Yeti Cycles Sb130 Lunch Ride
At last weekend s sea otter classic in monterey california the yeti sb130 lr as in lunch ride was unveiled by the golden colorado based company mimicking those staff builds and perhaps offering what many yeti fans had wanted in the first place.
Yeti cycles sb130 lunch ride. 160mm fork on yeti sb130 and an extension of that write up comparing headtube. We are ride driven. Every day weather permitting we shut our doors turn on the answering machine and head out for a ride at lunch. With the headquarters.
You ll pay 200 more for the lunch ride than the traditional sb5 and that gets you a 160 millimeter fox 36 fork fox factory dpx2 piggyback shock 800 millimeter wide yeti carbon handlebars and a maxxis minion dhf 2 5 aggressor 2 3 tire combo. Similar but not the same. Fed a steady diet of super tech climbs. Yeti sb130 lunch ride review.
The sb130 was built to crush the biggest terrain. The yeti sb130 tlr is specced the way most yeti employees have their bikes for the daily lunch ride. The company has been closing from 11 30 am to 1 00 pm every day for the last 20 years as the boys and girls that work there go out for their lunch ride. The yeti sb130 lr takes the wildly popular sb130 platform and gives it just a bit more cushion.
We won t be here. Don t call us between 11 30 and 1 00. Yeti cycles is a high end mountain bike manufacturer. In fact we have some extended reviews on that aspect of the bike already.
Yeti s sb130 lunch ride is a standard 130 modified with extra wheel travel a more aggressive tune and slightly slacker geometry. One bike that rules. Starting at the fork the 160mm grip2 option is something we ve put a lot of clients on already. Point it up or down.
Ryan palmer might not be a yeti employee but he can feel like one on top of the sb5 lr. The lr model comes with a grip 2 enhanced 160mm fork instead of 150mm sans grip 2 and rather than 130mm it has 136mm of rear travel via an. Available now through the yeti cycles website the sb130 lr build is claimed to weigh 29 3lbs 13 29kg in a size medium and will set you back 7 599 400 more than the x01 spec it s based upon. With a slightly longer stroked shock and a 160mm fork.
No trail too anything. We say no one bike can rule all.