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Submitted by
Daniel Thompson
a Downhiller
from tiburon, ca
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | my trails.... | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1750.00 | | Purchased At: | some guy | | Strengths: | great frame, never will break. i love the suspension set up and all that stuff. the bike is great! | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | SX, kona stinky, maybe big hit... | | Bike Setup: | 2006 frame, rock shox totem, fox dhx 5.0, xtr disc brakes, and so on... | | Bottom Line: | great bikes! the frame seems like it will never break. i absolutely recommend this bike with a totem. make sure the bike is made in colorado. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
justin carson
a Downhiller
from davis, ca
Date Reviewed: December 27, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | spots i built | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | some guy... | | Strengths: | love everything. looks to geometry its all great | | Weaknesses: | when you bottom out my ass hits the tire and that can be bad if your going fast | | Similar Products Used: | bullit, haro x7 but didnt like em as much | | Bike Setup: | black yetias-x, domain fork, juicy 7 discs, nevegal tires, dhx5 rear shock, race face ride dh crank, 5050 pedals etc... | | Bottom Line: | awsome bike and i got the frame for 650, whopping deal, just saying if your about my height, 6ft 1 then get a layback seatpost if you care about ur balls. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Weekend Warrior
from Calera, AL, USA
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$3100.00 | | Purchased At: | Beyondbikes.com | | Strengths: | Quality like no other at any price. Frame tubing and welds are gorgeous and second to none. Bike is plush and smooth no matter what you ride it on. It's The all mountain bike and the kicker is it climbs efficiently! Looks awesome and is tough as a bike comes. It really is a 'do it all' if you are in the all mountain aggressive category. | | Weaknesses: | None. Well maybe the month I waited to get this bike and it was pricy too. | | Similar Products Used: | None that are in this bike's catagory. Own Fisher's and Specialized. | | Bike Setup: | 2007 ASX, 2008 Fox Talas36 RC2 fork, Fox DHX5.0(500# spring), FSA pig DH pro sealed headset, the rest is the Yeti freeride kit. | | Bottom Line: | Best bike I've ever seen and rode and I'm a fortunate rider to own one. The only change I will be making on this bike in the future is on the tires, it came with Maxxis Minion downhill tires at 2.5 and I'm switching to a 2.35 size to shed a little weight as I'm not a full blown downhiller. Bike has all the possibilies, build it for your needs and be done. Have fun!
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Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from DC Metro Area
Date Reviewed: September 17, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$2800.00 | | Strengths: | Ultra Strong, Confidence Inspiring, Great Craftsmanship, Spot-on Geometry, Rides like a much lighter bike. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Too many to list..... | | Bike Setup: | Fox 36 Float, Race face tri-ring setup (for riding from the house), Tompson seatpost and stem, Maxxis 2.5 tires | | Bottom Line: | This bike is awesome. I own a bunch of bikes that I love but it seems I always take the AS-X. This bike can REALLY do it all. It may be a bit slow on the ups, but really, its not spec'd for that anyway and Yeti tells you that straightaway. I might add that I do manage stair climbs as-well-as drops. This bike can truly handle whatever you dish out. The Fox 5.0 rear / 36 Float fork combo really are a perfect match for my riding.
