What year is this yeti?

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Yeti atc 5.3…

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[scant]

98.. but a lot of Yeti lovers wouldnt consider it a yeti. designed by schwinn.

 

[sksmith2500]

I thought Schwinn used Yeti's design for their frames? And I thought some were even built by Yeti?

 

[player]

98.. but a lot of Yeti lovers wouldnt consider it a yeti. designed by schwinn.

And they weigh a ton too.

 

[enc]

work colleague brought it to my attention ... he was having a sniff but getting no response to his questions from seller

 

[scant]

& the back ends were pretty flexible as they're pivoting off the tiny shock shaft.... & the chainstay yoke has a rep for cracking

 

[elite504]

Ah, it be '97 Mike ;-)
That said, as we know, the smaller companies like Yeti never really did the year-on-year updates like the big-boys so a lot of the models blurred the years.
There is a catalogue scan on the Yetifan site. It's a pretty large file, so download may take a while:

http://www.yetifan.com/YETI_PAST/80s/00s/90s/1997brochurepdf.pdf

I think the anecdote you told me Mike when talking to Chris Conroy went something like:
"Tell me about the AS-3"
"Yeah, sorry about that".

That said, I've always thought it was quite a pretty bike, particularly as I like the look of the yokes. Very similar parallels to a Manitou in all respects though.

 

[BlackCat]

Still. £170. Amazed the Yeti diehards didn’t bid that up further.

 

[scant]

the yeti diehards know its not a yeti

 

[madjh]

That is not a Yeti. By a Yeti Diehard.