The Trek Y22 was a 1990s Carbon Fiber Icon for the masses

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4 ай бұрын

Today I had the pleasure of riding a very well-preserved 1997 Trek Y22. Today we'll take this bike for a ride and talk about why it was so important back in the mid to late 1990s.
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@matthewrhoades9465 4 ай бұрын

First of all, thank you for all the kind words. Myself, Wes Wilcox, and Mike Zeigle are the designers of this beautiful vintage bike, circa 1993. It is definitely one of my proudest accomplishments in my long design career. Thank you for all the kind words and support.

@tmill2001 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the bike!!

@jeepxj 4 ай бұрын

oh my god. the internet is such a small place. we used to stare at them on the rack of the local bike shop dreaming when we were kids. what a game changer. you should be proud.

@MutatedGuy 4 ай бұрын

Still got mine! She’s a classic.

@xxcoopcoopxx 4 ай бұрын

20 inch for life. I like tailwhips and barspins. You can't pay me enough to be caught dead on a Trek, Y frame, or carbon fiber. Your parts and designs break too easy.

@johntyson 4 ай бұрын

@@xxcoopcoopxxdouche

@as-eric5108 4 ай бұрын

Never clicked on an episode so fast. This was my dream bike as a teenager

@LaurentiusTriarius 4 ай бұрын

It was also my dream bike and when I got it I instantly knew I was better off with my GT LTS it replaced 😂

@michaelmay9728 4 ай бұрын

Mine 2

@RealMTBAddict 4 ай бұрын

Yikes

@user-pq5ei5kp4y 4 ай бұрын

I'm still pissed my dad didn't buy me one. Yes my kid has a sick bike.

@Christri 4 ай бұрын

Same

@AndrewMooreAUS 4 ай бұрын

Love this. I had a Trek Y5 in 1997 and rode it to bronze medal finish in age group at Xterra Off-Road Triathlon World champs.

@guyfawkesuThe1 4 ай бұрын

Walmart sells bikes that are just like this...even have a carbon fiber bike!

@pilotpure 4 ай бұрын

I still have a Trek Y5. I tried to sell it a few years ago but nobody wanted it. It is a really well built bike.

@nasonguy 4 ай бұрын

Fellow Y5 enjoyer here. Lost mine back in the day to a cracked BB shell.

@lesagram1 4 ай бұрын

That was my bike. I had a clearcoated carbon frame Y-33 and I upgraded it to XTR, Chris King headset and a Spinergy wheelset. It was hella fun back in the day. I rode it until 2015 when I got a carbon Stumpjumper. I garaged it until last year when I donated it for a church charity. As I was getting it ready for the auction I took it out for a spin and it was so scary compared to my newer bike. This brought back so many memories.

@guyfawkesuThe1 Ай бұрын

That would be about $4300 in today's dollars.

@adamweb 4 ай бұрын

8:04 After mentioning 80mm several times, suddenly seeing that "LONG TRAVEL" sticker on the fork cracked me up! 😂

@bikedan99 4 ай бұрын

Good find

@madtownangler 4 ай бұрын

I still have not gotten a suspension fork that had more than 100 mm in travel. I mostly ride with no shocks now

@bikedan99 4 ай бұрын

There are some videos from Cyclingabout that explain why no suspension shock (e.g. a carbon fork) can be even better. So like you nowadays mostly without a classic suspension fork.@@madtownangler

@chachaldinh0 4 ай бұрын

Rock Shox Indy(entry level, elastomer damped) and Judy (mid-high tier oil damped) forks were built around a 63mm chassis. The long travel versions added a whopping 17mm pumping that up to 80mm.

@Guovssohas Ай бұрын

It probably was long travel at the time, i had a hardtail bike with 50 or 60mm which i bought in 94. 50-60mm travel i believe was very common at the time for the cheaper bikes.

@MichaelCoolGuy86 4 ай бұрын

I love this. Please do more of this. Like... a documentary style review of older bikes.

@anthonynazzal1958 4 ай бұрын

I agree, I’d be very interested Perhaps even a video series comparing older versions of bikes to their modern counterparts (ie old first gen bronson to todays most current version, stuff like that

@jqk369 4 ай бұрын

I like that he not only spoke about the specs but also showed the bike in action. So many retro reviews are only discussions so we don't get to see the performance

@TheAegisClaw 4 ай бұрын

By 97 everyone was well aware URT suspensions were crap. Thats the year i bought a Marin B17, a 150mm travel bike with proper suspension, single pivot, but good. And i absolutely remember my seat was up and down like a yo-yo even with a quick release. The reason the Trek Y doesnt have one is because they were always marketed as XC race bikes.

