Game Changer: Introducing the YT Capra

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

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...

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

Looks nice, but that Bottom Bracket is about half an inch too far from the ground for my tastes, lower is faster, until you clip your pedals!

(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.

Too bad no XL frame at this point!

drooling over the BOS spec'd one...hats off to whoever specs those things...looks amazing

So enduro

Will buy as soon as they come to the USA. Provided they keep the same part specs and pricing.

$ in the bank bitchz

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.

Look like cool bikes. A pity they aren't making an XL.

WOW

Good spectating if you're an XL.

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?

Me too ride an XL Rune V2, and I would definitely look elsewhere for the length of the TT is way too short to use a 40mm stem as I like

Why are you comparing an XL Banshee to a Large YT? A Large Rune is very similar to the Large Capra.

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.

Not sure I understood what he said the distribution model would be in North America...?

Interesting bike for sure.

I think he meant company model for NA not bike model.

He said "a franchise model".

another expensive bike..

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.

The quoted prices are including 19% German VAT, so €3360/$4650 without VAT for the top model

the top line spec is 400 euro the cheaper version with a killer spec pikes etc- more reliable than bos is 1000 euros less!

When you live in Europe you can't beat this price.

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"

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€

Holy awesome price to build spec ratio, Batman. And a good looking bike as well. Well done YT.

almost looks like a transition covert

drugs are bad!