Yeti Arc curved vs straight chain stays. When?

[eshew]

I just noticed the difference and I'm curious when this occurred. I have a cracked frame serial A0913 (Yellow) with straight chain stays & another in white with the powder coating hiding the serial aside from a barely visible A which has the curved stays and narrower weld beads.

Well after a quick search looks like 95 was the 1st year of the curved stays. Mystery solved!

 

[tmingst]

I have both as well. Yeti A0940 has straight stays and Yeti A1864 (which I bought new in mid-'96) has curved ones. I was thinking of powder coating my earlier bike white - would love to see a picture of yours as an example.

 

[eshew]

Here is a pick of the white yeti. The weather is terrible outside so no glamour shots sadly. '

White surge protector & black wires added for color reference

 

[tmingst]

That's a good looking bike.