@jmo2752 4 ай бұрын

I agree - the only thing Seth didn't point out (which he should have) is that while the URT design might have been 'efficient' for pedalling (no chain growth/pedal kickback) when seated, fundamentally there was no real rear suspension the moment you stood up on the pedals... As you say, for XC riders it was essentially a 'comfort' option, but anyone wanting to ride rough terrain at speed with a single pivot needed either a Cannondale (if you wanted a Y shaped frame), the Marin, the legendary San Andreas - or do it properly and go for a 4-bar/horst linkage rear end like the GT LTS/STS and Specialized FSR.

@vr4042 4 ай бұрын

This was my first MTB (Well the 1996 Y11 in matte purple, which I still have) and learning on a URT provided me with some advantages. One, I learned to circular pedal to avoid suspension bob, so I am a very efficient peddler. And two learned to descend in the saddle, since the suspension only worked properly when the rider weight was on the saddle and not on the pedals, which effectively makes the URT a hardtail lol. Thanks to ripping the derailleur out of the swingarm I now run it as a single speed. (note this is one of the best bikes to convert to a full suspension single speed), with a rigid carbon fork, 29" front wheel, hydraulic brakes all around (used to use Magura rim crushers, and on the Y they should be called frame spreaders lol), and a dropper seat post. A great XC rig, and a passible AM rig.

@TheAegisClaw 4 ай бұрын

@@jmo2752 those were the days. Not sure I rated the early FSR too highly though, I really wanted and STS though, that carbon frame with alloy lugs looked so cool. Loved the B17 so much that I upgraded to a '98 Marin Team DH the next year. Same frame but Manitou X-Vert Ti carbon triple crowns forks that suited it much better. Hope discs too on that. Single pivot was my thing being in the UK, early full suss bearing maintenance in our endless mud was no joke.

@guyfawkesuThe1 4 ай бұрын

This same bike would be sold at Walmart!

@juanardu2688 4 ай бұрын

Hi! From Argentina! I had one Y5 (aluminium) modified to DH in the 90's 👋 thnks for the video.

@user-tb7rb6lt3d 4 ай бұрын

I worked as mechanic for a downhill team in the 1990's, trek called it URT or "Unified Rear Triangle", the team riders called it URT too "Un-Ridable Transport"

@jeremys2159 4 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@stevengagnon4777 4 ай бұрын

Worked for a Fisher dealership. We simply referred to them as the Why?Bike!

@MavHunter20XX Ай бұрын

no kidding. URT is like Unreported Rider Tested.

@GHinWI 4 ай бұрын

That’s a gorgeous survivor! The amazing thing price-wise, is that ~$4k bike was almost entirely made in the US (probably except drivetrain & tires). Now they charge more for an equivalent bike made in a low-cost country.

@LaurentiusTriarius 4 ай бұрын

It was the selling point I used to buy trek and GT because they were made in the USA by us owned brands. Nowadays it might be half made in the US but most of it comes from where all other bikes are made, Asia...

@seandaliege 4 ай бұрын

Anyone know why this is?

@RealMTBAddict 4 ай бұрын

Well stop buying things you can't afford. If you're an amateur biker go buy a cheap bike! A more expensive bike doesn't make you better!

@Zeiss120 4 ай бұрын

@@RealMTBAddictthat is not what the OP said...

@bikedan99 4 ай бұрын

These are countries might be low-cost, but they are higher-tech.

@Dan.harbourview 4 ай бұрын

Great to see the old 26ers, paving the way for the future. Some of us are still peddling 26ers, its only a number, puts a smile on your face no matter what we ride.

@puntoycoma47 4 ай бұрын

Sadly, the spare parts/upgrades is getting harder by the day

@mtb416 4 ай бұрын

@@puntoycoma47Definitely. Needed a new suspension fork for my early 2000s Specialized FSR. Outside of expensive dirt/jump oriented forks, there was about one option (RockShox Recon) that was priced decently for 26”. Other than that it was off-brands I didn’t trust.

