Yeti SB66 new build!

jaysonski

My new bike has finally arrived, just got it today, frame taped it up ready to roll!







Frame: Yeti SB66
Forks: Fox 32 float Kashima
Bars: Easton carbon
Stem: Thomson stubby
Headset: Cane Creek
Grips:Yeti
Bar Ends:

Front Brake Lever assy: Avid Elixir CR
Front Caliper:Avid Elixir CR
Front disc:Avid Elixir CR
Rear Brake Lever assy:Avid Elixir CR
Rear Caliper:Avid Elixir CR
Rear Disc:Avid Elixir CR
Hoses:Avid Elixir CR


Shifters: Sram XO
Cables:Sram XO
Front Mech:Sram X7
Rear Mech:Sram XO
Chain Device:

Seat:WTB Yeti
Seat Post:Joplin 4
Seat Post Clamp:Salsa

Cranks:Sram XO
Chainring(s):Sram XO
Chain:Sram
Cassette:Sram XO
Pedals:Crank Bros Candy
Bottom Bracket:GPX

Front Wheel: DT Swiss
Rim: DT Swiss
Spokes:DT Swiss
Hub:DT Swiss
Tube:
Tire:Shwalbe Nobby Nix

Back Wheel:DT Swiss
Rim:DT Swiss
Spokes:DT Swiss
Hub:DT Swiss
Tube:
Tire:Shwalbe Nobby Nic

Weight:28.5lb

Stevo_666

Looks veeery nice - that acid colour might be a bit marmite but I like it. Great spec as well - you just need to get it dirty now!

Edited to say I would have got one of those if it hadn't been so damn hard to get hold of one in less than 3 months.

jay12

dayyum thats sexy!

jaysonski

cheers fella's! i agree with the colour but i love it!

booyaka

fabulous bike - pretty much my dream bike if i'm honest!

Pudseyp

Tiz very nice indeedy....

Let us know what it's like !

jaysonski

will post a review after first ride!

DCR00

loving the colour

very nice indeed

let us know if it deserves the 3 stars that BR gave it in their review

jaysonski

Hmmm, cannot work that review out, gave rave review in summer saying that even with crocked shock it was a great bike then this week u-turn & say it is 3 stars, they have now removed review from website, very fishy!

chick0

Stunning looking bike

I'm eager to try this new suspension concept.

Did you hand pick every component, or was it a pre-chosen build kit?

What's the frame size? Is the weight you have listed for this exact bike, or an estimate you have quoted from another source?

jaysonski

I was gonna buy the SRAM X9 build but decided to upgrade to XO & put a dropper seatpost on, I weighed it next to my brothers who has the full XTR build & mines a pound 1/2 lighter! He was gutted!

jaysonski

It's a large b.t.w. & it's BIG!

StumpyPaul

Very nice, love the colour.

Captainpirateboy

Very nice!

fat_homer

Oh, thats pretty! Not usually a fan of yellow either.

cat_with_no_tail

Very tidy build there. Wouldn't have been my 1st choice for colour, but I do like the frame.

Let us know how the "new" suspension system works. The carbon version is calling my name.

jay12

i saw the turquoise one of these in the shop and it's even nicer than this! even the black one looks super nice

jaysonski

cheers guys, just got in after a rip round local trail so here's a quick review:-
Ithink the reason the 'average' review on site got pulled is they must have found the journo's smoking crack,
let me put it bluntly "THIS IS THE BEST BIKE I HAVE EVER RIDDEN"
bold statement i know but thats how strongly i feel, it is much better than my previous rides & they weren't exactly Appollo's! (2010 Titus El Guapo, 2010 Santacruz Blur XC carbon, 2005 Whyte 46, 2007 Marin Mount Vision etc.
After a little 'fiddle' with rebound it was brilliant, it felt a litle weird first few minutes as the suspension feels very 'floaty' but once u got used to it i was bombing!
The thing tracks amazing, there's a bit of gravel on the trail built into switchback berms & if you ride em hard there's a tendency for the rear wheel to 'wash' a little but this thing grips like shit to a blanket!
it feels like an XC bike, nimble, great climber but once i got to the jump section it hit rocks, drops & ramps much smoother than any bike i have ever ridden, it puts my El Guapo to shame & that rode brillianty.
The suspension just feels bottomless, what Yeti have done with this frame is amazing, if you are thinking of buying this bike DO NOT HESITATE, it freakin ROCKS!

cat_with_no_tail

Enough of all that, do you like it or not? couldn't quite figure it out from the above.

jaysonski

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Enough of all that, do you like it or not? couldn't quite figure it out from the above.

lol! im still grinning like an idiot!

milko9000

That's pretty. Here's mine:


Since put a Reverb post on there though. I've built it pretty heavy - Crossmax rims and Float 36 forks. Still blasting up hills like I'm on my hardtail though!

jaysonski

very nice mate! whats your feeling on the 'ride' & that dodgy review on site?

El Diego

Please tell me you don't store it in that shed

Really interested in this bike, very clever what they've done with the rear shock. I'd like to know how the bearing holds up through some muddy UK winters. Stunning bike though and nice build.

jaysonski

El Diego wrote:

Please tell me you don't store it in that shed

Really interested in this bike, very clever what they've done with the rear shock. I'd like to know how the bearing holds up through some muddy UK winters. Stunning bike though and nice build.

if i did keep it in that poxy old shed i deserve to have it nicked! i have an elaborate chamber ala' Temple of doom under constant guard by snakes!
Im hoping the pivots & bearings hold up, any issues ill be posting though

1mancity2

Lovely bike, I would like to see some pics of it in action!

milko9000

jaysonski wrote:

very nice mate! whats your feeling on the 'ride' & that dodgy review on site?

At the moment I feel like I haven't quite got it set up right, I don't feel as secure on techy downhill stuff as I did on my old Spicy. I think this is mostly a cockpit setup thing rather than the shock, which I've had no trouble with. I hammered round Swinley on the day of that photo with no trouble, tweaked my setup in what I now think was the wrong way and then struggled a bit when going fast over the bumpy stuff in Coed-y-Brenin. Gonna have another crack at the controls this weekend which will hopefully sort it.

My feeling on the site review (and indeed mag one) is that an Interbike demo day perhaps isn't enough ride time to write a proper review of a bike - though I can see why they would try. So many bikes so little time and availability. Kerb-sized hits blowing through all the travel does not match my experience at all. I gather a more longterm test review will arrive sooner or later. I'll be interested to read it, because so far all the reviews barring that controversial one have been so glowing that I think hype was an influence, I don't mind a bit of balance!

DCR00

i found the same thing and most of it was down to stem length. Took 3 diff lengths for me to get the right set up.

jaysonski

I have a very short stem which I prefer, it enables me to sit 'in' the bike, the hilts setting my shock on rear the pressure made massive difference, I'm now running 220psi, I'm a big guy & this feels right in the 'sweet' spot, once I got it dialled the platform feels really stable, persevere with it, u will love it I'm sure!

Ollie83

I like this a lot. Even a fan of the colour as it's something different

The Big Cheese

That is one gorgeous bike there sir, bet she rides like a dream!!! 8)

jaysonski

she does mate, im well chuffed with it! :-)