While we were in the Yeti Cycles booth checking out the all-new SB5+ bike, we also had the chance to see their new women’s model, called the Yeti SB5 Beti. Based upon the same design as the SB5, the women’s version is built with a lighter shock tune and female-specific contact points including the saddle, stem, bars and grips. The result is a better-fitting mountain bike for female mountain bikers, without necessarily going down the route of producing a different frame geometry. Santa Cruz also do this with their Juliana frames, and increasingly, we’re seeing brands like Specialized and Trek do the same for their full suspension trail bikes.
