Did Our Perspective Change? - 2023 YETI SB120 Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
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The question we all had was whether or not the 2023 Yeti SB120 would change our perspective of what a 120mm can do on the trail. The answer is yes it can! this isn't your traditional cross-country race bike. Instead, it's a proper all-around mountain bike that will get you up, down, and around quickly and comfortably.
The bike is by no means perfect but has a long list of great attributes that our testers really enjoyed.
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00:00 Introduction
00:34 Getting to Know the Bike
01:40 Spec, Geo and Features
06:22 Ride Impressions
11:55 Final Thoughts - กีฬา
Throw a Dissector on the front and a Rekon and rear. It'll wake up. 90% of bikes are over-tired.
so true
Great info, I love my SB115 .
great thorough review!! thanks for this!
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
i just got my SB130 C2 C yesterday and im pretty stoked about it. Gonna shred some trails in austria late in July. Greetings from germany :)
Hope you enjoy it!
Great review. I love the way you described it from each perspective and which perspective you identify with. The 66.5 HTA would give me pause as well but I see what you mean on where they're trying to position it (ie if you want slacker, they have a bike for that)
Thank you very much! Appreciate the feedback from your perspective as well.
Great video review I absolutely love the yeti sb 120
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Right on thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed it.
I have built up a 21 Norco Revolver FS with a Factory 140mm fork, still running on the SID 120mm at the back and boy - what a lively, capable, fun bike! Love it to bits. Short travel all day!
Who asked? This video is about a yeti bike.
Solid video guys. All the pros and cons. And to the point with no BS
Thanks so much!
Geo etc seems very similar to a Spur. I know you guys did a long term with that bike as well. I absolutely love my Spur for the same scenarios you described. Any thoughts on the comparison? I got my GX Spur new for $4500 and upgraded a number of things, wheels in particular. It now 25.5 pounds and @ around 7k for the build.
This a good and fair review. I bought this frame after testing the 140.
You picked up on the main points of the bike: it is amazing at holding speed between corners because the suspension is very active and you do need to firm up the suspension on road climbs.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you for not calling it a "downcountry" bike lol
What do you call it? An acoustic xc bike ?
@@323johnnybravoan xc bike
@@alecfotsch3533a short travel trail bike , similar to the Santa Cruz tallboy 120-130 it’s a trail bike. XC is 80mm to 100mm Down country (beefed up xc bikes are 110-115mm travel, Trail is 120mm travel to 145mm travel, all mountain bikes 145mm travel-160mm travel, enduro 160-190mm and downhill anything above with a dual crown fork. I’m just giving my opinion on categories that most people agree with, totally not forcing it on you, you can think what you like
I like to call it a ‘Big Country’ bike. Big rides, bigger features and bigger suspension.
Got a chance to demo a 115 a few years back.. loved it.. Definitely want to try the 120..
It’s a pretty sweet step up for sure!
Curious will you be doing a review on the Commencal Tempo? It seems to be another short travel trail bike
Great video, this past winter I built an Xtr Trek Top fuel with a 130mm Pike ultimate and a 120mm Cane creek IL coil for suspension. Its easy peddling uphill and kills it on the downhills. I’d love to compare it to the yeti 120 and the T. Spur.
Yeti geo is fine to over fork 10mm so go 140mm and that is a nice option..I felt the same with the rear shock in regards to climbing when I did a.demo on it. Not as efficient as the Sb115, but more sensitive.
Exactly. Very sensitive suspension makes it amazing on small bumps and great at holding speed. Like an old ghetto tubeless set up but too active on climbs and road. Used the switch which I never did on my DW Pivot.
I have an SB150 and have thought about a shorter travel. You pretty much said why I'd consider the SB120. Maybe in the next couple of years 😅
Sounds good..🚲🙂👍
How does it compare to the izzo?
Wished yeti didnt phased out the Yeti 100
What is your opinion on the new Lunch Ride version of this bike? Does it really need a piggyback shock, and would an extra 10mm in the front even be noticeable?
Yes! If we were on the edge of picking one of these up for our more aggressive style but didn’t need a 140, this would push us over!
Awesome bike, any chance on a tallboy test?
Unfortunately not
Thanks for not saying 'that' word.
