Haha yeah man it is such a good bike! You'll have to tell me what you think once you ride it!

Thank you Scott!! Hope you're doing well!

That is good to hear!!

Thank you!! Yeah we have quite a bit of trails around Boise! But yeah the color is pretty close to the Stumpjumper Pro I had last year, different but for sure pretty close!

Yeah a lot of little things but those add up and to me made a pretty big difference compared to the last gen of bikes.

Yeah this bike is more planted than say an SB140 for sure but compared to the previous SB150, and other 2024 longer travel bikes it definitely is more poppy than a lot of them! It for sure plows through stuff and is an awesome bike. You will be super stoked with it I am sure! But yeah I did run the coil on it for about 6 weeks during the summer when I was going to lift served riding a lot. I will most likely do the full review on this bike in a couple of months once the weather has got better and there is more riding near me.

Thanks for the reply. Look forward to the full review. Are you leaning towards the coil of the stock X2?

So I took the coil off for my normal riding. I like the air shock for the majority of the riding. The coil definitely takes any of the playfulness out of the bike. If you can, I would just have both. It is nice to have.

That is a good question, I think the Arrival climbs a little faster, I know I said this bike felt poppy but that is compared to what the SB150 felt like and me expecting it to be very ground huggy, so with that said the Arrival is still for sure a lot more poppy and playful. But with that, in those area's the SB160 really is not too far behind but then makes up for it with how well it handles basically any downhill. I have done some lift days since my first ride and in less than 3 weeks with the bike I have done about 40,000 feet of descending and it has taken everything and made me feel more confident anywhere I have gone with it. It is a super rad feeling. I will try to get a full review out towards the end of summer if people are interested in that.

Yeah 100%! This bike has really impressed me. I actually sold all of my other bikes and ride this thing only now. I did just get a short travel 120 bike to have as a local lower foothills bike for my local stuff that is super smooth and easy. But I still think I will be riding this bike the most, even in my easy local trails. It is just so dang good. I plan on doing a full review on the bike here in about a month or two.

Exactly!

I disagree. I just bought my SB160 T1 at 40% off... basically $5k, now I can still go to the dentist and he can then buy his Yeti

Compared to the Ripmo V2 it is not as playful, but it is still very fun, but yes it is more planted and gives me personally more confidence in rougher stuff than the Ripmo did. I am super stoked with this bike so I would for sure recommend it, especially with the current sales they have on the GX and XX1 AXS builds!

I had a Ripmo V1 for five years and loved it. I currently have an SB150 but I've also test rode the SB160. Yes it's a bigger bike, very fast and stable but also plenty fun! If you're on the border between sizes you might consider downsizing for trails. I'm 5'10" and normally ride large; Yeti recommended medium when I demoed and it still felt great at Crested Butte bike park.

Yeah I agree, you can definitely size down with most bikes out there these days.

The bike is absolutely awesome up there! It can for sure go faster than I am willing to go! haha Are you local and racing the series?

@@dialedmtb Yep - local but haven't raced yet this season. Definitely need more practice before I sign up to race. I was guy chatting with John there at the end of the evening on Thursday. Also the guy that bought a Django LTD (orange one with 150 fork) partially based on your review since you might be the only one that actually posted a review of that bike on YT.

Oh awesome! Yeah next time say hi! Hope you're enjoying the Django as well.

Honestly it feels quite a bit different. The rear end is more plush, the bike feels a little more comfortable (to me for sizing) only thing it is very similar on is climbing.

Some bikes I sell pretty quick, some bike I ride for the season then sell them.

@@dialedmtb that’s cool man. I just found your channel, you got awesome contents. I’m local as well in meridian. Just started Mtb-ing again after 10 yr hiatus. Dusted off my old chameleon the other week and I want a new bike with bigger wheels. No one really rides 26er anymore. Still fun tho

Thank you I appreciate that! Glad you are enjoying it and that is awesome you're local! But yeah 26" is gone for sure, there are a lot of really good deals out there right now though for 29" trail bikes! You definitely don't need a super expensive bike to have a great bike these days!

No this is in Idaho