On a side note - it looks way cool and gets thumbs-ups wherever I go (everywhere). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
topher
a Downhiller
from portland, or
Date Reviewed: July 23, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | extendo | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | full cycles | | Strengths: | This bike is so unbelievably sick I can't even describe it. Smooth as hell over anything and rock solid, the faster you go the more in control you are! | | Weaknesses: | wasn't free | | Similar Products Used: | kona dawg primo, yeti 575, versus blitz 2 | | Bike Setup: | rockshox domain 318, yeti asx w/ fox dhx 5.0 coil | | Bottom Line: | if you're looking for a bike that can do it all the asx is totally rad, it's solid, smooth, and extremely stable, I love it and am extremely impressed with how well it rides! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nate
a Downhiller
from Ivins, UT
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bootleg | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1800.00 | | Purchased At: | DC | | Strengths: | Solid frame. Some brake jack in the rear due to the single pivot design. The Fox DHX 5.0 offers great adjust ability. Nice tight maneuverable feel that is at home downhill or trail riding | | Weaknesses: | Paint on swing arm scratches easily. Kept losing the bolts from the rear der hanger | | Similar Products Used: | Stinky | | Bike Setup: | Med frame with Fox DHX 5.0, Sherman breakout plus, Mavic ex729 wheels, Maxxis Minion 2.5 front and rear, Race Face x-type crankset with FSA exterior bottom bracket, WTB saddle | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for about a hundreds less than similar rigs. Can be trail rode or taken downhill. I have loved this bike for over a year now and have no plans to retire it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben Dover
a Downhiller
from Bay area
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | whizzler | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$2850.00 | | Strengths: | light, good parts spec, cheap, looks good | | Weaknesses: | I got an alternate build kit, costed more for cheaper parts. whatever.
tire hits the frame, maxxis minion 2.5 | | Similar Products Used: | vp free, older bighit, demo 9 | | Bike Setup: | 36 vanilla R, DHX 5 coil, X9, juicy 3's
450 lb coil, I weigh 140 w/o gear so 400 is better | | Bottom Line: | I use this as my DH bike, it is still plush in the rocks and things, but it is easier to throw around. I can just pick up the bike and change lines at speed, effortlessly. It rails turns. It loves to jump, much easier than my old bighit ( with 24" ) It came in stock with single ply's and light tubes at 38 pounds
I run it with a 36, and it feels great. I am considering a bigger fork later on for northstar and whistler, but for this year I feel confident on the 36 coil.
If you ride smooth dh, freeride, or anything with some pedaling / jumping, this is the bike. not ideal for rough races though. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Miligrosa | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | Go-Ride | | Strengths: | Very strong, simple design, bulletproof. Pretty plush when set up right. Price. | | Weaknesses: | Not a very good climber, weight?, needs to have a bolted rear axle to make it stiff. | | Similar Products Used: | Stinky Primo, SX Trail, FXR, | | Bike Setup: | XO, 66sl, CK hubs/headset, Avid brakes, Thompson, RF Atlas/Diabolus, Maxxis . | | Bottom Line: | Great bike for the price. Excellant freerider/beginner DH, decent all mountain. Don't expect a great climber and you will be fine. Your friends will wait at the top...you will wait at the bottom! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony ...Whats his face
a Downhiller
from Pennsylvania
Date Reviewed: May 21, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Diablo Freeride Park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$3.00 | | Strengths: | It's great for pedaling. The frame quality is great. I was suprised by the welds and the craftsmanship. You would think of it as more of a trail bike, but its great through the real rough stuff (rock gardens), and its great for jumping and dropping. I was absolutely amazed how well it handled at speed. | | Weaknesses: | None found at all! | | Similar Products Used: | Kona stinky | | Bike Setup: | FOX 40, Race face cranks, all XTR shimono, hayes 8" brakes. | | Bottom Line: | It is a great bike like a said. You can use it for a lot of things (even trail riding with a triple crown fork). Freeriding, downhill, or trail riding (maybe even cross country if you put a single crown fork on it) it is a great bike. Just put a single crown fork on it if you do more moderate riding. Its a bike that can be specifically used for one thing, or used for many things, very versitile. It pedals great for a full suspension bike, and can take anything else another downhill bike can take. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