@Dan.harbourview 4 ай бұрын

It's a case of buy up what you can. A few of us ride 26ers for our daily rides and it's amazing how many people call us a retro club, like we ride em for special occasions. Ha that's not how the fig rollers roll😊

@puntoycoma47 4 ай бұрын

@@Dan.harbourview I've bought my first old bike to restore, a 2000 full suspension. It gets tricky

@robbchastain3036 4 ай бұрын

I bought a '90s full-rigid 26" Specialized Rockhopper Ultra in a charity thrift store recently and I am keeping frame, wheels and canti brakes stock, everything else is subject to reasonably priced upgrades and I am aiming for a bike good for gravel events and its smallish frame will make for an homage to BMX. And it'll be fun to take a '90s mountain bike to a gravel race. 😀

@nickmaclachlan5178 4 ай бұрын

Man this takes me back, I had a Trek Y3 (in Red) the cheaper alloy version of this bike. I completely smashed the Rockshox forks off it in a massive crash and replaced them with RST triple clamp long travel forks and turned it into a DH machine. Whenever I rode it, people would always stare and kids would ask how much it cost. It was like riding a spaceship that nobody had ever seen before....

@impliedpower 4 ай бұрын

I still have my Red Y3 hanging in the Garage. I just stopped riding it last year when I replaced the bike with a newer Trek!

@nickmaclachlan5178 4 ай бұрын

@@impliedpower Unfortunately I sold mine in about 2004/5. I finally realised that it was close to unrideable compared to the newer stuff that was coming through. I built up a '99 Santa Cruz Chameleon hardtail that was better in nearly every regard compared to the Trek! I would love to still have it as a piece of wall art though! I do still have that Green Chameleon, I'm never selling that!

@russellborn515 4 ай бұрын

I bought a purple Y3. Still have it, in pieces, waiting to be put back together. Great looking bikes, and not a bad ride, for the time.

@mr.mastor 4 ай бұрын

I know why Seth always reviews older bikes: they’re the right size for him 😂 In all seriousness great video Seth!

@Vastafari34 4 ай бұрын

I'd LOVE to see you get a more beat up one of these and upgrade it with modern parts, suspension, breaks, bars, etc, and make a modern hybrid!! That would be a very fun "flip-bike" experiment.

@RealMTBAddict 4 ай бұрын

Frame is garbage. Waste of time

@shaneanagrams 4 ай бұрын

@@RealMTBAddictbe more positive

@RealMTBAddict 4 ай бұрын

@@shaneanagrams Ok I'll ignore the facts. That's how the world was built!

@veganpotterthevegan 4 ай бұрын

I don't see Seth getting a custom rear end for disc brakes on this bike

@johngaller278 4 ай бұрын

Nope. Its perfectly preserved. And to others here talking about things they don't know anything about, I know more than a couple folks who actually owned them who could set you straight. The Trek Y bike was in its day a decent bike.

@almin9751 4 ай бұрын

I am 40 years old and I remember being in first year of high school and every boy was getting into Mtb and I remember seeing this one and the Y33 blue and yellow as the most beautiful bike around at that time at least from we had around. There were so little people around who could actually afford this one, almost everyone was in the aluminum realms and I just had a cromomoly Diamondback sorrento from 1996 sadly since then I haven't ridden a Mtb...yikes almost 30 years Great video!

@williamsnyder1205 3 ай бұрын

My dad brought a Flying Y back in the day, he raced it a bit a had blast on it, nine years ago he gave it to me, now I have the privilege to enjoy this beautiful bike I'm thankful he took such great care of it!! Thanks Dad❤

@martycuhntzmart5635 3 ай бұрын

I was still riding BMX is 97. Just got my Haro Monocouque and was LIVIN' life at track. I still remember the day I walked into the LBS and I layed eyes on the Y22. Beams of light were coming off of it and gospel music was playing in the background. It was the first MTB I ever loved - this is such an awesome video!

@michaelhayes1344 4 ай бұрын

I still have mine hanging on the wall in my workshop. Built as a super lite full suspension for xc. Upgraded with hope front disc, bomber coil front end, fox rear, needed the lockout for hard climbing. Looks awesome. Very noisy frame as everything amplified through speaker box hollow frame, floated well. Hardly used last 20 years. Great bike.

