Today Yeti presents the SB165, an enduro bike with 27.5 “wheels and, as the name implies, 165mm of rear travel combined with a 180mm travel fork. The Colorado brand defines it as a “rip bike“, that is designed to be agile and easy to pump on obstacles, with a nod to usage in the bike park. The suspension system is the tried and true Switch Infinity. During the presentation in Bovec, Slovenia, I got to talk with the product manager and engineer responsible for kinematics. Here are all the details of SB165:
As mentioned in the video, the SB165 is designed for use with a coil sprung shock absorber. The rear travel is in fact very progressive, precisely to offset the intrinsic linearity of the spring. Of all of the Yetis so far, this is the most progressive of the bunch…
Geometry
No compromise: very slack head angle, steep saddle angle, very short fork offset (37mm), very long reach...