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Decoy SN CORE 2 MX

The new Decoy SN is YT’s first foray into the diet e-bike segment. It’s also only the brand’s second e-bike, because although YT is extremely trendy when it comes to style, image, and marketing, it also takes a contrastingly slow and steady approach to product development. Preferring to place safe bets, rather than jumping on the latest trends just to be hot. It wants to elongate product cycles and spice up its offerings with cool special editions, fitted with left-field components, dressed in sharp paint jobs. Case in point; the full-fat YT Decoy with Shimano motor has remained essentially unchanged for five years. So bringing this Decoy SN (Supernatural) to market has been a long and considered process rather than a knee jerk reaction. – Short of time? Click here to skip to the verdict – YT Decoy SN need to know Fazua-equipped enduro bike 160mm travel rear paired with 170mm travel fork Carbon frame, four sizes, and an all-up weight from 20.4kg (Core 2) Fazua Ride 60 system gets 60Nm torque, as much as 450W peak power, and a 430Wh internal battery MX wheels on all models Flip chip gives regular and low geo settings The recipe YT has settled on for the new Decoy SN is a burly frame, with ample travel, MX wheels and a Fazua Ride 60 motor – a unit that’s well endowed with power and torque, and some of the best range on the market. Sounds like a decent package, right? So let’s find out whether those ingredients come together to create a successful dish, and one worthy of inclusion in our guide to the best lightweight electric mountain bikes. For a full run down of the YT Decoy SN range, check out our news story here. – Read my head-to-head test against the Mondraker Dune RR e-enduro bike here – Motor and battery Choosing the right motor is one of the most crucial decisions to make during the development process of any new e-bike, and it’s one that’s arguably getting harder, not easier. Having just come back from Eurobike, new entries to the motor market from brands like automotive giant ZF, and drone manufacturer DJI, are putting the heat on established players such as Bosch, Shimano, TQ, and Fazua. Speaking of which, YT has gone for the Fazua Ride 60 system for its new Decoy SN for several reasons. While not the most powerful, or the lightest, or the system with the biggest battery capacity, Fazua scores well in all those areas, to make a strong all-round package. Notably, in our range tests, it goes further than any other system – clocking up 1,200m climbing to the Bosch SX’s 860m. It has enough torque to winch up a steep gradient, but takes up little real estate on the bike. It’s also relatively quiet in operation – certainly a lot more muted than the Bosch SX on the Mondraker Dune RR. And there’s no rattle on the descents. My main concern with Fazua is …Continue reading »

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If you have steeper, faster or chunky trails that need to be tamed, the YT Decoy SN Core 2 is up for the task. Check out our review.

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The Decoy SN is a mid-weight eMTB that boasts impressively predictable manners on any type of trail.

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