robert
a Downhiller
from santa maria, ca , usa
Date Reviewed: February 18, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | velocity | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$2800.00 | | Purchased At: | pedal power bicycles | | Strengths: | pedals like a dream i ride up big hills with ease especually with the pro pedal setting on the dhx 5.0, looks awesome best feeling bike ive ever ridden | | Weaknesses: | nothing except the paint on the swingarm seems to scratch really easy but i dont care that much | | Similar Products Used: | kona stinky, demo 9 pro, big hit 3 | | Bike Setup: | 2007 as-x small frame, race face bars and stem, race face diablous cranks and bash gaurd, mavic ex729 rims, fox 36 VANr, dhx 5.0, x.9 derailer | | Bottom Line: | bottom line is this bike kicks major ass ive taken it of 10ft drops with ease, flew through sum rocky nasty sections and the yeti takes it like a champ if your lookin for a all around bike that will hold up through hell get one of these you wont be disapointed! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
osa losa
a
from nowhere
Date Reviewed: January 21, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | none at all, it is frekin horrible | | Weaknesses: | geometry sucks, paint sucks, costumer service sucks, it sucks | | Bottom Line: | this bike sucks, ill never buy yeti again | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom B
a Downhiller
from Wellington, New Zealand
Date Reviewed: November 29, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Ridgeline | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1000.00 | | Purchased At: | Second hand on trademe | | Strengths: | Very sturdy and not overly heavy. Rear wheel tracks the ground very well and can take the bigger hits with ease. Small size is quite flickable | | Weaknesses: | Difficult to change spring/remove shock | | Bike Setup: | Yeti ASX frame, 07 Marzocchi 66 SL1 ATA forks, Trailpimp wheels, Sram X7 gearing, Hayes HFX9 brakes. | | Bottom Line: | A very good frame for the rough and tight single track in my area. Handles everything I've thrown at it from drops to dirtjumps to high speed rocky trails with ease. Also corners very well. I am 6'4 and ride a small size as I have come off a DJ bike and wanted to retain the flickability. A very good performing bike that is perfect for someone wanting a predictable ride that can handle the bigger stuff but still absorb the small bumps. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy Dodsworth
a Downhiller
from LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
Date Reviewed: October 7, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Hamsterley | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$2500.00 | | Purchased At: | The house of Bikes | | Strengths: | Good looking bike, climbs well for 10lbs frame. Very little bob when hammering. Nice welds. | | Weaknesses: | I have had this bike for 3 months and only managed to ride it twice in that time due to serious problems with the frame. The rear swingarm was bent and twisted when it arrived. After talking with the shop where i bought it and Yeti I ended up paying full price for a new swingarm Yeti were not helpful at all totaly fobbed me off blaming shipping. I had Biketreks in the lakes fit the new swingarm which they got from Bromley bikes, I picked it up and it was still not right, the rear wheel sits 5mm out of line. This they said was normal!!! and within tollerence!!! YETI YOUR QUALITY SUCKS BIG TIME!!
I have had several high end bikes from big names such as Santa Cruz and I have never had any problems at all. So far this bike has cost me $3000 and it still is not right. I will be selling this bike as soon as I can get the frame fixed. | | Similar Products Used: | Santa Cruz Heckler, V10, VPFREE. | | Bike Setup: | FOX DHX 5, 40R, XM321, SRAM X9, HAYES MAG HD. | | Bottom Line: | Yeti service sucks not helpful and the UK side is even worse.
If the engineering talents of Yeti and their dealers can only fix a frame to with in 5mm then they have some serious problems.
