Saturday I hauled the new Yeti Big Top 29er to the Doudy Draw trailhead for my first off-road ride.
After a couple of years watching the 29 inch mountain bike gain in popularity. I have to admit I was curious if the bigger hoops really made a difference in how the bike cornered and ironed out rough trails. I found switchbacks were easier and the babyheads floated beneath the Fox fork. Still need to test downhill handling and butt-beat factor on a 4 hour + ride.
The fit set up was copied from the 575 so the feel was very familiar. Cockpit lengths and saddle to pedal height had nothing to do with the fact that the skewers sit 1 1/2" higher than my other bikes. Stand over height was no problem for this 5'9" racer. Even if a small sized Big Top was offered, I probably would have chosen the medium frameset . I opted for the SRAM build kit from Yeti as a matter of value. You simply can not buy all the components individually cheaper than the Yeti build kit.

And did I mention we're celebrating COMotion Sport's 8th MSC championship? Gonna be a fun year.