The new ASR marks the most extensive carbon project we’ve ever tackled. Yielding the lightest full suspension bike in our history, contemporizing our flex stay design to check today’s kinematics standards, providing proper sag, killer small-bump sensitivity, insane traction and 100% usable travel.
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.
Another goal for the ASR was to engineer each frame for the same ride characteristics to give every rider the same feel, regardless of size. Since theASR uses single-ply carbon layups to eliminate redundant carbon, each sheet had to be precision cut. Tedious? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely. Doing so allowed for size-specific tuning at a much more sensitive level, and accurately matching torsional stiffness and chassis-flex profiles too.
The year was 2003 – our flex stay design was a decade’s ahead approach to XC full suspension. Today, the incarnated 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.
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.
The ASR features a near-linear progression curve to deliver the ultimate balance of efficiency in the mid stroke of the suspension – where XC racers spend most of their time. But with 20% sag, it offers small bump sensitivity typically found on longer travel bikes. Plus, the last ¼ of travel is designed to ramp up, so bigger hits and aggressive race lines don’t kick the bike off line.
+ SUPERIOR CABLE MANAGEMENT.
+ INTEGRATED FRAME FENDER.
+ HANGERLESS INTERFACE.
+ AMPLE CLEARANCE, for modern full-volume rubber.
+ ROOM FOR TWO BOTTLES INSIDE FRAME.
+ CUSTOMISED PIVOT-MOUNTED CHAINGUIDE.
+ INTERNAL SHOCK LOCKOUT ROUTING, keeping sprint efficiency tidy.
+ DEDICATED WIRELESS (T-SERIES), eliminates routing saving weight.
Once we achieved our desired kinematics, we looked at how to shed weight with our rocker link. This quest turned the one-piece billet 7075 aluminum alloy link into a structurally rigid exoskeleton frame, as functional as it is sculptural.
XC has evolved, requiring more room to attack descents that only “proper-droppers” can provide. ASR’s uninterrupted and shorter seat tube allows room for longer, full-stroke dropper posts. Most riders can run 150mm dropper posts on small frames*, 175mm on medium frames* and 200mm+ dropper posts on L-XL frames*.
*Dependent on actual seat height on specific bike size.
X-Small- 145 CM – 160 CM
Small – 155 CM – 170 CM
Medium – 165 CM – 180 CM
Large – 178 CM – 191 CM
X-Large – 185 CM – 201 CM
XX-Large – 195 CM – 210 CM
