After the runaway success of the limited
raw edition of the Capra 27.5 last year that sold out in a matter of hours, YT have now given the same treatment to the Capra 29. Last year's run was for 200 frames but this time it's doubling up to 400 bikes with 200 going to Europe and the remaining 200 going to the US.
There are a few changes here other than the raw aluminium finish though. Firstly, this is the only Capra that runs a coil as stock, swapping out the Fox Float X2 for a DHX2 with an SLS spring. The travel has also been upped over the standard aluminium Capra models to 170mm at both ends so it's now the same as the top-spec carbon models. This has also slackened off the head angle and seat tube angle by 0.5° down to 65° and 75.5° respectively, again matching it to the geometry of the carbon versions.
YT Capra 29 Al Ltd Details Intended use Enduro / All-Mountain
Frame Raw aluminium
Travel170mm front and rear
Sizes M-XXL
Shock Fox DHX2 coil
Price $3,599 USD
More Info YT Industries So why are YT limiting this bike if the demand is so high? The main reason is due to the difficulty of producing raw frames consistently without visual defects. Although these defects may only be aesthetic, they matter a lot more when you're promising customers a pristine raw frame. On top of this, YT still see carbon as an important section of their offerings, they said: "Both aluminum and carbon have their advantages... The success of the Ltd raw aluminum Capras won’t define our whole product line." Basically, don't expect them to do a Commencal any time soon.
The claimed weight is 14.6kg in size medium, which puts it 100 grams heavier than the standard Comp spec aluminium Capra and 1.1 kgs heavier than the top Spec Carbon Fibre Pro Race spec. The bike is available now but probably won't be for much longer. Prices are: €3,599 EUR, £3,299 GBP, $3,599 USD.
More info
here.
@skycripp: is there's something on sale?
Yes, the Ripmo is a good shout, too
yeah, I wonder if things have changed since last September when everything was so much better...
This deal kind of goes back to the old ways. Assemble a number of amazing bikes but only in a quantity that you're sure that you'll be able to sell. That's how you keep the prices sensible. No one wants to pay for someone else's end of season discount.
Not complaining though, super stoked on my 2019 Jeffsy 27 Pro Race.
Absolute bastards. I would have much preferred this bike to the Al Comp. They obviously pushed my delivery date back to use the frames from that production run to make these ltd bikes... which are available immediately. They had my money on the 15th of May and they wanted to deliver
it after the 7th of October. Meanwhile, people are going to be riding these bikes next week.
Poor form YT, poor form.
I would also love to see a brushed alloy bike (or even painted silver, you wouldn't know the difference if they got the shade right) with an Ohlins coil shock and yellow spring.
You didn't break anything. I didn't mention whether it was an end of season sale or not. It is a limited run of well spec'd bikes at a good price. That's the analogy I saw. It used to be end of the calendar year, now it is end of season. That's simply because they've grown bigger so they're negotiating component deals earlier in the season.
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Its about the same price as a Megatower frame only isn't it? Nuts.
4 hours.
I wouldn't mind paying a bit less for a new frame that has some visual defects.
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Now where is my discount code..... :-)
thats not funny?
But yeah, I don't know why they don't just do a top spec aluminium bike like this one in their line up... Probably because they won't sell as much carbon! They are always out of stock anyway so that would put money in their pocket while they are doing some more carbon frames!?
Also, my carbon Capra with coil, carbon wheels, cranks, cushcore, dd aggressor, assegai exo+, xtr/e13 cassette and carbon bars weighs right at 35 pounds. Just posted that in case anyone is curious as to what this thing will weigh.
Weights in at 16.9% of rider weight, not too bad...or 36.1#.
4 pm: all gone except XL sizes
Lesson learned: I was wrong.