I will be trying to get this bike sorted so I can sell it, when traveling at 30km/hr + on a downhill run you need confidence in the bike you use....I have none in the Yeti product. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Caine
a Downhiller
from Denmark
Date Reviewed: September 23, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fishtrail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Realy strong and full of life when going down the hill and very eavy to control in mid air | | Weaknesses: | when fitting a new rear shock or just setting it up for longer or shorter travel you have to do a long of disacembly | | Similar Products Used: | Marin Wildcat Trail 02, Scott nitrous 20 05 | | Bike Setup: | Manitou Breakout plus (suspension fork), Manitou Metel (rear shock), Shimano XT Grip and rear shifter, Tuative Blaze ISIS crankset, Raceface Diablous Stem and handlebars, Hayes HFX-9 breaks | | Bottom Line: | Real fun and sweet ride that can handle almost any thing you do whit it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Bongiorno
a Weekend Warrior
from Florida
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1200.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Very nice frame,with two travel settings and great geometry.This frame takes anything I throw at it, with no squeaking or creaks of any kind.Very plush with no pedal bob during climbs or desents.I have a fifth element on mine and can just run over anything without losing control {nice].The a-sx is the perfect do all frame. | | Weaknesses: | Paint is thin on rear swing arm, need tool to take shock on and off | | Similar Products Used: | Cannondale jekyll,Trek session | | Bike Setup: | Truvativ, z1 sport, avid, shimano, thomson. | | Bottom Line: | This is a great frame to beat on, the quality is superb. It is not an xc bike {I have a cannondale for that}but will get you up the hill better than most I have ridden. Yetti support is good, and they answer their phones! One inportant note,this bike has such a good rear suspension that selecting anything other then the best and most expensive fork futile. Marzocchi 66, 888, or fox 40, 36 rc2 are great options. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joey Asprea
a Downhiller
from Ewa Beach,Hawaii
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Makakilo, Camp Timberline | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1400.00 | | Purchased At: | Shaka Bikes and Boards | | Strengths: | *Listed price is for frame only* Agile and a true do anything bike. Minimal bob for single pivot design, relativley inexpensive and comes with the DHX 5.0. Open to many set up options i.e. trail bike,freeride bike,dh bike. The only DH/FR bike I can pedal up most trails, with a dual ring set up. Burly frame, stable and most of all, just a perfect and fun all around bike. | | Weaknesses: | Paint could be a little tougher. I have the work (brown) color, and can scratch easily. Special Yeti tool needed to change spring on the shock. I had to use an arbor press to removed pressed in parts to remove the spring. No riding performance based complaints though. | | Similar Products Used: | Orange 224
Big Hit
| | Bike Setup: | Custom build, 06 888rc2x, 06 sram xo med. cage and shifters and casette, 06 raceface dh cranks, 06 sun mtx w/ dt swiss spokes and atomlab hubs, protaper bars w/ oury lock ons and Danger Boy stem,Chris King headset (headtube reducers needed 1.5"-1 1/8") 06 Hayes HFX-9 w/ DB levers, Funn saddle. | | Bottom Line: | Highly capable bike. I even used it for a 24hr XC endurance race minus the 888. With a 1.5 headtube the options for a build are endless. A go anywhere, do anything kind of bike. Great value and customer service and with a Dangerous Dan inspired design you can't wrong. I'm extremeley picky when it comes to bikes and Yeti has done an awesome job with this frame. The potential is unsurpassed, it truly is the prime defintion of "Freeride" translated in aluminum nirvana. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
AKRida
a Downhiller
from PG
Date Reviewed: May 12, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Weight, strength, pedalling efficiency, progressiveness of suspension. | | Weaknesses: | large frame, i'm 6"3 love the top tube length, but would like the rear seat to drop a bit more, on the larger drops and forgetting what bike i'm on sometimes ya suck up the drop a bit to much with the knee's and get wacked in the funbags. | | Similar Products Used: | most everything, i work in a bikeshop :) | | Bike Setup: | 05 Yeti ASX, 06 Fox 36RC2, Hugi FR hubs, 321 rims, Magura Gustav Brakes etc, totally custom. | | Bottom Line: | Bike owns all, mine weighs in at 39.2 pounds total custom build, wasn't to fond of the headangle with the 200mm 888 on it so i went with the Fox 36RC2 and am much happier, the bike pedals amazingly, i actually enjoy pedalling up hills to get to my favorite trails now, even with using a single ring + chainguide and 38tooth, bike handles drops like a champ, feels plusher than my old 8 inch Banshee Scream on every drop which was quite surprising, very nimble bike, very good design, all out great quaility at a very reasonable price. in my opinion it is the best all out do it all bike around, XC it one day, and spend the week in whistler the next, it's not out of place in any situation. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Osama Bin laden
