A LOT LIKE NOTHING ELSE.
The new ASR marks the most extensive carbon project we’ve ever tackled. Yielding the lightest full suspension bike in our history, contemporizing our flex stay design to check today’s kinematics standards, providing proper sag, killer small-bump sensitivity, insane traction and 100% usable travel.
ZERO REDUNDANT CARBON.
Custom ply shapes, critical material choice, intelligent draping methods, and smooth transitions between every carbon ply have eliminated redundant carbon, giving radical strength for super lightweight. Such a boundary pushing schedule driven from in-depth carbon analysis tools marks a Yeti first.
IT’S WHAT’S NOT INSIDE THAT COUNTS.
We wanted to kill carbon redundancy everywhere, not just where it was easy. Our 20+ years of carbon-only experience told us we could remove solid volume at pivots and still exceed the demands of XC, with no downside on performance or bearing life.
SIZE-SPECIFIC STIFFNESS.FINE-TUNED.
Another goal for the ASR was to engineer each frame for the same ride characteristics to give every rider the same feel, regardless of size. Since theASR uses single-ply carbon layups to eliminate redundant carbon, each sheet had to be precision cut. Tedious? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely. Doing so allowed for size-specific tuning at a much more sensitive level, and accurately matching torsional stiffness and chassis-flex profiles too
A LEGACY OF FLEX
The year was 2003 – our flex stay design was a decade’s ahead approach to XC full suspension. Today, the incarnated ASR considers the relationships between leverage rate, link size, material properties of the carbon layup and modern short stroke shocks to deliver responsive, efficient, and astonishingly light XC-specific suspension.
DUAL DUTY CARBON
In contrast to conventional pivot-placement methodology for longer travel applications, the ASR’s pivot points are positioned so that existing tubing walls make up a significant portion of their shape and structure. To further reduce redundant carbon, and save weight.
LEVERAGE RATE.
The ASR features a near-linear progression curve to deliver the ultimate balance of efficiency in the mid stroke of the suspension – where XC racers spend most of their time. But with 20% sag, it offers small bump sensitivity typically found on longer travel bikes. Plus, the last ¼ of travel is designed to ramp up, so bigger hits and aggressive race lines don’t kick the bike off line.
CABLE MANAGEMENT.
Secure closures at frame entry and exit eliminate rattles and rub. External brake routing from bar to head tube for ease of travel, plus there’s no aero advantage to hiding them anyway.
INTEGRATED FRAME FENDER.
On the muddiest race days, the integrated rear fender keeps debris from impeding suspension movement. Weighing next to nothing. It’s a frame feature you’ll only notice how big of a difference it makes if it’s gone.
HANGERLESS INTERFACE.
Hangerless Interface creates the strongest and most precise shifting by allowing Eagle Transmission derailleurs to mount directly to the wheel axle and grip both sides of the frame. But Hangerless Interface is also perfect for legacy drivetrains, thanks to the included Universal Derailleur Hanger (UDH).
SL ROCKER LINK.
Once we achieved our desired kinematics, we looked at how to shed weight with our rocker link. This quest turned the one-piece billet 7075 aluminum alloy link into a structurally rigid exoskeleton frame, as functional as it is sculptural.
MORE DROP FOR MORE X.
Modern XC racing is more extreme, requiring the kind of room to attack descents that only “proper-droppers”can provide. ASR’s uninterrupted and shorter seat tube allows room for longer, full-stroke dropper posts. Most riders can run 150mm dropper posts on small frames*, 175mm on medium frames* and 200mm+ dropper posts on L-XL frames*.
*Dependent on actual seat height on specific bike size.
Specifications:
| DETAILS |
TURQ Carbon Frame, 120mm SID ULT Flight Attendant and SIDLUXE Flight Attendant, SRAM XX SL T-Type with Power Meter and LEVEL ULT Brakes |
| FRAME |
TURQ Series carbon fiber frame, threaded bottom bracket, 148mm x 12mm BOOST dropouts, integrated derailleur hanger and axle |
| FORK |
ROCK SHOX SID ULTIMATE FLIGHT ATTENDANT 120MM |
| MATERIAL |
TURQ SERIES |
| WEIGHT |
22.97 |
| TRAVEL |
115MM (4.5") |
| REAR SHOCK |
ROCK SHOX SIDLUXE ULTIMATE FLIGHT ATTENDANT |
| WHEELSET |
DT SWISS XRC 1200 SPLINE 30MM |
| REAR DER |
SRAM XX SL EAGLE AXS TRANSMISION |
| SHIFT |
SRAM AXS POD CONTROLLER |
| CRANK |
SRAM XX SL TRANSMISSION 32T 170MM POWER METER |
| BB |
SRAM DUB BSA 73 |
| CASSETTE |
SRAM XX EAGLE SL TRANSMISSION 10-52 |
| CHAIN |
SRAM XX EAGLE SL TRANSMISSION FLATTOP |
| BRAKES |
SRAM LEVEL ULTIMATE 2 PISTON |
| ROTORS |
SRAM CENTERLINE X 180/SRAM CENTERLINE X 160 |
| POST |
SRAM REVERB AXS 31.6MM / XS: 100MM, SM: 125MM, MD: 150MM LG-XL: 170MM |
| FRONT TIRE |
MAXXIS REKON 2.4 EXO |
| REAR TIRE |
MAXXIS REKON RACE 2.35 EXO |
| HEADSET |
CANE CREEK 70 HELLBENDER LITE |
| BAR |
RACE FACE NEXT SL 35X740 |
| STEM |
BIKE YOKE BARKEEPER 55MM |
| GRIPS |
ESI CHUNKY |
| SEAT |
SOLANO TITANIUM |
