Every now and then, a bike comes along to shake things up a bit. YT's all-new Capra is such an animal. This carbon-framed, 170mm travel Enduro bike weighs in at 28.5lbs and features a parts list that leaves no room for excuses, yet sells for far less than comparable models on the market today.
We spent one week with YT in Israel, discovering this exciting new ride in the company of a few select journalists. The bike launches today, February 28, 2014 - check out the first look feature above, then dive into specs and build info below.
Amazing bike, as usual from YT Industries this is by far the best enduro bike out there, and at, less then half the prize of the other brands. Well done YT you done it again :D
after getting my new process 153 i was really unpset to see how good this bike looks for the price! now Ive seen that the reach is so much shorter Im not so bothered !
Kona have nailed the geometry
(I am aware there are some countries outside of North America, but) this story is worthless without a clear definition of what 'franchise' means to YT. If at the end of whatever business gymnasitcs the bikes are not sold direct, then in NA it's just another bike brand, and the EUR pricing simply translated to dollars (today's exchange rate) in articles like this is totally misleading.
YT could have taken that route 2 years ago, but didn't want to just end up selling through a distributor. The franchise concept is taking them a bit of time to develop, but should be worth the wait as they intend to keep selling direct with low prices in the franchise markets. They promised more details shortly.
To add to Johan's reply, I requested the converted EUR to USD prices be included to help give the rest of the world a sense of the prices. The slideshow does state that US pricing isn't final.
Great looking bike, lived up to the hype we've waited for for months. Great price and spec too....just not sure on sizing. Seems a little wrong, the Large is not Large enough and no XL.
Selling direct to the customer is great for keeping prices down, but the shops that will inevitably have to work on these bikes need to be selling them to stay afloat. Sweet looking bike, but their business model shits on the guys the customers will be relying on for the long term. Hopefully that "franchise model" they were talking about gives shops a cut.
check their sizing--i ride both an XL mojo HDR and 29er stumpjumper evo. while the sj is a monster, the specs for the HDR are similar to the capra. in particular, the stack is the same, but reach on the capra is ~1.5in longer. the prob would likely rise w the 19" seat tube--it'd be fun to snap that thing off while stretching out a seat post.......
Regardless of the so called "reach", the top tube is way too short for us that need room. That Large is stupid short compared to my XL Banshee Spitfire V2.
shutter2ride: When you say "so-called reach" what do you mean? Just wondering if you're not sold on reach seeming to be the new standard for measuring?
yes but e.g. a Large SB66 is similar to an XL Banshee. The Large Capra is just very short in my opinion. I'll be honest, I'm very happy that Banshee makes a bike for my size & preferences but I get a bit frustrated with some new & interesting bikes being 'short' and not being a good next option. Transition made the same mistake for a while with recommending their short 'Large' for tall riders and had to later revise their line up by adding an XL. I hope YT fixes this, they should have plenty of tall Europeans looking for an XL.
Indeed, just like the Banshee Darskide I'm longing for..no XL announced for the moment. Will probably have to go for the Transition TR500 because that one is available as an XL.
Expensive? Its a Carbon bike with top of the line specs for 4K. You aint getting them cheaper then this..
If you want cheap go for a alu bike like that Yt wicked comp..
Lets be clear - we are talking about 4,000 Euro - That amounts to $5520.00 + tax (lets call it $5900.00 out the door). Don't get me wrong - its a good price. It will be higher than that once they pay import fees to the US as well. Again - decent price assuming the bike performs well, but there are a number of players who are in that ballpark for the same part spec. I just bought a custom build Specialized S-Works Enduro for a little less than this (yes, I am GOOOOOD friends with my shop) and even with some of the heavy parts I spec'd my build came in at 29 lbs. with DX pedals.
dhstone
3/8/2014 2:46 AM
zo
3/4/2014 3:18 PM
Game changer?
Complete bikes with no dealer network, that are available exclusively through mail order?
Sounds more like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist...
kimbers
3/2/2014 2:18 PM
after getting my new process 153 i was really unpset to see how good this bike looks for the price! now Ive seen that the reach is so much shorter Im not so bothered !
Kona have nailed the geometry
smutysmith
3/1/2014 1:53 PM
Snfoilhat
2/28/2014 9:38 PM
iceman2058
3/2/2014 12:58 AM
bturman
3/2/2014 8:43 AM
SlowUpFastDown
2/28/2014 7:17 PM
syngltrkmnd
2/28/2014 5:48 PM
Ian Collins
2/28/2014 5:07 PM
tomsc
2/28/2014 2:50 PM
tbox
2/28/2014 12:12 PM
ricky.thefifth
2/28/2014 11:16 AM
Karlkarlton
2/28/2014 11:03 AM
fast_bastard
2/28/2014 10:01 AM
hamncheez2003
2/28/2014 9:18 AM
Craw
2/28/2014 7:51 AM
emsley
2/28/2014 1:04 PM
shutter2ride
2/28/2014 1:22 PM
jon123
3/1/2014 5:38 AM
nightfuel
3/1/2014 6:39 AM
bturman
3/1/2014 3:52 PM
shutter2ride
3/1/2014 5:32 PM
dfuse
3/3/2014 10:48 PM
slyfink
2/28/2014 7:35 AM
Not sure I understood what he said the distribution model would be in North America...?
Interesting bike for sure.
Scamid
2/28/2014 7:57 AM
iceman2058
2/28/2014 8:57 AM
gazelle11
2/28/2014 7:23 AM
Scamid
2/28/2014 7:29 AM
Expensive? Its a Carbon bike with top of the line specs for 4K. You aint getting them cheaper then this..
If you want cheap go for a alu bike like that Yt wicked comp..
kellen1230
2/28/2014 12:46 PM
RaoulDuke
3/1/2014 6:37 AM
kimbers
3/2/2014 2:17 PM
dfuse
3/4/2014 3:18 AM
gazelle11
3/1/2014 2:07 AM
yea sure..i ride a bike just for fun..okay, everyone is love this bike..but my life is not just for bike..
but i agree the term "hobby is expensive"
s.kausch
3/3/2014 12:14 PM
Let's compare german prices:
- Specialized S-Works Enduro Complete 7999€
- Lapierre Zesty AM 727 Complete 5100 €
- YETI SB-66 Carbon Frame 3000€
- Santa Cruz Bronson C Frame 3400€
Nicholast
2/28/2014 6:59 AM
jecc.terr
2/28/2014 6:21 AM
PJivan
2/28/2014 1:09 PM