a Downhiller
from Iraq
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bomb Craters are pretty sweet | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | 1367 | | Strengths: | everything, handles bomb craters like it was made for people that run from americans. the little frame makes it easier to get out of the way of gunshots | | Weaknesses: | i broke the brake in half but otherwise it was awsome(no brake made it easier and cooler when i was running from the U.S | | Similar Products Used: | jeeps highjacked humvees | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | this thing is perfect for alqauda(sp) and U.S. haters. sucks when it comes to road races but otherwise this thing is fo sho. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Osama Bin laden
a Downhiller
from Iraq
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bomb Craters are pretty sweet | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | 1367 | | Strengths: | everything, handles bomb craters like it was made for people that run from americans. the little frame makes it easier to get out of the way of gunshots | | Weaknesses: | i broke the brake in half but otherwise it was awsome(no brake made it easier and cooler when i was running from the U.S | | Similar Products Used: | jeeps highjacked humvees | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | this thing is perfect for alqauda(sp) and U.S. haters. sucks ass when it comes to road races but otherwise this thing is fo sho. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Downhiller
from Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 4, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$3000.00 | | Strengths: | This bike is awsome. It pedals so much better then anything else in it's class. Unlike 99% of freeride bikes, you can actually get up and srint on it without the suspension bouncing all over the place. perfect bike for DH racing in Ontario. It feels much lighter then what it actually is. | | Weaknesses: | A little pedal feedback but typical from a single pivot design with this much travel. | | Similar Products Used: | '05 Orange Patriot 7+ (in parking lot)
'03 Specialized Big Hit comp
'05 Norco A-line
'04 Brodie Diablo
'04 Oryx spit fire 33 | | Bike Setup: | AS-X w/5th element, Manitou breakout plus, truvativ holzfeller cranks & stem, mavic ex729rims w/saint hubs + dt alpine III spokes, Hayes nine HD w/goodridge lines, etc... | | Bottom Line: | If you're looking for a bike that'll do it all then look no further. This bike goes up hills and pedals like an all mountain bike and decends like a full out downhill bike. This bike is seen in the bike video "unchained" doing some pretty big stuff. it's orange and seen mainly on the 2nd disc. Yeti's aren't cheap but well worth the money. you'll end up keeping for much longer then other bikes because it's strong, reliable, fast and just works so well! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Perry Morgan
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane, Australia
Date Reviewed: April 6, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Nirvana / Stupidly Happy | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Gift | | Strengths: | Well first off I was attracted to it's looks. I ordered the bike complete from the factory so the specs are what are shown on the yeti website. The interesting thing is that although the site shows it comes with x.7 gear it turned up with x.9. You gotta be happy with that :)
The powdercoated black finish has proved to be very durable. I chose to upgrade to this finish after reading reviews on this site pointing out the paint was a little too easily knocked about and so far I have been impressed with it and it's ease of cleaning. The dirt does not really stick to it.
This bike just feels "right" when you sit on it. The same sort of feeling you get when you sit on a new, big dirt bike, it just feels good under you and gives you that feeling that makes you just want to take it out and try all the stuff that used to freak you out.
The forks I got on mine (fox van 36's) are just beautiful. After riding my other bike with a set of triples on it I was a bit suspect about how the bike would cope with such soft forks. Even when I cranked up the preload it still felt too soft. But when I hit the trails it just soaked up EVERYTHING like it was no big deal. Now I've backed off the preload and it just turns the ugliest terrain into a cloud like ride.
Although no xc bike it is a capable climber putting my norco manik hardtail to shame (if the ground wasn't flat the thing would want to wheelstand all the way up). | | Weaknesses: | I have ridden a few of these and the only problem the older ones had was some slight ovaling of the dogbone travel adjust holes. That has supposedly been remedied and apart from that I can find any. I am having a small issue with a bit of pedal feedback but I am told that can be gotten rid of by setting the shock up better. The previous one I rode with the 5th element did not suffer from it but I really am not familiar with shock settings and am doing a bit of trial and error as I learn.
