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Yeti Cycles AS-R SL XC Full Suspension
Product Description
User Reviews
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Michael L Date Reviewed: August 4, 2012 Strengths: Light and flys with great control Weaknesses: None yet Bottom Line:
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max_lombardy
a Cross Country Rider Date Reviewed: July 31, 2012 Strengths: Light, looks awesome, efficient, tough. Weaknesses: None Bottom Line: 
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1998 schwinn
a Racer Date Reviewed: June 1, 2012 Strengths: When its together and running amazing. I loved this bike...really. I raced it at Windham cup last year with team, and people yelled out yeti to me during my cross country race. I even have an amazing picture at of the bike at the sram tent getting work and the riders at the yeti tent. It's the team blue and white. Today I learned that yeti will not replace the swing arm under warranty the because they say I crashed it. There is scrape below the area that is a year old. There are tiny scrapes from brush and shoes which is what you expect. The swing arm just collapsed on during a ride. Its up and down. I have pictures and a video showing how it flexes after the breakage. Because the arm isn't pristine and has the scrapes I'm offered crash replacement at $500 and with shop warranty help another $40.00. Wow. I advertised the crap out of this bike at every event. After reading a bit more here and on the web about the problem i realize that im not alone. It's too bad. Anyway...its was a great frame for one the year I used it but I can't risk that yeti will refuse another warranty replacement because I didn't deliver an image of perfection for warranty replacement. 2 bike mechanics inspected it before I sent it to yeti who are very experienced bike shop mechanics and worked on my bike. Weaknesses: See above....great until ...well it brakes. It will be missed. Hard to throw the kind of money at a bike to risk another failure and crash replacement offer. They couldn't consider reducing it anymore. I didn't buy it to ride on a neat little bike path. Flimsy design and thin unlike the new replacemen which i was told is beefier. Like I said, I love this bike and still do just very upset that it is being junked now because of warranty issues. I would say yeti was very pleasant in their delivery of the bad news today. Bottom Line:
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angler pat
a All Mountain Rider
from Brainerd,MN, USA Date Reviewed: April 5, 2012 Strengths: beat the crap out of this bike! its now 5 years old and no problems not even with the rear carbon. its strong fast and fun! paint is great to everything about this bike is a 10 out of 10 i got the hays 9 disc on mine love it also carbon handle bars, mavic 819 tubeless is the best!!!! Weaknesses: NOTHING Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $3800.00 Bike Setup: hayes 9 carbon breaks, carbon bars XT and XTR components mavic 819 rims maxxis high roller tubeless, Thompson steam and seat post
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mjsteam
a Cross Country Rider
from Steamboat Springs, CO, USA Date Reviewed: August 30, 2010 Strengths: Fun to ride, great tracking, great climbing, great downhill. Weaknesses: Breakage, poor customer service. I broke my first frame last year, YETI provided a warranty replacement for the front triangle, I up-graded the rear triangle and shock for $1,200. That frame lasted for 9 months, broke in the same place, rear triangle was also cracked. LBS had no loaner or demo and took TWO weeks to ship the bike back to YETI, and now YETI will not warranty. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Quarry Mountain Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $2500.00 Similar Products Used: Trek STP carbon, (10 years old of regular use and no issues there)
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coloradoRider
a Cross Country Rider
from Lakewood, co Date Reviewed: August 24, 2010 Strengths: Light weight, efficient XC frame Weaknesses: Durability Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Buffalo Creek Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $895.00 Purchased At: Jenson
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Fort Fun Rider
a Cross Country Rider
from Fort Collins, CO Date Reviewed: July 28, 2010 Strengths: I was pretty happy with the performance of this bike. The pro-pedal woks great an the climbs as well as the downhills. Weaknesses: The rear carbon triangle is VERY fragile. I'm not a big rider and I do not ride very aggressive but I have now broken two of these in as many months. The fist was the result of lateral flex and the chainstay failed near the bottom pivot. The second break was on the seat stay after a very light impact. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Horsetooth Mtn. Park Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: Jensen USA Similar Products Used: None. Bike Setup: Rock Shox Reba front fork, Mavic Ride wheels. Race Face Atlas Crankset, SRAM 9 cassette, Shimano Saint brakes/shifters, XTR derailler. 
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kjpushie
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia Date Reviewed: April 15, 2010 Strengths: Climbs well and is very light and fast Weaknesses: Carbon doesn't belong on chainstays. My chainstay cracked in half after only 5 months of use (and not abuse). For my type of riding, a frame of this quality should have lasted longer. The limited help recieved from Yeti in fixing the problem also will deter me from buying another. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1500.00 Purchased At: Jensonusa Similar Products Used: Intense Spider, Santa Cruz Heckler Bike Setup: Full SRAM X9, Hayes, Reba Race, Crossmax XL, Deus Crankset 
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XcCountry
a Cross Country Rider
from Malaysia Date Reviewed: January 25, 2010 Strengths: The frame geometry is good. Climb like speed goat. The carbon read is stiff and good handling. Even with rear pop lock open, don't realy feel much up hill. Is good on downhill and handling. No issue on climbing hill even on 40 degree. Weaknesses: I do find the cable routing is not that good but again I stick on the carbon sticker to protect the rubbing near the shox, bottom and the rear end. Shox is standard FOX RP23. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Penang Hill Off Road Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: eBay Similar Products Used: Santa Cruz Blur, Santa Cruz Suprtlight. Bike Setup: Groupset is all XTR including wheelset. Wellgo Magnesium Paddle. RockShox Reba Team with Pop-lock 100mm. Carbon Scub stem, ChrisKing headset, Yeti Grip, Selle Italia SLR saddle with Thomson Elite seat post, Jagwire cable, Coolpad brakepad, Monkey Lite handle bar. Kenda Nevegal 2.1 front and Panaracer XC Pro rear
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bennymtb
a Cross Country Rider
from Sydney, Australia Date Reviewed: November 8, 2009 Strengths: Light...very light for a alloy frame. Great geometry. Lateral stiffness is great. Climbs like a goat both on smooth firetrails and rocky technical climbs. No bob, platform propedal does a good job here. Weaknesses: None so far. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Sparrow Hill Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1129.00 Purchased At: Jensons USA Similar Products Used: Giant Trance 06 Bike Setup: Fox F100 RLC fork, RP23 shock, Avid Juicy 7 brakes, 6 inch rotors, XT drivetrain and shifters. Easton XC one wheelset.
