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YETI SB-66C Price: $3,000 (frame only) Weight: 26 pounds Contact: yeticycles.com By Vernon Felton Yeah, we're reviewing this bike again, and with good reason. Decked out in XTR—or in this case, a custom X0 build—and a dropper post, the carbon incarnation of Yeti's 'Super Bike' weighs less than 26 pounds, yet packs 6 inches of squish. Stiff, light, fast and obscenely fun on the downhills, the SB-66C has other all-mountain bikes re-reading their resumes and wincing. But let's back up for a second. If you've been hiding under a rock for the past year and haven't seen any of Yeti's three SB models—the design is available in aluminum 26er and 29er versions as well—you might be wondering what the blue doohickey just above the bottom bracket is and what all the fuss is about. That turquoise widget is the heart and soul of Switch Technology, Yeti's latest linkage. In a nutshell, the SB features a short, dual-link design. That blue eccentric rotates rearward early in the travel, creating a moderate amount of chain.... TO READ THE FULL REVIEW, GO TO WWW.BIKEMAG.COM