stealth rail.
its behind the seat tube and covered by the rear triangle

sorry to be thick but what is the rail

That bike is shithot

whats wrong with the recently released 303R-DH? why have they brought a new model out only a year after??

for those who can´t find the rail... http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3764977/

I am probably wrong but from my understanding the 303R-DH has a longer wheelbase, not great for tight cornering found on most world cups. And the 303 has a wheelbase that expands through the travel, allowing for faster speeds through technical sections involving square bump impacts. The 303R does not have this feature. This new frame does have a expanding wheelbase but, because it only has one rail, so it should be lighter than the original 303. And whats a rail? ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liil-SZbI4o&feature=related

the rail guides the wheelpath...look at the pic jim linked

Looks like the rail would get gritty really fast

when will yeti make a cheap frame? like under 3200 CND? in the 2000-2500 CND range?

whats it gona be called?

DarkElements101.

That's not their target audience, not going to do it. They pride themselves on making premium frames/bikes and even though they would gain customers with cheaper frames they would most likely sacrifice build quality, and would lose customers. Take an intro IBM/Business class and it will be all clear

yeah i couldn't find the rail, but this is so sick

if you looked at the news story and the other images you would be wrong.
And Yeti doesnt actually make a DH bike without the rail design.

Correct you are.
Tough to see the rail in this pic though

Sorry about my noobism and not reading the news but is this prototype going to replace the current 303 DH? p.s super sick bike. great design!

joram-adams, probably not, actually im almost 110% sure it wont, yeti introduced the 303R-DH and they kept the original 303 simply because alot of their world cup riders still liked that bike over the new one, and the are very different bikes for different courses so depending on the course they will probably switch between bikes alot, there is also a new prototype of the old 303 out now, you can see it if you check out some of the videos in the yeti vault on thier site, its an awesome looking bike

Thanks, I love the original 303 DH and would of been a bit disapoined if they replaced it although that bike is amazing!

Yeah i know! its my favorite DH bike of all time!