SB120 T3
A 29″ carbon frame full suspension trail bike with ultra high-end components.
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Manufacturer Price
$8,200Weight | 29.4 lbs |
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Frame | Carbon |
Suspension | Full, 120 / 130mm |
Fork | Fox Factory Float 34 |
Shock | Fox Float DPS Factory |
Wheels | 29″ Aluminum |
Drivetrain | 1 × 12 Electronic |
Groupset | XX1 Eagle AXS, X01 Eagle AXS |
Brakes | Hydraulic Disc |
Seatpost | Dropper |
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View Comparison5'2" – 5'6"
5'4" – 5'9"
5'6" – 5'11"
5'9" – 6'2"
6'0" – 6'4"
6'1" – 6'5"
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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.
Sep 2023 · Dario DiGiulio
A 140mm fork and more powerful brakes get the SB120 onto the Lunch Ride menu.
Apr 2023
In a field of great trail bikes, the new SB120 arrives as one of the best.
Lively and entertaining feel
Balanced handling for great manners on climbs and descents
Superb rear suspension
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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 »
All round overachiever with superlative suspension
Agile rather than ultra aggressive
Dec 2022 · Tom Marvin
Yeti's short-travel trail bike has tough intentions
Effective climbing performance
Engaged, reactive personality on the descents
Tougher rubber and punchier brakes wouldn't go amiss
Expensive
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
Superb overall dynamic feel
Brilliant suspension performance
Sorted all round geometry
Lifetime Warranty
Expensive
Relatively heavy
Unproven suspension upgrades
Limited UK build options
Nov 2022 · Peter Walker
New Yeti SB120 T3 2023 first ride review. More travel, strong climbing DNA and practical upgrades.
Excellent propulsion uphill
Stiff rear suspension makes it easy to generate speed
Usual high-quality look and craftsmanship
Brakes are underpowered and don’t live up to the potential of the bike
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.
Frame | TURQ Series carbon fiber frame, Switch Infinity V2 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 Standard: BSA, 73mm, Threaded Hanger Standard: UDH Colors: Dust; Turquoise; Raw Carbon; Loch |
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Fork | FOX FACTORY 34 GRIP2/130MM Travel: 130mm Spring Type: Air |
Shock | FOX FACTORY FLOAT DPS Travel: 120mm Spring Type: Air |
Bottom Bracket | SRAM DUB BSA 73 |
Headset | CANE CREEK 40 INTEGRATED |
Stem | BURGTEC ENDURO MK3 35X50MM |
Handlebar | YETI CARBON 35X780MM |
Saddle | SILVERADO CUSTOM |
Seatpost | FOX TRANSFER 31.6MM / XS-SM: 150MM, MD: 175MM, LG-XXL: 200MM Type: Dropper |
Grips | ODI ELITE PRO |
Rear Derailleur | SRAM XX1 EAGLE AXS |
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Crank | SRAM X1 EAGLE 30T 170MM |
Shifters | SRAM EAGLE AXS |
Cassette | SRAM X01 EAGLE 1295 10-52 |
Chain | SRAM GX EAGLE |
Brakes | SRAM G2 RSC Type: Hydraulic Disc |
Rims | DT SWISS XM1700 30MM Upgradable |
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Tires | Front: MAXXIS MINION DHF 2.5 EXO, Rear: MAXXIS AGGRESSOR 2.3 EXO |
Disc Rotors | SRAM CENTERLINE 180/SRAM CENTERLINE 180 |
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