My only little regret is that I did not go for the higher spec forks offered that may give a little more control over movement while climbing. The pike U-turns on the previous one I rode were awesome. With a casual flick of a lever the fork was buttery soft or rock solid. | | Similar Products Used: | 04 Specialized hardrock sports (outgrew this thing FAST)
05 Norco Manik. Loved it but was a pig to climb with.
04 AS-X Med frame with Pike U-turns and 5th element. Felt much more nimble than it's bigger brother
04 AS-X Large frame with Sherman forks and 5th element (at 6'1") I found this much harder to just pop the front wheel up and over something | | Bike Setup: | As per the site: www.yeticycles.com with a wireless computer being the only added part so far. | | Bottom Line: | Waiting for this to arrive in the shop reminded me of being a kid and waiting for santa. Time seemed to draaaaag. But man was it worth it. I just can describe the joy this bike brings me.
One of the things I LOVE about this bike is how quiet it is. The lower swingarm bars come up from the rear hub and then join the bike half way up the seatpost tube. That means the chain sits under the swingarm and there is no chain smashing into the bike as you go over rough stuff, and with the suspension being so damn good the thing decends like a ninja lol. Friends have comented on the fact they can't hear me closing in on them till it's too late.
I got it as a gift but I am still giving it a top value rating as I feel it is definatly a great bike for the money it costs and not one you will have to sell for half price because you have outgrown it's capabilities. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ryan echols
a Cross Country Rider
from anchorage,alaska
Date Reviewed: March 12, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | powerline | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$2300.00 | | Purchased At: | REI | | Strengths: | everything, i love the bike. the fork works great, the rear shock can take any thing i throw at it, plus the design of the suspension does not rob your power when you need to charge.the frame is strong, and the seat can be lowered all the way down if i want. i can go on and on. | | Weaknesses: | the derailers seems to be needing adjusting all the time but that might be my falt since i bent the hell out of it on a rock. | | Similar Products Used: | cannondale gemini 900 | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | the bottom line is that this bike is solid. it goes where you want it, up hill down hill whatever. its not a heavy bike for what you pay for. the suspension rocks!! seven inches in front seven in the rear. it does not rob you of power when charging and it can take anything you throw at it. plus im the only person in the city that i know of that has a yeti as-x how cool is that. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from Christchurch
Date Reviewed: February 15, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Blowhard | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Gorgeous + Burly. Really can be riden up anything providing you are prepared to fiddle with the shock and take your time.
Is a capable climber over technical terrain. | | Weaknesses: | With a small frame the travel adjust knob on the Shermans can smack the frame and crease the underside of the downtube!
Piddly little heads on dropout bolts very difficult to remove without rounding off.
When you finally have to get off and push/carry you realise just how heavy it really is | | Similar Products Used: | Previous bike Shango HT/DH.
Previously owned and disliked Marin Riftzone | | Bike Setup: | Breakout, DHX, Husselfelt/ Holzfeller, XT | | Bottom Line: | This is my 2nd fully but since owning a riftzone I was put
off fullys and staunchly rode a beefed up HT up and down everything.
Very pleased with the AS-X's climbing capabilities it seems to be able to climb everything I've been doing on the
HT and coming down is obviously completely different.
It will punish you if you don't change down and try to crank up steep bits. I have an 11-32 in retrospect 11-34 would be better and a 34 tooth chainring is ideal.
I was very unhappy with having to drill out one of the derailleur hanger bolts because the head had rounded. They were well tight and even with a good allen key there wasn't a snug fit. There would have been no way I could have replaced the hanger by the trailside. Hopefully some higher quality bolts will sort that.
As for the Fork travel adjustment knob hitting the frame - Is it just me? or is this on all the small frames - if so this is a monstrous design fault. This would be exactly the wrong place for a crease to occur. Yeti take note.