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FlyingSam
a Cross Country Rider
from switzerland Date Reviewed: October 14, 2009 Strengths: The ASR alloy frameset is light enough to build a reliable cross country race machine. But you can also use it for everyday rides as the geometry is perfectly adjusted. The frame is very stiff due to the rear carbon triangle and the pivot bearings. The Fox RP23 shock goes very well with the frame and almost eliminates bobs when needed. It climbs like a goat especially on rough terrains as the rear wheel stays glued to the groung. My bike is L sized, and it is a bit longer than some others. I'm 187 cm (a bit over 6'), had to install a 90mm stem to get right. As a consequence the bike is very stable and almost impossible to front lift while climbing steep. The front angle allows for safe downhilling, keeping in ming it's not a DH bike...100mm fork travel is perfect for balanced geometry. The V-shaped top tube is perfect in singletracks as it give plenty of leg clearance to let you move your body! Not to mention: I'm proud of riding such a valuable bike, and a brand that's so famous in the MTB history. A dream come true... Weaknesses: If I have to find one, well, I would mention cable routing for the rear der. I had to find a way to make the cable housing stop slipping into the frame holders when the shock works, leading to damaging the frame's top tube. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1200.00 Purchased At: Jenson usa Similar Products Used: too many to list here... Bike Setup: ASR allow frame, reba team fork, American classic wheels, Race face next crankset/stem/bar, XTR shifters and brakes 
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Picinino
a Cross Country Rider
from Lake Oswego, OR, USA Date Reviewed: July 17, 2009 Strengths: Agile, smooth ride. Bike is fast on slight to steep downhills. Really comfortable geometry. Weaknesses: Not as efficient on uphills and flats as the hardtails I have ridden. But what do you expect - you can't have it all. If it was nobody would buy hardtails anymore and Yeti wouldn't make them. Rear triangle a little on the heavy side, I understand the newer models have overcome this. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: All sweet singletrack trails Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $2800.00 Purchased At: beyondbikes Similar Products Used: Bridgestone MB-1 - 1992 year model Cannondale Super V - 1994 year model Cannondale F 700 - 1995 year model Bike Setup: FSA XC 300 wheelset (replaced original Mavic 317,s) Avid Juicy 7 Brakes (replaced original Avid Mechanicals) Fox Float R rear shock (original) Rockshox REBA fork (replaced original Manitou Skareb) Mixture of Shimano XT and XTR components (most of them have been replaced)
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BISTRO
a Cross Country Rider
from Newcastle - Australia Date Reviewed: February 10, 2009 Strengths: Light, fast snappy and responsive ride that forgives in tricky situations. Minimal (if any) BOB with propedal on Weaknesses: Need to turn off pro pedal on descents. Brake jack on descents when on the anchors - problem on all single pivot bikes though Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Glenrock Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $6000.00 Purchased At: City Bike Depot Similar Products Used: Santa Cruz Superlight Bike Setup: Reba fork, Full X-O, DT swiss 4.1D rims on 240 hubs, DT swiss tubeless conversion kit (works well), SDG I-Beam seat on KORE carbon seat post (tres light), Juicy 7 brakes.
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bellullabob
a Racer
from providence, ri Date Reviewed: January 14, 2009 Strengths: Super fast bike. It's true, it climbs amazingly well. Light. Weaknesses: Everyone says laterally stiff but I somewhat disagree. It s not bad but not super stiff. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anything in the woods Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $1000.00 Purchased At: slightly used Similar Products Used: Spec, Proflex (still have it!), Intense Tracer Bike Setup: Xtr, marta, Reba, etc...
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Paul Crawford
a Cross Country Rider
from Augusta, ME, USA Date Reviewed: October 23, 2008 Strengths: Made for me, in the colors I wanted. Light, seems strong but nothing tells me otherwise... Weaknesses: None so far. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Sugarloaf Mtn. Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $7000.00 Purchased At: Worldwide Similar Products Used: Ibis Szazbo, SlingShot MTB Bike Setup: SID WorldCup fork, Spinergy Xyclone Disc wheels, Hope MonoMiniPro SS brakes, AC Carbon cranks, Stronglight Zycral chainrings, C.Bros Cobalt Ti BB, XTR front mech, X-0 rear mech and shifters, Syntace post and stem, RaceFace NextSL bars, King headset, JagWire GoldMedal shift cable, C.Bros pedals, Hope clamp and skewers, Conti/Maxxis tires, Ceramic pulleys, carbon inner plate from RSP Composites (rear derailleur)
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