2023 Yeti

SB120 C1

A 29″ carbon frame full suspension trail bike with upper mid-range components.
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MSRP$6,300
Weight30.9 lbs  
FrameCarbon
SuspensionFull, 120 / 130mm
ForkFox Performance Float 34
ShockFox Float DPS Performance
Wheels29″ Aluminum
GroupsetSLX, XT
BrakesHydraulic Disc
SeatpostDropper
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Gearing

A bike with lower gearing will be easier to ride up steep hills, while a higher top end means it will pedal faster down hills.

Lowest gear

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26 mph

SB120 C1

26 mph

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Sizing
XS

5'2" – 5'6"

SM

5'4" – 5'9"

MD

5'6" – 5'11"

LG

5'9" – 6'2"

XL

6'0" – 6'4"

XXL

6'1" – 6'5"

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Reviews
Bikerumor
Yeti SB120 "Lunch Ride" Edition Stretches Out Mid-Day Rides

Sep 2023

When you're lunch rides roll through Colorado's mountains, you build a mountain bike with more and better travel to handle it.

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Pinkbike
Yeti Releases SB120 Lunch Ride

Sep 2023 · Dario DiGiulio

A 140mm fork and more powerful brakes get the SB120 onto the Lunch Ride menu.

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Bicycling
Yeti’s SB120 Is the Best Trail Bike of 2023

Apr 2023

In a field of great trail bikes, the new SB120 arrives as one of the best.

Highs
  • Lively and entertaining feel

  • Balanced handling for great manners on climbs and descents

  • Superb rear suspension

Lows
  • Premium Yeti Pricing

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MBR
Yeti SB120 T-Series T1 review - MBR

Mar 2023 · Guy Kesteven

The top-line Yeti SB120 T-Series T1 is now longer, slacker and has more travel – as the name suggests. Best mountain bikes: the ultimatet rail, enduro and XC machines Need to know: Wide size range: XS, S, M, L, XL, XL Size-specific carbon layup and proportional geometry T1 uses flagship Turq carbon. Cheaper C2 versions also available. Switch Infinity suspension provides 120mm rear travel, with 130mm fork travel. Yeti’s SB115 platform always felt like a compromise. The suspension was great, but it was too heavy for a bike with a short reach (450mm on a large) and XC angles. It was something of a head scratcher then, given that the SB150 is such a progressive Enduro crushing favourite. The immediate good news then is that the new SB120 is 25mm longer in reach, over a degree slacker in head angle and 2.5º steeper at the seat tube. All positive shifts in the geometry and sizing then. Oh, and as you’ll guess from the name, travel is up 5mm too. More critical than the increase in travel is that the suspension layout has literally been re-aligned with the longer travel SB bikes. The twin Fox Kashima shafts of Yeti’s unique Switch Infinity suspension system are now inline rather than transverse, relative to the front triangle. This puts them in an open window above the BB, rather than being hidden away behind a door – so what you lose in neatness you gain in easy access. And that’s not the only update. The latest V2 version of Switch Infinity uses new hardware, seals, grease injected bushings and collet axle pivots, combined with lifetime warranty Enduro Max bearings pressed into the short forged linkages. Taken together, this should increase durability in what was arguably the Achilles’ heel of the design. Other practical facets include a SRAM Universal Derailleur Hanger, tubed in tube internal routing, and a removable dual density skid plate under the down tube to help cable access. The lower portion of the downtube, just in front of the BB, has also been elevated, compared to previous bikes which had a jarring habit of ‘sumping out’ on rocks and logs. The alloy shell for the threaded bottom bracket includes chain guide mounts and is co-moulded into the carbon frame during construction, rather than bonded in afterwards. Like the Tallboy that helps put frame and shock weight at over 3kg, and like Santa Cruz, Yeti backs it up with a lifetime warranty. If weight saving is your ultimate goal, there’s a raw carbon option that forgoes paint to save a few 100g. Suspension In a nutshell, Switch Infinity is a floating single pivot design, where the main pivot migrates upwards as the suspension compresses until it reaches an inflection point at around 40% travel. It then moves down to kill off the anti-squat and reduce pedal kick deeper in the travel. The packaging of the design is super neat and paired with the Fox Float DPS Factory shock the suspension on the SB120 …Continue reading »

Highs
  • All round overachiever with superlative suspension

Lows
  • Agile rather than ultra aggressive

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BikeRadar
Yeti SB120 T1 review

Dec 2022 · Tom Marvin

Yeti's short-travel trail bike has tough intentions

Highs
  • Effective climbing performance

  • Engaged, reactive personality on the descents

Lows
  • Tougher rubber and punchier brakes wouldn't go amiss

  • Expensive

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Bike Perfect
Yeti SB120 T1 first ride review – sublime short travel thoroughbred

Nov 2022 · Guy Kesteven

Yeti’s new SB120 is the bike we’ve been waiting for from Colorado for years. Seriously sublime ride dynamics come at a wallet and weight expense though

Highs
  • Superb overall dynamic feel

  • Brilliant suspension performance

  • Sorted all round geometry

  • Lifetime Warranty

Lows
  • Expensive

  • Relatively heavy

  • Unproven suspension upgrades

  • Limited UK build options

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Enduro Mountainbike Magazine
The new Yeti SB120 T3 2023 – From racer to fun machine!

Nov 2022 · Peter Walker

New Yeti SB120 T3 2023 first ride review. More travel, strong climbing DNA and practical upgrades.

Highs
  • Excellent propulsion uphill

  • Stiff rear suspension makes it easy to generate speed

  • Usual high-quality look and craftsmanship

Lows
  • Brakes are underpowered and don’t live up to the potential of the bike

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Singletrack World
Yeti SB120: First Ride Review

Nov 2022 · Ben Haworth

Yeti might not say the D word in its description of the new Yeti SB120 but this is clearly a Down Country bike.

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Geometry
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Specs
Build
Frame

C/Series carbon fiber frame, Switch Infinity suspension technology, Threaded BB, internally tunneled cable routing, 148mm x 12mm BOOST dropouts, sealed enduro max pivot bearings, Universal derailleur hanger (UDH), and axle.

BB StandardBSA, 73mm, Threaded

Hanger StandardUDH

ColorsDust; Turquoise; Raw Carbon; Loch

Fork

FOX PERFORMANCE 34/130MM Upgradable

Travel130mm

Spring TypeAir

Shock

FOX PERFORMANCE FLOAT DPS Upgradable

Travel120mm

Spring TypeAir

Bottom Bracket

SHIMANO XT BB 73

Headset

CANE CREEK 40 INTEGRATED

Stem

BURGTEC ENDURO MK3 35X50MM

Handlebar

BURGTEC RIDE WIDE ALLOY ENDURO 35X780MM

Saddle

SILVERADO CUSTOM

Seatpost

ONEUP DROPPER POST 31.6MM / XS-SM: 150MM, MD: 180MM, LG-XXL: 210MM

TypeDropper

Grips

ODI ELITE PRO

Groupset
Rear Derailleur

SHIMANO SLX

Crank

SHIMANO SLX 30T 170MM

Shifters

SHIMANO XT

Cassette

SHIMANO SLX 10-51

Chain

SHIMANO SLX

Brakes

SHIMANO SLX 4 PISTON

TypeHydraulic Disc

Wheels
Rims

CRANK BROTHERS SYNTHESIS ENDURO 30MM

Tires

Front: MAXXIS MINION DHF 2.5 EXO, Rear: MAXXIS AGGRESSOR 2.3 EXO

Disc Rotors

SHIMANO 180/SHIMANO 180

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