@ridesofjapan 4 ай бұрын

Pacific Blue flash back galore! Good times

@riverbull5112 4 ай бұрын

Funny seeing you here! Big fan of your work - how are you liking the new Avian handlebar?

@fullstop15 4 ай бұрын

I remember drooling over the bikes in the tv show pacific blue. Man those to me were dream machines with the four spoke wheels and all😂

@gloxton 4 ай бұрын

"Baywatch on bikes". It was so , so cheesy but great.

@NonLegitNation2 4 ай бұрын

@@gloxton I downloaded the entire series a few months ago and man, you aren't kidding, it's so damn cheesy, but that show was my introduction to mountain bikes and this bike in particular, when I was a kid. I really wish I hadn't gotten rid of all my mountain biking magazines from the 90s and early 2000s.

@cup_and_cone 4 ай бұрын

Hans Rey talks about appearing in Pacific Blue over in his channel.... It seemed like the sky was the limit for MTB in those days.

@fullstop15 4 ай бұрын

@@gloxton all that cheese was all the rage to a 12 year old boy!

@jawico 4 ай бұрын

I used to drool over these and the Cannondale Super V back in the day.

@sans_2031 4 ай бұрын

It's so nice to see a modern review of an old bike. I would like to see a ton more!

@peterbedford2610 4 ай бұрын

In 1977, me and a friend took a schwinn stingray frame and made it into a mono shock frame, in metal shop class. We raced 250cc MX, so we were fairly well versed in how suspension should work. It worked well. But my welds were scrap and I only got a "B" on the project.

@SalMightyOne Ай бұрын

I still have mine, I upgraded it to Shimano XTR, Magura HS33 brakes, Sid rear suspension, Mavic spokes and rims and much more. I loved riding the bike.

@charleskolander3617 4 ай бұрын

Man that was my dream bike when I was slamming my Schwinn S-10 through the southern California mountains in high school... nostalgia central

@CharlieMetcalf 4 ай бұрын

I still ride a 90's MTB. I stopped riding in the 90's and at the time I had a Nice Raleigh hard tail. A couple of years ago I bought a Marin Bolinas Ridge 1 to start riding again. I hated it. 29" wheels were HUGE, the bike felt like I was riding a road bike. So I sold it and bought a 96 Giant Iguana raw(clear coated) steel. Built it with a 1x10 drive train and I absolutely LOVE it.

@this_Jamie 4 ай бұрын

Yes please to more of this!

@radioactivescorpion6280 4 ай бұрын

My mate has the raw carbon one above it in the purple and black. I was fortunate enough to ride it. What an amazing piece of kit

@tylerjacobi2440 4 ай бұрын

I’ve still got my dads ‘97 Y11. Rode it in college, and even when I moved out to Colorado! I still take it out once in a while just to remind myself how good we have it now!

@alexford5214 4 ай бұрын

Id argue Trek copied Mountain Cycle San Andreas. I had a 2002 version, made of aluminum. It was ahead of its time in that it could climb very well, even with a non-locking coil rear shock. Disc brakes front and rear . Really a great bike. Sad I sold mine.

@wallypix1 4 ай бұрын

Speed spring into those Judys, Kool Stop red ones, Panaracer Smoke front & rear, a 38t 1x with double Cyclone, stump seatpost... and Voila! you hav a race DH bike. Just like Cream sang: "those were the days"

@sheeplesniper4035 4 ай бұрын

I had a Y11 for a few years at the end of the 90’s. Gorgeous looking bike in metallic blue but by far the most noodley bike I ever owned! Swapped it for a Trek 8000 hardtail eventually which was a revelation!!

@chenbencalipha3149 11 сағат бұрын

Just as i thought i finally found a boring episode in this channel. glued again to the screen.

@jbomb889 4 ай бұрын

I spent years drooling over this bike in the cover of every bike magazine as a teenager. This was amazing! A “retro review”.. this would be a cool new series.

@Vincent-_-123 4 ай бұрын

Congrats on the 1 million.

