You are hereForums / By Discipline / Mountain (off road) / MTB Gear / SB75. Yes please
SB75. Yes please
NB: Originally posted elsewhere on the Global Riders Network and appears via syndication.
New yeti SB75
Now just how many kidneys can a man need?
- Login to post comments
- Bookmark & share
Apparently it has none of the advantages of the SB95 and all the disadvantages of the SB65. It's the worst of both worlds.
What colour for you Tony? I'm thinking I might get the yellow.
Ah yes hugor my favourite the old sb65.
I know that you can't believe all that you read but I doubt that Yeti would put out a mongrel just for the sake of having a "middy" in their line up.
They, along with Santa Cruz, Pivot & a few Euro brands are in my mind at the forefront of MTB development.
I would imagine that as the SB66 is slack & pretty hardcore rewarding aggressive riding whereas the SB95 is capable but more about covering ground efficiently it stands to reason that the SB75 is somewhere between the two. Depending on your point of view you may prefer either of the two original offerings OR something in the middle.
Personally, I like this middle ground, especially for a one bike for everything in Kalamunda but as I'm quite tall & already having a long travel 26" bike I'd actually like a carbon SB95.
Btw. The reviewers seem to like it:
http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/09/17/first-ride-t...
http://m.bicycling.com/mountainbikecom/bikes-gea...
http://m.bikemag.com/gear/video-first-impression...
The disadvantages of the 66 being it having the versitility to let Graves podium in both World Cup enduros and world champs DH on the same bike...
What is the advantage of the 29 version again?
People get all weird about wheel sizes don't they. It's as if you're having a crack at their mum or something.
The common throw away live with the 27 movement is that they have all the rolling advantages of a 29er and the agility of a 26er. The best of both world apparently! My comment was having a crack at that common train of thought.
I don't give a damn what people ride.
This will be the first summer with the 27 mvt in full swing round here. IMO the 29 has massive and indisputable traction advantages in our dry west. Ill be interested to see how the 27 popularity locally persists after the summer.