After a great run on a
Devinci Spartan, it was time to replace my long travel 27.5″ bike. To be completely honest, there weren’t really many bikes that appealed in that category. Then
Yeti announced the SB-165…
Radical geometry and a rear suspension layout designed specifically around a coil sprung shock was what it took to finally jump onto my first Yeti after 25 years of mountain biking. I wanted to build this bike to be super simple and stripped down – it could be the playful answer when my 29″ full on DH bike is just too much. Having a RockShox
Reverb AXS seatpost means that in just a couple of minutes and with the turn of two screws, I can slap a fixed post and a cushy seat on the bike as well. I also haven’t ridden anything from
Marzocchi in ages, but chose their suspension for its no frills simplicity as well as the fact...