@gasbr8kdip 4 ай бұрын

Great bike! Thanks for reminding me, why I traded my Cannondale super V 3000 for a Trek Y33. Still have it, rode it yesterday, goes like a long forgotten dream :)

@worldexplored5300 4 ай бұрын

This is the way your channel will grow Seth… next up might be the Specialized FSR (comp) witch also was a great bike in the 90ties.. 😊

@apiaryandy2478 4 ай бұрын

I had the Gary Fisher aluminum version of this bike called the "Joshua". It was one of the first full-suspension bikes on the market. It was certainly innovative back then and I loved it. I think the only real drawback was the bottom bracket/cranks were on the rear triangle. You really only knew that after getting a more modern design in later years.

@RealMTBAddict 4 ай бұрын

But it wasn't a real full suspension

@MarkA560 4 ай бұрын

I had the Fisher Joshua 3 too. Loved that bike

@cup_and_cone 4 ай бұрын

I had an F2 with the iconic red/yellow split paint scheme for a brief period. It drew attention, plowed the trails like a tank, and wasn't exactly light. Fun bike, though.

@justinkababik 4 ай бұрын

This is great. I bought a Y5 (alloy) as graduation gift from college. I rocked that bike until 2021. I upgraded it along the way and was able to keep up with everyone, on any trail for years. I replaced it with an Orbea Rallon. I'll see if that lasts 25 years as well.

@thewen 3 ай бұрын

this was my first serious mtn bike when my dad and i started riding in early 2000s. it was a 1999 Y22 in maroon with sram gripshift and durace derailleurs , brakes, rock shocks, and mavic wheels

@tonkshred 4 ай бұрын

1997- I was 15 working in Fort Collins, Colorado. My parents bought me a $425 Giant Rincon SE , my first mountain bike.. I rode to work with it- the boss at my job really mountain biked, he had a purple y22.. He was like a mythical god in my eyes on that crazy beautiful frame… Also the first time I was introduced to tofurky as this gentleman was a vegan way back then.. William I hope you are doing well and riding plenty wherever you may be today , thank you for showing me this sport !

@shrinkingshrimp 4 ай бұрын

I would love to see a bike (frame) like this upgraded to modern standards with modern parts and see how it holds up. :D Of course not a mint one like this, but one that's original parts are missing or broken.

@flighthelmet 4 ай бұрын

A little sad there was no mention of the show Pacific Blue, the bike was a star of the show. I talked about this bike as part of my about me when I became qualified as a general law enforcement instructor and police mountain bike instructor. None the less, thanks for featuring this iconic bike!

@mamashecrazy7423 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for mentioning this show- I had never heard of it and it’s a hoot to watch. So dated. Like Bay Watch with bikes. Btw Seth would’ve been around 10 years old at the time of this show; doubt it was at a time he would be up to watch it 😂

@NonLegitNation2 4 ай бұрын

it's good to see people mentioning it in the comments though, because that's where I saw this bike for the first time.

@Jump-n-smash 4 ай бұрын

I was hoping your talk was recorded and available on your channel, so I checked it out. I was pleasantly surprised when I found the F-15 unrestricted climb video. I’m pretty sure I watched it shortly after you uploaded it. Thank you!

@ms.karihart2983 4 ай бұрын

Once again Seth you’ve upped your game and I appreciate. Reaching back into the past to show how far we’ve come. I like you I’m sure can remember those times Thank you sir

@sapinva 4 ай бұрын

The "Why?-22". Their Multi-track series was actually a superior trail bike at the time.

@PuffinPass 4 ай бұрын

Ahh the flying V of MTBing. I would be lying if I ever said I found this design even slightly attractive, so glad we moved on from this design style.

@blnmadisonbm 4 ай бұрын

I used to want the TREK Y33 in BLUE so badly back in the day. My first FULL SUS was a GIANT NRS 3 back around 2003 or so. Fortunately for me I work for a large BIKE SHOP based in CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA so I get AWESOME DEALS on all sorts of stuff. But back then, I could only dream of owning such a mountain bike.🚲🤙✌️

@impliedpower 4 ай бұрын

So glad you posted this, I just stopped riding my Y3 last year when I got a newer Trek, I still pull it down to ride from time to time, it is a great bike. I am glad you did a video so this frame wouldn't be forgotten!

@johngaller278 4 ай бұрын

My friend Bob had one. He was 5'9" weighed 172 # was an adopted kid who grew up on a beef ranch in south central Missouri. He could eat 3 14oz bone in pork chops for breakfast and if you rode with him in the Ozarks, you'd only ever see the woods around the back of his ass. He hated road riding and racing, but no one we rode with could ever beat him. He wouldnt allow it.