Thanks for the review - objectively I agree with the conclusions. It does get tiresome listening to reviews of bikes that are designed for a specific purpose (in this case a short travel trail bike) and having those bikes compared to bikes in other categories (e.g. enduro or XC bikes). Of COURSE it’s not going to be as plush or slack as a 160 or as fast as a XC Race bike - duh. That’s not how it was designed. Review it with the design and the intended trail usage in mind - how does it perform on the types of trails it was intended for? Other than that, thanks for the info! I’m a big fan of the channel and the Yeti platform!
Thanks for the feedback and watching.
i'll stick to my yeti sb4.5 but this looks solid... hard to beat the 4.5
I rented a 4.5 for a trip tu crested butte several years ago. It was a sweet ride.
so fun! @@tjabaley
Very nice downcountry bike!
Definitely not XC, it’s 30lbs. Why would you want such a short travel heavy rig?
Because they can shred way more than a xc bike. Using a Canyon Spectral 125 myself. Best Bike ive ever ridden. Way heavier than most Bikes around that range. These Bikes are the real "Do it all". Especially for someone like me with a 100kg and former downhiller
I’d take the Spectral over that over-priced Yeti.
Those agressive short travel heavy Bikes are Something different. They have the Geo and the parts from an Enduro Bike. Stiff fork and frame, big rotors Long reach. But with short travel. This means you have a Bike that can do it all as Long as youre capable to do handle that very small tolerance for mistakes in rough Terrain. For most Riders in Most cases more than enough bike and never too much Bike, except for you XC-boys.
Looks like a sick bike, love the review. But.... if I'm about to buy a bike so that I can pedal it up hills easily and spend $8k in the process, I'd go lightweight ebike over this
We don't disagree with you there.. it’d be a hard dilemma and our crew is split on which way they would go, but all riders have their own preferences on what aspects of the ride they enjoy most!
No
This category of bike is largely for people who enjoy grinding up hill as much as they like sending it on the downhill.
If that ain’t your jam by all means get a bike that will do some of the work for you.
I hate the term lunch ride.
It does not make sense how this is more expensive than some motorcycles.
30 pounds for a short-travel trail bike? Lost me right there. That's 1.25 pounds heavier than the Tallboy and that bike rails on the down hill. It's 2 plus pounds heavier than my Pivot Trail 429 that is the goldilocks balance between great climbing and super capable downhill without having to put a bigger fork upfront like this one.
I’ll buy a dirt bike for less money.
I owned a yeti 130 and wasn't impressed. I think they are losing their following, and this new wave of bikes doesn't help. The 120 and the 140 are so similar in terms of purpose, weight, spec, style, and composure (ie both heavy over 30lbs, both "trail" bikes, both good descenders etc). It makes it hard to choose and people will end up choosing a totally different bike company.
i own a 115 and a 130lr, theyre very different bikes
@@Proviction I would agree the 115 and 130lr are very different. The 120 and 140 however are not as much, both are heavy, both use float non reservoir air can, both use the same switch infinity linkage. Basically you put a fox 36 on the 120 and you have a 140. It would even be the exact same geo.
I rode both 140 and 120 before deciding on the 120. There is a lot of overlap but the 120 is the bike for long days. It’s less demanding to ride.
@@Bench_mark_113the suspension does feel quite different on the 2 bikes. The 120 is much more active on small bumps. Weirdly, the 140 might be the more efficient climber… there is less movement on smooth climbs. Like the reviewer says - you need to grab the suspension switch on flat or road in a way I never had to on my DW Pivot, or the 140, but the small bump performance is amazing at carrying speed between corners. It’s a fair review because the video mentions that as well.
Great bikes, I really like them but they are ridiculously overpriced. Sorry, I'm never paying that for a bike when I can get the same quality with abother brand for a lot less. I can have just as much fun on a bike with another name on the frame.
Yeti is lame , it’s a down country bike but they don’t want to be too edgy for the dentists out there.
The sb120 gets a thumbs down from me for 2 reasons. First, the bike could have been just a touch more progressive with a 77* STA, 65* HTA, ~1235mm Wheelbase size large. Secondly, it should come as a Downcountry build with a 120mm XC fork (RS Sid 35, Fox 34 Step Cast) or as a Lunch Ride Trail build with a 140mm fork (Fox 34, RS Pike 35).
Thanks for sharing your feedback and those are certainly valid points.
Starts at over $6k?! I'm not going to even bother watching this video. Rich boys reviewing rich company bikes is all this is.
Well, thanks for taking the time to let us know your opinion. 👋