Yeti SB130 Lunch Ride Replica - Sea Otter 2019
Similar, but not the same: Yeti's SB130 Lunch Ride is a standard '130, modified with extra wheel travel, a more aggressive tune and slightly slacker geometry.
Don't bother trying to contact anyone at Yeti between 11:30and 1:00 PM, because they will be gone. The Yeti Lunch ride is not mandatory, but it may as well be. With few exceptions, the entire crew heads to the hills at noon each workday for a hotly contested rip on the nearby trails. Since Yeti released the SB130, the mid-travel 29er has become the weapon of choice for almost every employee. At some point, Yeti's product managers noticed that they'd all modified their '130s in a similar fashion - with longer travel forks, more capable shocks and faster-rolling rubber. Small changes, perhaps, but they boosted the SB130's fun factor to 11, so the crew voted to put a replica into production. Meet the SB130 Lunch Ride:
Powerful SRAM Code RSC brakes - 200mm rotor (front), 180mm (rear).
The Lunch Ride's head tube angle drops down to 65 degrees, mostly due to the addition of a longer travel, 160mm Fox 36 fork with the ultra-capable GRIP damping system. The Fox DPX2 shock has been lengthened to provide six millimeters of extra travel (SB 136?). The bottom bracket also rises slightly, just enough to keep the crankset above the rocks.
Fast-rolling Maxxis Aggressor rear tire.
Rider's choice: Maxxis Minion DHF front tire.
Wheels are DT Swiss M1700s - with aluminum rims reinforced with spoke eyelets. Those who want carbon can go for the $1300 USD upgrade, and have DT Swiss XMC 1200 wheels fitted.
SRAM Code RSC brakes are another performance increase over the standard SB130, and stopping power is boosted further with a 200-millimeter front rotor (180mm rear). Yeti chose SRAM's best performance value X01 Eagle drivetrain, this includes a lower geared, 30-tooth chainring to maximize the bike's uphill performance.
800mm Yeti handlebar and 40mm stem.
SRAM X1/XO1 Eagle drivetrain.
The extended shock increases the rear wheel travel by six millimeters, but the more significant benefit is that it alters the leverage curve to further enhance pedaling firmness near the suspension's sag point.
Turquoise decals on the fork and shock signify custom upgrades.
Small frames get a 125mm dropper post, while mediums get 150's and Large/XL sizes get 175's. Weight for the medium-sized bike is pegged at 29.3 pounds, which is respectable in this class. If you don't like Yeti's Turquoise team color, you can also get one in carbon black or Spruce green, which may be my new favorite. As mentioned, the Lunch Ride is only available in one build for $7599. (Complete specs and Geo here)
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Nature of the sport.
Seems like the best quiver killer available to me right know personally. I'd still buy it frame only but there's isn't a bike on sale that I would buy complete with sram and rockshox polluting the market so much.
Textbook "brand loyalty" fantasy (look mom! I am riding the same bike they ride for lunch!). Sometimes I can't believe what kind of crap shot commercials make it in press at Pinkbike!
It is kind of funny that they came out with a bike and sold whatever builds to the masses, then came out and said, “Psych! This is what we actually ride!” But then again, it’s just another build, and a solid one at that. If I had $7k and was in the market for a new bike, I’d consider.
Is it really so far-fetched that people might skip lunch and just go ride instead?
Is it really so far-fetched that people might eat a sack lunch at their desks after the ride, or even a little bit before the ride?
Is it really so far out there that a lunch ride would be part of the corporate culture at a small, yet premier bicycle company?
I just really don’t understand where you are coming from. Why is this seem such a departure from reality for you?
By the way — they’ve had references to their lunch rides on their website for years. This isn’t a new thing they came up with to sell this spec.
Also, Rocky Mountain does this too with BC Edition. Nbd.
Hope that helps!
Rear tire clearance and flex tho... Is that fixed or still a thing with the new SB?
^ This. Such dialed and balanced bikes othewise.
I didn’t buy one, even with a big discount offered.
forums.mtbr.com/yeti/sb130-sb150-issues-1089983-5.html
With that said I would rock this bike in a heartbeat!
White ranch is one of the chunkiest fastest downhills in a state known for big mountains. Is 160mm suddenly reserved for ultra rad north shore boys only?
Rather than a set size depending on what size bike you buy, especially with seat tub lengths decreasing and the size of bike you need not being solely defined by the length of your legs.
looking at the LR geometry I found that Toptube lenght on LR is all sizes is bit longer than regular SB130(on medium its 603.4 vs 601.9).
But reach size is smaller on LR than regular (Size M is 455.6 vs 460.2), is something wrong? if toptube in longer, can reach be shorter?
@WasatchEnduro:
I bought the SB 130 GX build in November. I immediately sold ALL of the SRAM stuff and put on XT rear der. with an e13 TRS race cass, XT cranks, XTR shifter and XT 4 piston brakes with a 200 mm rotor up front. Renthal bars and 40mm stem. AND Wolf Tooth light action dropper lever- this thing is sick!!!
All in all, the best bike I've owned to date. Still getting used to how long it is compared to my last bike, 2016 SC 5010.
As far as warranty, since the 55mm stroke is an approved setup for the SB130 it doesn't void the warranty, but if it's a concern I'm sure Yeti would answer that question directly.
Awesome. Might give it a try at the next service.
I am all for people modifying their bikes to suit their wants and needs, but sometimes it does seem a bit questionable when they make almost the exact bike people are trying to turn the smaller bike into.
@thesharkman:
Also the reason I never got myself to buy a dropper post. Haven't found the urge to raise my saddle, let alone on the fly