@derekandre9302 4 ай бұрын

He made this video over a month ago, saying 2023 as the current year. Seth really does take lots of time making these videos

@bermshred 4 ай бұрын

I think he mentioned that he has been busy lately

@fgoehner 4 ай бұрын

What’s your point

@omahamtb6580 4 ай бұрын

@@fgoehnerI feel like this was just an observation. But it was a bit comical to hear him say 2023 a full month into 2024 🤣

@RealMTBAddict 4 ай бұрын

TRIGGERED

@Ly.. 4 ай бұрын

Probably recorded this before the 1month trip

@d.bbailey9552 4 ай бұрын

I recently purchased a Y11 and I've been updating it with a 1x drivetrain, disc brakes, wider bars and new paint. I can't wait to get it out on the trails.

@funpolice8128 4 ай бұрын

Yessss bro! Parents bought me a Y3 in ‘98 and it was like $800. Rode the hell out of it and begged my parents to buy me the Spinergy wheels like in the show Pacific Blue. Owner of local shop talked me out of it luckily because apparently they were all for show and brittle. No joke, US Border Patrol guys rode these on their bike team in my home town too. Vid brought back serious memories… thanks!

@oldkayakdude 4 ай бұрын

DANGER - these old carbon frames break a lot more easily than modern carbon. I have a friend who owned one back then that broke it and wound up breaking his back at the same time. If you are going to ride them don't "send it".

@PerformanceProjects 4 ай бұрын

I wanted one of these in blue so bad back then. They were just so expensive. I ended up getting a Cannondale Super V as my dealer had one for really cheap. It was an okay bike, but my heart was always with the Y33

@NebirosKnight 4 ай бұрын

Takes me back to the days of watching Pacific Blue when they were riding Trek Y models for most of the series.

@johnsplendido3556 4 ай бұрын

I still own that dream bike. Mine is a 1996 Trek Y 22 in the raw carbon. Much nicer looking in the raw carbon IMO. Loved that bike and used it hard until 2019. Everybody used to stare when I showed up at the trailhead. They asked many questions. I was able to keep up with them. Except it did tend to be easier to OTB than today’s machines. I became proficient at leap frogging over the handlebars while being ejected. Mine was upgraded to v-brakes and 2001 XTR. But finally, I succumbed to long, slack and low in 2019. However I still have it in my garage. I will never get rid of it. Love the way it looks. Wish I could post a pic.

@GuyKesTV Ай бұрын

I remember going to the press launch of this bike in Germany. Sensational at the time and still iconic now 🤘🏻

@robwasnj 3 ай бұрын

Videos like this bring back good memories of when I found MTB. What a wonderful time in my life. I had a Trek 8000 from 1997, in fact I still have it (pictured also in my avatar) and rode it up till about 10 years ago after demoing new bikes. The narrow handlebars were better for getting through trees, now most trails are wider but back then a lot were not. Love seeing these reviews on vintage bikes.

@Teknakill 3 ай бұрын

This was my dream bike in high school. I would love going to the bike shop to look at it and pretend I'd get it for Christmas and stare at the 1997 Trek catalog. Years ago I bought a used '98 Y22, tore it apart, went over everything and resto-modded it. Carbon fiber wider bars, C.F, seat post, aluminum short stem, new bigger tires, tune up etc... I re-painted it white and added decals just like the 1997 version (best looking IMO). Now its better than new and it was really great to restore a classic and ride it around showing it off. Its a really fun bike, very light, tight and rigid. Now I'm restoring a '98 Y3 (the red one).

@lucideuphoria7092 4 ай бұрын

I just picked up a piece of history (or will be soon). Unused, boxed 2013 26" GT Force LE frame for $280. Almost a fusion of old and new. GT's old I-drive high mount single pivot is a blast from the past but performs really well when pedaling over choppy terrain. It has just been modernized with a marzo z2 rail 150, an 11spd deore m5100 1x groupset, 4 piston deore brakes, 27.5 wheelset with 2.3 front and 2.2 rear x-kings and a KS dropper. You can see the fusion of old and new with the slack head angle (65 degrees), relatively long ETT but slack seat angle of 72 and high bottom bracket.

