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Trail hardtailYeti ARC in the BIKE test

Stefan Frey

 · 14.11.2020

Trail hardtail: Yeti ARC in the BIKE testPhoto: Max Fuchs
Trail hardtail: Yeti ARC in the BIKE test
ARC fans may be a little disappointed: the new edition has little in common with its lively race ancestor. Instead, the Yeti is now consistently trimmed for trail riding.

The abbreviation ARC sends retro bike fans into spontaneous daydreams. But with the rolling monument on which Julie Furtado, John Tomac and Missy Giove scored back-to-back victories, the New edition of the Yeti hardtail have little more in common than the type designation. Instead of being welded from an Easton aluminium tube set, the 1407 gram frame is made from carbon fibre mats. Narrow 26-inch tyres give way to 29-inch wheels with 2.6-inch wide trail tyres, and underneath the headset is not Manitou's buffer fork as in the original ARC, but a Fox 34 with a whopping 133 millimetres of travel.

Read the test report to find out how the Yeti ARC (BIKE 10/2020) performed in the BIKE lab and practical test. You can find the article as a PDF in the download area below.

The test costs 0.99 euros. Why not free of charge? Because quality journalism has a price. In return, we guarantee independence and objectivity. This applies in particular to the tests in BIKE. We don't pay for them, but the opposite is the case: we charge for them, hundreds of thousands of euros every year.

Below the bottom bracket, the otherwise neatly integrated cables run unnecessarily far along the outside of the frame.Photo: Max Fuchs Below the bottom bracket, the otherwise neatly integrated cables run unnecessarily far along the outside of the frame. The asymmetrical rear triangle integrates the brake beautifully into the frame and creates plenty of heel clearance.Photo: Max Fuchs The asymmetrical rear triangle integrates the brake beautifully into the frame and creates plenty of heel clearance.

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Stefan Frey

Stefan Frey is from Lower Bavaria and loves the mossy, loamy trails of the Bavarian Forest as much as the rugged rock of the Dolomites. For technical descents, he is prepared to tackle almost any ascent - under his own steam. As an accessories specialist, he is the first port of call for questions about equipment and add-on parts, while as head of copywriting he sweeps the language crumbs from the pages of the BIKE print editions.

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