
Those talented designers have produced their own interpretation of what a trailbike should be and come up with the Yeti SB5 Carbon - Lightweight, Great Pedaling uphill and a screamer going down....the New Yeti SB5 will make you smile for sure!
Yeti have taken all they learned about there popular Switch Technology and merged it with our bump smashing 303 Rail Technology to come up with a completely new suspension design called Switch Infinity and fitted it to there brand new 2015 model the Yeti Cycles SB5 Carbon.
This new system allows the suspension to achieve seemingly contradictory characteristics. In the early stage of the travel it displays superior pedaling efficiency and excellent small bump sensitivity. As you move deeper into the travel, it is well supported and responds effortlessly to square edge hits.
What does that mean from a rider’s perspective? You can hammer away in all conditions on the Yeti SB5, including rough, chunky ascents with zero loss in efficiency. You don’t get knocked off-line, and you have amazing traction. Point it down and it’s very fast. The controlled mid-stroke keeps the bike composed through rough terrain and g-outs, while allowing it to open up when encountering bigger hits deeper in the travel, oh yes the new Yeti SB5 will tackke everything the rider dares.
Yeti cycles geometry has always been progressive and mirrors our gravity-influenced riding style — long top tube, low bottom bracket, and slack head angle. This allows the bike to achieve great front to rear balance when descending. When pounding the pedals uphill, you’ll appreciate the seat tube has been moved forward a bit to put the rider in the optimum pedaling position. It feels right from the moment you get on it.
And here’s the bell ringer — the 2015 Yeti SB5 Carbon frame weighs just 5.1 pounds and is very stiff, so you can hold your line no matter how hard you push.
Yeti Cycles SB5 Carbon XX1 Build
- Fork: 2015 Fox 34 Float CTD FIT Factory Kashima 140mm (Rock Shock Pike Option)
- Wheels: 2015 Hope Pro 2 Evo Enduro Rims
- Crank Set: 2015 SRAM Carbon XX1 - 11 Speed 32T.
- Rear Cassette: 2015 SRAM XX1 - 11 Speed.
- Rear Derailier: 2015 SRAM XX1 - 11 Speed.
- Shifters: 2015 SRAM XX1 - 11 Speed.
- Chain: SRAM 11 Speed
- Tyres: Maxxis High Roller / Ardent
- Brakes: 2015 Shimano XT - ispec
- Brake Discs: 2015 Shimano ICE TECH 160 / 180mm
- Head set: Cane Creek
- Stem: Renthal Duo - 50mm
- Handlebar: Renthal Fatbar Lite Carbon
- Seat Post: 2015 Reverb Stealth
- Saddle: Yeti Branded
- Grips: Yeti Lock On
Yeti Cycles SB5 Carbon - Specification
- Suspension Travel 5"
- Frame Weight 5.1 LBS (2.31 KG)
- Frame Sizes - XS, SM, MD, LG, XL
- Frame Colours - TURQUOISE
- Rear Shock - FOX CTD ADJUST BV (7.875” x 2.0”)
- B.BRACKET PF30
- Rear Wheel - 142mm X 12mm (Shimano 12mm QR Axle Only)
- Seat Post 30.9mm