@ghowell13 4 ай бұрын

Great ti see this bike get some love! I just built one of these up in the last 18 to 24 months, with period upgrade Shimano DX and DXR parts. It's taking a while, but it's a lovely thing.

@andywilliams5513 4 ай бұрын

Love the retro review Seth! We want more of this, I feel a new series coming on ….. 😊

@JoeMoutard 15 күн бұрын

I was a high schooler working at a Trek dealer when the Y-frames came out. Trek already had their conventional OCLV frames pretty dialed in by that time, but duallies were just getting started. Having that unified triangle with a single pivot in front of the BB made these one of the few duallies that could climb. The V-brakes were also a new innovation and considerably stronger than the cantilevers they replaced.

@trekbikes 4 ай бұрын

You've got us all up in our nostalgia feels🥰

@richardhernandez7741 3 ай бұрын

I have been ridding my 97 Y-22 exclusivly all these decades. Same model and paint, but with SPIN carbon trispokes. Still turning heads after all these years. LOVE BERM PEAK!

@yogamatt443 2 ай бұрын

I rode the Y22 with a carbon three spoke Spin wheel on the back! Lived in Aspen CO in employee housing worked as a liftee at Snowmass and rode the hunter creek loop at least once a day in the summer! Absolutely loved this bike! Still have the frame and Spin wheel. Good times.

@WitchesPuzzle 4 ай бұрын

There is a local Veteran in my area who still rides his Y-Five-0 all over the place. When he first got this bike in the '90s, I was so captured by its off-the-wall geometry (I was an AVID GT rider back then, with their Triple Triangle geometry) that I had to ask about the ride. He was pedaling around the local Walmart, and decided to go in, and I watched him to see where he was going to park this beautiful beast and was both awestruck and flabbergasted when he drove to the back of the store and threw it (literally) into a garbage dumpster. I stood watch to make sure nobody stole it, and LO! he came out twenty minutes later, fished it out, and took off. I still want this bike.

@MCSEDanny 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Tyler, for making this video possible. What a fun walk down memory lane. Back when they came out, I wanted one so badly. However, my local bike shop was a Gary Fisher dealer therefore it was the alum version and I had to have that carbon. Back then we had way more loyalty to our LBS than today, so I never got one. A few years later I did get a Paola Pezzo Olympic frame and fork which is now on display at that same LBS.

@bobbymueller3680 2 ай бұрын

Dude I just discovered your channel & love it. I rode all the time in the 90’s in high school & college. I’d like to get back into to riding & these trips down memory lane are a trip. I stopped paying attention to the industry in 2000 so the bikes are radically different than when I left. Your channel is helping me get back up to speed no pun intended.

@heyimamaker 4 ай бұрын

Flashbacks! Those old Shimano cranks were sooo flexy, and if you bashed, bent, or wore out the big ring... new crank set!

@bisket2003 4 ай бұрын

These vintage MTB vids are awesome! More of this! It's crazy to see where its all gone as of late!

@FLG8r 4 ай бұрын

stil have mine ... '98 Y22 - blue frame w/ orange accents; Shimano Rapid Rise XTR rear derailleur; bringing the past to today - great comprehensive review of a trail-blazing (pun intended) bike during its time.

@benjaminblakemore9704 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS HISTORIC CONCEPT...THANKYOU BERM PEAK!! 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊 AWSOME MORE PLEASE 🙏

@richiesanque5527 4 ай бұрын

This is a great video! I started mountain biking in ‘95, so seeing this Y bike in action, with all of its original components, brought back some fond memories.

@evefletch7215 4 ай бұрын

Always love some 90s MTB action, Seth! Thanks for always making the effort to explore aspects of cycling that aren’t just hitting huge DH jumps and Shredding Gnar!

@centuryoutdoorsF4C 4 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you posted another bike review video. I love these.

@MrMace 4 ай бұрын

This is awesome! I love this format. Been watching since the early days, Seth!

@pscion12 4 ай бұрын

Pacific Blue, baby! If anyone remembered, that show sort of introduced my friends and I to the bike.

@ASquires-wc8ii 4 ай бұрын

This was my dream bike as a kid. Still think it looks great. One of my all time favorite designs.

@andrewmitchell1354 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this! As a teen mountain biker growing up in the 90's this was the unreachable dream!