Overall very happy, would definately purchase again. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
maggro
a Downhiller
from alpine, Ca
Date Reviewed: February 11, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | anderson truck trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | some dude on ebay | | Strengths: | everything about this bike rocks i have a medium and ride this bike more than my other bikes. up hill no problem, down hill hit everything big and hard. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | santa cruz vpfree,cannondale gemini, haro werks, and some intense "sucked" | | Bike Setup: | fsa everything fr270yish, v-drive extreams, hope bulb hubs and mono m4 brakes,sram xo shifters and rear der, xt front, mavic 819s tubeless ignitors. | | Bottom Line: | this is a bike you can pedal up hill for 2 to 3 hours take a rest put on some armour and hit all the stuff you would normally hit on the bike you shuttle on. i actually feel more comfortable on this bike hitting big stuff than on my downhill bike sometimes due to the fact that i spend more time on it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin Schenk
a
from Morro Bay CA
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Face | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$3200.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria Bikes | | Strengths: | This bike has great balance. It would make a great North Shore bike. I love how the travel is adjustable. This thing is a great pedaler. I also think this bike has slopestryle potential because it absorbs hits well. I seriously think that this is the best freeride bike I have ever ridden. | | Weaknesses: | The cable wiring for the front derailer doesn't allow you to do X-ups | | Similar Products Used: | Bullit, Demo 8, Gemni 900, Specialized bighit, | | Bike Setup: | Stock with 66rc2x, and Avid Juicy Carbons. | | Bottom Line: | The best freeride bike I know of. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
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from Californ-I-A
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | magic carpet ride | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$3700.00 | | Purchased At: | Trail Head | | Strengths: | Strong frame, Fox DHX 5.0 soaks up everything, its a great bike everything on it is strong | | Weaknesses: | gear shifting isnt to great, but thats probably cuz the cables are still stretching | | Bike Setup: | Fox DHX 5.0, hadley hubs, saint derailer, Sherman fork, truvativ holtzfeller drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | AWESOME BIKE. THIS BIKE WILL TAKE WHAT YOU THROW AT IT, NO PROBLEM. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Ryan Simmons
a
from Salt Lake City
Date Reviewed: September 13, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$2800.00 | | Purchased At: | Go-Ride.com | | Strengths: | For a freeride bike it is relatively light which can be deceiving as the frame is built up and looks heavy. So far it seems indestructable for most any type of heavy riding and drops. I can't imagine breaking any part of this frame except maybe the derailleur hanger. You can climb on this, but you'll be worked. Not the best climber in tight switchbacks. Goes downhill and can hold a line. No noticable flex while cornering hard. Rumor has it Krispy is actually racing downhill on one of these with a 7" travel 888. | | Weaknesses: | I purchased this bike complete and was fortunate enough to work with a shop that was more than willing to swap out and upgrade components. Weak fork, derailleur and shifters. After a hard day doing laps at the resort, the pivots start to creak. It's a simple single pivot design (which in some cases is actually a strength) so there is noticable brake jack in hard cornering. This is to be expected with a single pivot, so it came as no surprise. | | Similar Products Used: | '04 Santa Cruz Heckler. | | Bike Setup: | Stock with upgrades: 7" Marzocchi 66RC, Sram X-9 shifters and derailleur, E-13 chainguide with 38 tooth Black Spire chainring. | | Bottom Line: | For the price, you can't go wrong with this bike in even it's stock form. Most other companies would charge you a whole more for a bike designed to do what this bike can do. If you've got a decent shop in town that is willing to work with you, I would recommend swapping out the fork. Go-Ride.com charged me an additional $100 to upgrade the fork to a 66RC and the Shimano junk to SRAM X-9. The chain guide I added on later. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dragon j
a Downhiller
from cebu phil.
Date Reviewed: August 30, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | 6 drgon trails of transcentral | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | jun orange mobile shop | | Strengths: | light strong nice looking frame. | | Weaknesses: | slight brake jack. very minimal. paint easily scratc |
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$ 2669.00
