bob armani
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An extension to my previous post pertaining to high end MTB companies getting into the ebike market:
Wow is this a Yeti ebike??
Wow is this a Yeti ebike??
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Wow you were a motocross guy in the 70s that is impressive. Me and my buddies use to ride on weekends on dirt trails in the 1980s/90s. Anything from Yamaha
Yes! I was pretty active in the St Louis MO region. Used to race Husqvarna's, '68 360 8-speed, '70 400 Cross (Remember the movie On Any Sunday?), then a '73 250 CR. While those were my race bikes, I was a Mechanic at Surdyke Yamaha and had a TY250 to play around with Trials riding. Also had the whole AT/DT/RT Yamaha Enduro series from back in the day. I still ride off road on bikes, but not gnarly stuff, current ride is a BMW R1200GS for off-pavement stuff, and its too heavy for single track, mostly fireroad stuff, dirt roads, etc.
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An extension to my previous post pertaining to high end MTB companies getting into the ebike market:
Wow is this a Yeti ebike??
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Hello Eddie-
The Yeti renderings are a couple of years old already...the Santa Cruz rendering is a new one, and quite the looker.
Considering both brands cater to core XC and DH riding, the consensus seems to feel like they were trolling for response.
also, for what it's worth....my biased answer
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View attachment 19737 I bought a 2017 bulls estream evo 45 fs around thanksgiving. I have no real experience with mountain biking so can’t offer any real life experience but sure looks cool. Plus 28 Mph!
How much does that weigh? How difficult is it to get the front end up off ground e.g. to bunny hop or to manual ?Trek Powerfly 9 is very nice, I've got the Powerfly 8 FS.
How much does that weigh? How difficult is it to get the front end up off ground e.g. to bunny hop or to manual ?
It's 50 lbs and I regularly bunnyhop logs and pull the front up to get over a bench or ledge. I don't manual that well but my friend has no trouble manual up and around corners lol - he calls it the wheelie chair.