Jared Graves to Ride Yeti SB66 at 2013 DH World Champs 21
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Photo above is Jared's SB66 enduro setup from Punta Ala, not his actual World Champs set up. We're hoping he ditches the water bottle, haha.
Listen to the audio and hear it from the man himself. Jared Graves is going to ride his Yeti SB66 at the 2013 UCI Downhill World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Jared believes that the World Champs DH track is mellow enough for the bike and he does not feel switching to a full downhill bike would be in his best interest at this point in the season. He will beef up his suspension with a 180mm travel Fox 36 and will swap some Shimano XTR parts for Saint, but other than that, the setup will be the same as his enduro racing setup. Pretty interesting! We can wait to see how it goes for Grubby!
Below is a list of spec that Jared ran on his SB66 at the Les 2 Alpes Enduro World Series race. This will give you an idea of how his World Champs bike may be built up and we've speculated a bit ourselves.
Frame - Yeti SB66c, size medium
Fork - Fox 34 R.A.D Jared says he'll swap for a Fox 36 w/ 180mm travel
Rear Suspension - Fox Float X
Seatpost - Fox DOSS
Wheels - DT swiss 240 hubs, 500 rims, and Aerolite spokes, alloy nipples
Tires - Maxxis Minion 2.5 EXO, ghetto/split tube tubeless. 27psi F, 30psi R
Cranks - Shimano XTR 170mm with Stages Power Meter Vital guesses he swaps these for Saint at World Champs
Chainring - Shimano Saint 40t
Brakes - Shimano XTR race lever, Saint calipers, 180mm Ice-Tech Rotors
Derailleur - Shimano XTR Shadow Plus Swap to Saint?
Cassette - Shimano XTR 11-36 We're guessing the cluster will be considerably smaller
Pedals - Shimano XTR trail Swap to DX clipless?
Chainguide - E13 LG1
Bars and Stem - Renthal 740mm Fatbar lite, 20mm rise, and 50mm duo Stem
Headset - Chris King
Grips - ODI ruffian MX
Jared's 2013 World Champs Yeti SB66c Build Below
Listen to the audio and hear it from the man himself. Jared Graves is going to ride his Yeti SB66 at the 2013 UCI Downhill World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Jared believes that the World Champs DH track is mellow enough for the bike and he does not feel switching to a full downhill bike would be in his best interest at this point in the season. He will beef up his suspension with a 180mm travel Fox 36 and will swap some Shimano XTR parts for Saint, but other than that, the setup will be the same as his enduro racing setup. Pretty interesting! We can wait to see how it goes for Grubby!
Below is a list of spec that Jared ran on his SB66 at the Les 2 Alpes Enduro World Series race. This will give you an idea of how his World Champs bike may be built up and we've speculated a bit ourselves.
Frame - Yeti SB66c, size medium
Fork - Fox 34 R.A.D Jared says he'll swap for a Fox 36 w/ 180mm travel
Rear Suspension - Fox Float X
Seatpost - Fox DOSS
Wheels - DT swiss 240 hubs, 500 rims, and Aerolite spokes, alloy nipples
Tires - Maxxis Minion 2.5 EXO, ghetto/split tube tubeless. 27psi F, 30psi R
Cranks - Shimano XTR 170mm with Stages Power Meter Vital guesses he swaps these for Saint at World Champs
Chainring - Shimano Saint 40t
Brakes - Shimano XTR race lever, Saint calipers, 180mm Ice-Tech Rotors
Derailleur - Shimano XTR Shadow Plus Swap to Saint?
Cassette - Shimano XTR 11-36 We're guessing the cluster will be considerably smaller
Pedals - Shimano XTR trail Swap to DX clipless?
Chainguide - E13 LG1
Bars and Stem - Renthal 740mm Fatbar lite, 20mm rise, and 50mm duo Stem
Headset - Chris King
Grips - ODI ruffian MX
Credit: Sven Martin
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Maverickdh005
8/29/2013 12:28 AM
robmanzanares
8/28/2013 2:59 AM
bbk7
8/28/2013 1:15 AM
FlyingIrish
8/27/2013 10:35 PM
sspomer
8/27/2013 8:13 AM
LionOfLakewood
8/27/2013 7:54 AM
Justin Leov used a 6" bike in the Garbanzo DH this year. I watched him come by on the long flat section (EZ Does It) (right where Dirt Merchant drops out) with the dropper all the way up! A couple of days later he told me that a couple of sections were kind of hiary but for the most part it did OK.
If someone can do it at Garbanzo, why not? Nevermind that he thinks some of the EWS tracks are more gnarly the Pz.
Zoro
8/27/2013 5:47 AM
Pretty sure Graves always rode small bikes in the Sea Otter "dh" race. He is the ultimate small bike shredder, coming from a 4x, bmx background. I remember he used to say how he was doing full on shuttle runs on his 4x hardtail to maximize speed and line choice on a small bike.
If anybody can do it on a small bike, it's him. Didn't Lopes do well in Australia with a small bike also in 2010?
taka
8/27/2013 12:38 AM
Sum_1
8/26/2013 5:56 PM
mboughton1
8/26/2013 6:18 PM
Sum_1
8/26/2013 7:20 PM
Thanks for that man.
Yeah it seems like a lot of effort to go to considering there's plenty of products such as those you mentioned that are designed for that purpose.
Maybe the ghetto set up is better at preventing burping when you're riding hard and smashing the wheels into corners?
Big Bird
8/26/2013 11:08 PM
Dave_Camp
8/27/2013 11:58 AM
alexarmanetti
8/26/2013 3:10 PM
metong
8/26/2013 2:29 PM
Mr. P
8/26/2013 2:09 PM
Weren't racers doing similar at the World Champs in Australia? And the big bikes all podiumed.
Regardless, I dig it, and it just shows how capable mid travel bikes are now.
P
chequamie
8/26/2013 1:37 PM
scriz
8/26/2013 1:03 PM
Graves made up 12 places solely on the pedal section last year at PMB, so it will be interesting to see what he does on an even lighter setup. They should just split the track and put an un-timed liaison stage in the middle
hamilton.ory
8/26/2013 12:22 PM
Maverickdh005
8/26/2013 11:14 AM
StuLax18
8/26/2013 10:07 AM