@exhibitD79 4 ай бұрын

Loved this episode so much. Keep it up! MTB history is alive and well. I'm happy.

@TheBarrettCompound 9 күн бұрын

I had one back in the late 90s early 2000s. Mine was painted in the color shift paint. Loved it. Still have my Gary Fisher Level Betty too

@carlholman2993 4 ай бұрын

I had a Gary Fisher Joshua F4 as my first "real" mountain bike growing up. I miss that thing! Wold not really ride it these days but it sure would be cool to have hanging on the wall

@spuffles 4 ай бұрын

This was my first mountain bike, I got it from Make a Wish Foundation when I was 13 and was diagnosed with cancer. I eventually lent it to a good friend that needed a bike. He kept it for years and eventually broke the frame. Trek owned up on the frame lifetime warranty and gave him a new bike. It was this exact build, I loved this bike. So cool to see you riding it. Thank you for making it.

@ronaldbalit 4 ай бұрын

I worked at a high end bike shop in Beirut in ‘99 , and we had a Y series hanging in the shop window, it was an alu model if I recall, had V brakes and rapid fire shifters , and boy did it pull in passersby’s … and the price made them go away 😂… in two summers working there it was never sold , and only one person ever bought one as far as I know, but when I think dual suspension downhill, that is the poster bike I see in my head … to me the idea of a bike designed to do one thing well was absurd, in a world of BMX, 10 speeds, choppers, cross and hard no suspension mountain bikes… thank you for Seth this trip down memory lane… and thank you for making me get off my ass and back to cycling.

@mattabe86 4 ай бұрын

What a throwback! Loved this video. Always thought the Y was cool, but got a Cannondale Super V with a Lefty when they first came out. Wild times

@DIRECTORofFILMS 4 ай бұрын

I love it when you review these vintage bikes.

@GhislainLeduc 4 ай бұрын

These video are so interesting, so fun to learn about the history of bikes. Thanks for sharing!

@JerettRidesMtb 4 ай бұрын

My dream bike as a kid. I worked in a bike shop when I has 12 sweeping floors and breaking down cardboard boxes for store credit to buy bar ends and a Bell team edition helmet ( that I still own today ) The owner bought one for himself and I got to peddle it around the parking lot a few times. I would stop in on my way home from school and drool over it everyday.

@user-bq4un2zx1s 4 ай бұрын

I tell people that working at a bike shop is one of the best first jobs a young person can have.

@robbchastain3036 4 ай бұрын

This vid is like what car enthusiasts get to watch all the time, a classic machine driven down memory lane. Thanks, Seth, for the history show-and-tell with this gorgeous Trek. And I still like GripShift and short, straight bar ends set parallel to the ground for a hands-on-hoods feel.

@SevenAlaris 4 ай бұрын

Probably the lightest trail bike I’ve ridden! Always brings a smile when I see one at a local trail, have to stop and admire!

@DM-fj8wv 4 ай бұрын

Best mtb vid I've seen in ages, thanks!

@jaymason480 4 ай бұрын

I would love to see more of this content. I like to see the progression on stuff. Very good show.

@CoachLo3 4 ай бұрын

Nice to see you back on a Trek!

@jasoncbrooks74 4 ай бұрын

Truly iconic bike! Amazing how far bikes have come. Really easy to see how modern bikes improve performance when you descend. Great video.

@exspliffit 4 ай бұрын

I remember seeing and drooling over a yellow trek y33 back in the 90' s. What a beautiful looking bike it was back then❤

@Skupik1 Ай бұрын

Those were so influential. Remember every kid (including me!) had a similar chinesium „full suspension” Y-frame back in 2000. Good times.

@AdventuresWithClair 4 ай бұрын

Man this takes me back, love the content as always. Keep up the great work.

@CANNABISfreedomNOtaxes 4 ай бұрын

I raced my first black diamond downhill race on one of these way back in the late 90s. 😂

@400rvf 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I have a Trek Y11 hanging in my garage that I bought back in 97 or 98. I road that bike for years. Now I mostly use it as my camp site bike. Thanks for the video.

@briandenton8360 2 ай бұрын

I had and rode a Y-26 (blue & aluminum model) up until about 2014. It was my first full suspension bike and I loved it. I served me well for many years, and sometimes I wish I had kept it, instead of giving it away to family member who left it out in the weather only to be taken to the dump some years later.