THE REINCARNATED YETI CYCLES ASR, A Lot Like Nothing Else

The NEW Yeti ASR marks the most extensive carbon project Yeti have ever tackled. Yielding the lightest full suspension bike in their history, contemporising their flex stay design to check today’s kinematics standards, killer small-bump sensitivity, insane traction and provide 100% usable travel.

The ASR is back. Yeti’s lightest full suspension bike, but that’s just half the story, it brings proper suspension to proper mountain bike racing. The kind that takes skill, not just lungs.

MADE FOR WINNING THE WORLD. The ASR is back to win at today’s world cup level. Super light and radically responsive with all the pedalling efficiency? Check. But that’s just XC table stakes. The bike for modern XC needs modern geometry that’s just as stable tipping it over at 45 km/h as it excels on chest high drops and hugging the inside line on the steepest switchback climb.

THE FASTEST CLIMBING POSITION. Puts riders in a power position to efficiently spin, evenly weight the wheels for traction, and transition more smoothly from saddle to full-throttle sprinting.

MORE RESPONSIVE, NO TWITCH. Modern XC rewards brilliant passing, which in turn requires brilliant cornering. The ASR’s forward-bias geometry delivers responsive steering and predictable characteristics to slash through the field fast.

“JUST RIGHT” BB HEIGHT. A bottom-bracket positioned high enough to pedal through rock gardens, but low enough to sit below the axles for rail-like cornering thanks to that coveted, “in bike” feel.

TUNED AND LEVERAGED TO WIN. With 30% sag, and a near linear leverage rate that compliments short-stroke shocks, small bump and trail chatter dissolve. What’s left is sprint efficient suspension, that also delivers 100% usable travel to meet the features and fringes on today’s XC courses.

• Custom-tuned SIDLuxe FA, SIDLuxe ULT, and SID Luxe Select.

• Yeti developed Compression stack and custom volume architecture to increase small bump compliance without sacrificing deep stroke control.

• 40mm shock stroke optimises compression ratio to reduce end of stroke harshness inherent in small volume shocks. Higher compression ratios can prevent the rider from using full travel.

• SRAM Flight Attendant controlled lockout lets you focus on the race on the T-Series Ultimate build.

• 3-Position TwistLoc Lockout on T-Series and C-Series upgrade builds.

ZERO REDUNDANT CARBON. Custom ply shapes, critical material choice, intelligent draping methods and smooth transitions between every carbon ply have eliminated redundant carbon, giving radical strength for super lightweight. Such a boundary pushing schedule driven from in-depth carbon analysis tools marks a Yeti first.

• 36 unique layups during development

• 1448 grams: frame without shock - T-Series wireless

• 1552 Grams: frame without shock - T-Series

IT’S WHAT’S NOT INSIDE THAT COUNTS. Yeti Cycles wanted to kill carbon redundancy everywhere, not just where it was easy. 20+ years of carbon fibre experience told them they could remove solid volume at pivots and still exceed the demands of XC, with no downside on performance or bearing life.

Slimmed, solid-carbon dropouts cradle the axle with far less carbon for the same strength. More efficiency, better responsiveness, less weight.

In contrast to conventional pivot-placement methodology for longer travel applications, the ASR’s pivot points are positioned so that existing tubing walls make up a significant portion of their shape and structure. To further reduce redundant carbon, and save weight.

SIZE SPECIFIC STIFFNESS. FINE-TUNED. Another goal was to engineer each frame for the same ride characteristics to give every rider the same feel, regardless of size. Every ASR frame has size-specific carbon schedules tuning at a much more sensitive level, and accurately matching torsional stiffness and chassis-flex profiles too. Tedious? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely.

A LEGACY OF FLEX. The year was 2003 – Yeti's flex stay design was a decades ahead approach to XC full suspension. Today, the reincarnated ASR considers the relationships between leverage rate, link size, material properties of the carbon layup and modern short stroke shocks to deliver responsive, efficient, and astonishingly light XC-specific suspension.

ELIMINATES ROUTING, SAVING WEIGHT. T-Series Ultimate build features a dedicated frame optimized for modern, wireless drivetrains. In the process, we deliver the lightest frame in the ASR line-up by eliminating unnecessary cable ports.

INTEGRATED FRAME PROTECTION. On the muddiest race days, the integrated rear fender keeps debris from impeding suspension movement. Weighing next to nothing, it’s a frame feature you’ll barely notice how big of a difference it makes, if it’s gone. To protect against rock strikes, the ASR features a replaceable downtube guard. Inset within the protector is our cable access door, facilitating easy service access to internally routed cables.

OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Room for 2 bottles. 21oz on seat tube, 15oz on down tube for XS sizes, 21oz on seat tube, 24oz on down tube for S-XL sizes

• Custom integrated chain guide allowing for 28-36t Max (XS to S), or 28-38t (M to XL)

• Internal routing for clean integration with the RockShox 3-Position Twistloc lockout system

• Tyre clearance for up to 2.4tyres with 30mm internal rims

• One-piece aluminium alloy link shaving grams without sacrificing stiffness

• Threaded BB

• Neat and secure cable management

• UDH Hanger

ASR bikes will be available toward the end of April in the ubiquitous Yeti Turquoise, as well as two new colours, Spruce and Greyhound, the wire-free Ultimate is only available in Raw Carbon.