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Oh, see I use the 52 as a bailout gear, its as an option to walking. So that jump is fine, and welcomed cause I use the bike as an 11 speed mostly. Not stupid, just not optimized for your use case. Not all things are for everyone, they all have a place

Any recent photos of the Specialized Demo or Pivot DH prototypes? They seem to be doing a good job of keeping both under wraps.

Their Instagram post has #pinion #gates So gearbox belt drive dh bike? Good to see them back in the game!

Old does not mean obsolete 😆

Kinda funny that Richie Rude won South Africa on the same Saint groupset that's on this prototype 10 years later.

Yeah, I noticed that too. And look at the seat tube, it's huge, with a cutout behind the rocker. I bet it's 6-bar like their ebike, with the extra bar going from the swingarm through the seat tube to the rocker.

Great find rludes! In the text: "First launched on our 160e to handle the specific requirements of an e-MTB, the nerds at Yeti re-applied Sixfinity in a whole new way with one singular goal in mind: to build the fastest Downhill Mountain Bike ever."

I just stumbled on to this link within the 'roots run deep' page https://yeticycles.com/technology/special-projects

I listened to a podcast the other day where John Hall mentioned some platforms work better on some travels than others. It was a good podcast, other than some guy from off camera that kept butting in, you should check it out.

It’s not THAT high is it? Looks similar to a Norco Shore or GT DH bike. I suspect it’s a Horst link, can kinda see a pivot on the chainstay? What surprises me most is that Yeti would go with this design? They have their 6bar e-bike platform and their switch infinity designs, so why not stay with the brand identity instead of following the mainstream?

Quote at the bottom of the Richie video: “ IT’S BEEN HUMBLING SEEING YETI WORK HARD TO BRING A DH RACE BIKE TO LIFE WITHOUT COMPROMISE. AFTER LEAVING THE SPORT ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO IT’S EXCITING TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER YETI SPECIAL PROJECT. RACING ENDURO OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN REALLY FULFILLING, BUT I AM EAGER TO EXPLORE DH AGAIN. I WANT TO PUSH MYSELF AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND GET IN TUNE WITH THAT DH MENTALITY AGAIN AND IDEALLY BRING THOSE BENEFITS OVER TO ENDURO. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, I JUST WANT...

Carbon is bold. Seems like a lot of brands are moving to Al or lugged for DH race bikes. Super exciting tho!

yeti back to the business, hell yeah!

now THAT would be news! But: Richie is scheduled to tackle the EWS podiums, isn't he? Who would pilot their bikes? (I know, that's rather a question for the team rumours thread, but I feel to make sense of a DH bike they'd have to race it?)

is it really possible… yeti back in the dh-game?!

that artwork gives me totem-vibes.

It's a shock version of the totem. Called the scrotem. I'm guessing it'll be extra supple and sensitive.

Giant engineers laughing all the way to the bank. Have any of them put a pen to paper since 2014?

$2k for a groupset? Does it come with a spare bike?