Hey everyone!
If you happen to be in the Denver area
you must stop by the YETI headquarters
which is right here in Golden, CO and
if you do that might as well just go for a demo ride.
Today I'm gonna be riding Apex Park or Apex trails
right here in their backyard,
and I've rented an Yeti SB130.
You guys know that I'm riding an SB100.
So I'm gonna take this for a spin
and then see how it feels given all the different changes
from the SB100 to the SB130.
So the guy in front is riding on an SB100
and he LOVES it!
I locked my rear shock for this
It's only climbing here first part of the trail.
One thing is for sure, the views from up here...
10 out of 10 man!
And I guess this bike climbing is probably close to a 10 out of 10
Hard to tell the difference between SB130 and SB100 but looked up.
Trying to pace myself because the altitude is getting to my head already.
That's my excuse today!
The only time when I can tell
that this bike has a slacker head angle
than my SB100
is when I'm turning, front wheel tends to flop.
or feels like flopping on the inside of the turn.
More so than on the SB100
for which I can't really say that
Look here, when I'm trying to straighten the handlebar
but I feel a little bit of resistance.
Aside from that, it feels really good.
Climbing gets a bit more technical,
steeper, rocks,
not a problem for this bike.
Now this part here really got me.
Not the switchback, but over there which is really really narrow.
Since I got off the bike, might as well push it up a couple of feet.
Because...look at this it's getting interesting!
Definitely easier
to lift that front wheel while climbing.
even though it is not wandering around.
That would be a bit different for my SB100.
So after all this climbing, what can I say about the bike?
Well,
this is the type of terrain where you could use a Maxxis Aggressor as a rear tire
And Maxxis Minion DHF, I don't know if that made a difference,
but good traction from that rear,
fully utilized the SRAM Eagle, the 50 tooth, I used that quite a bit
The front here is a 30 tooth,
which I needed as well.
This bike climbs really well,
the seat tube angle, this is a 77 degree,
the SB100 is 74 degree,
so this is brought forward about 3 degrees.
At the same time, the head tube is slackened by more than 2 degrees,
but you know what?
When climbing the position on the bike is actually really good,
because of the saddle .
The saddle is brought forward towards the bars.
Now the bars are slightly wider at 780 mm as well ,
so that brings me a bit forward.
But you know what? From a climbing standpoint, I did flip the shock switch here,
onto, I guess that was
Closed all the way or Trail.
I'm gonna switch it to Open and see how this SB130...
See, they change the graphics, now they are printed here on the top tube.
Used to be printed here, on the seatstay.
Let's see how this bike likes it going down.
looks like I might be going down, finally!
After all this climb, but beautiful views from up here.
I just talked to this guy...
also riding an 130, from Yeti
He's liking it too...
I bet.
All these rocks...
I much rather prefer to come down on these rocks,
I'll tell you that!
Can't really make mistakes here
Had to come up through here, much rather prefer to come down
Alright, whoa
Well I didn't forget to turn, I just couldn't
Oh man...
I remember stopping here on the way up saying how I'm gonna climb this?
It's a lot better coming down!
Dropping in...
Look at those rocks, holly smokes!
okay, it is sections like that where you need the SB130...
all right
One thing that I guess I can say after all this downhill is..
Man, these SRAM brakes...
just feel underpowered, these G2s, huh
I kept squeezing on the lever,
it gave me a little bit of arm pump too.
Washrooms, tools, water refill station there,
very well maintained trails over here.
So what do I think about the SB130 after this?
First of all, I was right at home with this SB130
after riding my SB100 for the last year or so.
The one thing that I mentioned while riding,
that I couldn't get used to,
is the SRAM G2 RSC brakes that are here on this Yeti SB130 T2 trim.
You can see the X01 Eagle shifter over there.
And the Race Face, this is just the remote
for the Fox Transfer dropper.
This is the Performance, not the Kashima coating.
Fork is a FOX 36, very capable.
I've used what...about 100 mm out of it.
Very plush.
If anything, maybe I had a little bit less air pressure that I would have liked.
Felt a tiny bit divey for me, here and there.
The bike comes with the DT Swiss and M1700 wheels by default,
and these are 30 millimeter internal.
Front tire is 2.5x29 WT, Maxxis Minion DHF
and the rear is the Maxxis Aggressor 2.3x29
The trails that I usually ride I couldn't use this combo, but for here
they were really good.
The rear suspension is the FOX Float DPX2
This one was very capable as well,
Looks like I used most of its travel, if not all of it.
I did flip the switch into either Trail or Pedal, or Locked mode
when climbing the 300 meters of climbing that I've done today.
but aside from that, really nice and plush coming down.
Aside from the SB100, all the other bikes that Yeti makes
have the Switch Infinity SI alongside the frame.
You can see the full Eagle drivetrain, again this is a 30 tooth chainring,
an X01 derailleur, same with the cassette.
Wheels are completed with DT hubs, not sure if these are ratchet type, they should be.
Boost spacing front and rear on this bike so
110 mm up front, 148 mm in the back.
You can see the four piston calipers from SRAM
These are the G2 RSC version, you have 180 mm Centerline rotors front and rear
But again, kind of felt underpowered for me
compared to the Shimano's that I use on pretty much all my bikes.
Worth mentioning here is that you don't have the ability
to run a 160 mm rotor on the back of this bike.
So you're stuck with 180 front and rear
or 200 and 180 mm.
And down here you can see the down tube protection that SB100 has as well.
150 mm travel up front, 130 mm in the rear,
and despite the geometry changes from the SB100
my position on the bike was appropriate for all those climbs that you guys could see.
So all-in-all an awesome, awesome experience.
Feel free to ask me any questions in the comments below.
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Thanks for sticking with me this far, hope you guys had at least a little bit of fun.
I know I had a lot of fun,
and until next time,
I will see you folks on the trails.
Cheers guys, cheers!