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My test ride was fitted with a XTR 2x10 drive train and a Fox Racing 32 FLOAT with 15mm hub and 150mm of travel. Combined with a slack 67 degree head tube angle, it climbed surprisingly well without the flip-flopping that is commonly associated with longer travel forks. The Yeti crew claims the slacker head tube angle allows the fork to more readily do its job of eating up bumps in the trail, which was quite noticeable. Running a Fox 36 with 160mm of travel would definitely turn this bike into a Super D assault weapon, or at the very least would enable you to go downhill much faster than you might expect.
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Eddie Clark
