Meet Beti. Even at Yeti you'll find women who can tear your legs off on the uphill and mock you on the downhill. The SB100 quickly gained a reputation for its climbing ability and for how it descends. It's the bike of choice for those who race in XC or multi-day stage races. The geometry features a slacker head angle, so it's well-mannered and poppy on the descent, while the seat tube angle is steep, to keep you over the pedals and efficient when climbing. The Switch Infinity mechanism has been redesigned specifically for 100mm of travel - it's light, and tucks behind the seat tube so a water bottle can be accommodated in the front triangle - big days require big bottles. It's still light, though. Like all Yeti's Beti models, the suspension has been custom tuned with a lighter rider in mind and run 170mm cranksets and a WTB Deva women's specific saddle.
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Discipline: XC | Material: Carbon Fibre | Travel: 100mm
PURPOSE BUILT
Re-Designed Switch Infinity
The Switch Infinity was re-designed specifically for 100mm of travel. It's lighter and tucks neatly behind the seattube. There is no performance difference between this and the other switch mechanism. The SB100 switch utilises the same proven FOX Racing bushings, seals and Kashima stanchions as the switch found on other models.
Women's Specific Adjustments
Like all Yeti's Beti models, the suspension has been custom tuned with a lighter rider in mind whilst running 170mm cranksets and a WTB Deva women's specific saddle.
Genre Killing Geometry
Inspired by going fast downhill but balanced to provide uphill efficiency. The SB100 blurs the lines between XC and trail. A longer front centre with shorter chainstays and a slacker head angle find the right combination of up and down. This design also allows for an uninterrupted seatposts.
Integrated Headset
The SB100 Beti employs an integrated headset which allows for a lower overall stack height and cleaner carbon layup, meaning there are no aluminium inserts and less material in the headset juncture. All this leads to a lighter, stronger front triangle.
Internal Routing
To keep it clean and deliver a quiet, rattle-free ride. It also makes servicing your bike easier.
TECHNOLOGY
Switch Infinity
Utilises a patented translating pivot that switches direction as the bike moves through its travel. This provides excellent anti-squat characteristics for superior pedaling performance and ideal suspension characteristics as it gets deeper into the travel.
Tunable
Switch Infinity is a versatile system easily adaptable to different travel platforms. It can be mounted in any orientation and can achieve a myriad of kinematics depending on the design intent. For explample, longer travel bikes require drastically different kinematics later in the travel (controlling wheel path trajectory). The Switch Infinity system can control this much more precisely than other suspension designs because of the linear path of the main pivot. It also means the leverage ratio and anti-squat can be controlled with much greater freedom than other systems.
Durable
The Switch Infinity is a simple, lightweight, bombproof system built by FOX Racing Shox from proven suspension components and engineered and tested to withstand the worst riding conditions. Only the best components are used in its construction - Kashima coated stanchions for low friction and durability, seals and bushings that are used in FOX's off-road racing division, and a lightweight forged translating pivot.
Anti-Squat
Yeti are aiming for a relatively flat and high anti-squat curve in the beginning and mid-section of travel where pedaling commonly occurs, i.e. the pedaling zone. This creates an efficient pedaling platform through the entire pedaling zone, as opposed to one single point. After the pedaling zone, there is an inflection point where the Switch Infinity link begins to move down, dropping the anti-squat drastically. You're typically not pedaling in this zone so you need the chain forces to have less of an effect on the suspension performance since it's an opposing force.Decoupling of the chain forces allows the suspension to work more efficiently to absorb impacts.
Leverage Ratio
Yeti aim to deliver a leverage rate with linear progression. A straighter, more linear curve means it's easier to tune shocks to pair with the suspension kinematics, and you don't have to rely on damping circuits to compensate. You can choose a leverage ratio that provides small bump sensitivity and enough progression to maintain mid-stroke support and bottom out control. Being able to manipulate the leverage ratio without affecting the anti-squat characteristics is unique to Yeti's patented Switch Infinity suspension.