The YT Industries 2020 range is on sale now with revised build kits and new colours for every model, including the Jeffsy, Capra, Decoy, Tues and Dirt Love.
YT has been offering great value, quality mountain bikes since its beginnings and, more than a decade later, the German direct-sales company continues to push the boundaries of price vs performance.
The 2020 YT range is, as always, on-the-money, with five new colours, 27.5in and 29in wheel size options, up-to-date components packages and benchmark-setting prices.
Colourways include handsome combinations of Ghostship Green, Black Magic, Dune Grey, Twotone Blue and Titan Silver depending on the bike and model.
2020 YT Jeffsy
The winner of our 2018 Trail Bike of the Year award saw a total overhaul in 2019, which brought both wheel size versions of the bike up to date in terms of geometry and features, particularly the 29er.
The revised option again won our praise, with its angles and suspension kinematic making it an even more capable descender and a lively all-rounder.
On the 29er Jeffsy, 140mm of rear suspension travel is paired with 150mm up front. The 27.5in wheeled bike has 140mm at the back and 160mm front travel.
There are six build options – three in each wheel size.
The new-era Jeffsy is only currently available with a carbon frame, but the company still offers the previous version in aluminium, so we can probably assume a revised aluminium frame will follow soon.
2020 YT Jeffsy Comp – £2,699 / $2,999 / €2,999
Available in both wheel sizes (29in or 27.5in) at the same price point with matching components, the Jeffsy Comp 2020 is equipped with 12-speed SRAM NX Eagle drivetrain and it gets the ever-dependable Maxxis Minnion DHR II tyres.
- Frame: YT Jeffsy Carbon
- Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Wheel size: 27.5in or 29in
- Fork: Fox 36 Float Rhythm
- Shock: Fox Float DPX2 Performance
- Headset: Acros AZX-576
- Stem: E13 Base
- Handlebar: E13 Base
- Grips: ODI Elite Motion V2.1
- Crankset: SRAM NX Eagle
- Cassette: SRAM PG1230 Eagle
- Rear derailleur: SRAM NX Eagle
- Shifter: SRAM NX Eagle
- Wheels: E13 TRS Base
- Tyres: MAXXIS Minion DHR II
- Brakes: SRAM Guide R
- Seatpost: YT Postman
- Saddle: SDG FLY MTN
- Price: £2,699 / $2,999 / €2,999
2020 YT Jeffsy Pro Race – £4,799 / $5,299 / €5,299
The Jeffsy Pro Race model, also with both wheel size options (29in or 27.5in), features some top-end components that wouldn’t be out of place on a bike twice its price. Highlights include the SRAM X01 Eagle drivetrain and Fox 36 Float fork with Grip 2 damper.
- Frame: YT Jeffsy Carbon
- Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Wheel size: 27.5in or 29in
- Fork: Fox 36 Float Factory
- Shock: Fox Float DPX2 Factory
- Headset: Acros AZX-576
- Stem: Renthal Apex 35
- Handlebar: Renthal Fatbar Carbon 35
- Grips: ODI Elite Motion V2.1
- Crankset: SRAM X01 Eagle
- Chainguide: E13 TRS Race SL
- Cassette: SRAM XG1295 Eagle
- Rear derailleur: SRAM X01 Eagle
- Shifter: SRAM X01 Eagle
- Wheels: E13 TRS Race Carbon
- Tyres: MAXXIS Minion DHR II
- Brakes: SRAM Code RSC
- Seatpost: Fox Transfer Factory
- Saddle: SDG FLY MNT
- Price: £4,799 / $5,299 / €5,299
2020 YT Capra
The YT Capra has always been the brand’s full-on enduro bike, made for all sorts of riding and capable of coping with uplift days, alpine holidays and pretty much everything else.
Both 29in and 27.5in wheel versions are available with four different components specs. The bigger-wheeled bike has a solid 170mm of suspension travel and its smaller-wheeled sibling 180mm. The frame is unchanged from the excellent 2018/19 model, albeit with 2020 colours.
2020 YT Capra Base – £1,999 / $2,299 / €2,299
The Capra Base is the lowest-priced version of the bike and is available in both wheel size options. A SRAM SX drivetrain adorns the bikes for 2020.
- Frame: YT Capra AL
- Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Wheel size: 27.5in or 29in
- Fork: RockShox Yari RC
- Shock: RockShox SuperDeluxe Select
- Headset: Acros AZX-576
- Stem: Race Face AEFFECT R 35
- Handlebar: Race Face AEFFECT R 35
- Grips: ODI Elite Motion V2.1
- Crankset: SRAM SX Eagle
- Cassette: SRAM PG1210 Eagle
- Rear derailleur: SRAM SX Eagle
- Shifter: SRAM SX Eagle
- Wheels: DT Swiss E 1900 SPLINE
- Tyres: Maxxis Minion DHR II
- Brakes: SRAM Guide RE
- Seatpost: YT Postman
- Saddle: SDG RADAR MNT
- Price: £1,999 / $2,299 / €2,299
2020 YT Capra Pro Race – £4,899 / $5,499 / €5,499
The top-of-the-range Pro Race 27.5 and 29 builds include a SRAM Descendant crankset and a Fox Transfer Factory dropper seatpost.
- Frame: YT Capra CF
- Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Wheel size: 27.5in or 29in
- Fork: Fox 36 Float Factory
- Shock: Fox Float X2 Factory
- Headset: Acros AZX-576
- Stem: Renthal Apex 35
- Handlebar: Renthal Fatbar Carbon 35
- Grips: ODI Elite Motion V2.1
- Crankset: SRAM Descendant Carbon
- Chainguide: E13 TRS Plus
- Cassette: SRAM XG1295 Eagle
- Rear derailleur: SRAM X01 Eagle
- Shifter: SRAM X01 Eagle
- Wheels: E13 LG1 Race EN Carbon
- Tyres: E13 LG1 Race
- Brakes: SRAM Code RSC
- Seatpost: Fox Transfer Factory
- Saddle: SDG RADAR MNT
- Price: £4,899 / $5,499 / €5,499
2020 YT Tues
YT’s flagship World Cup-winning downhill bike is back and unchanged in its winning geometry for 2020, with the year’s new colours giving the Tues a fresh lease of life.
There are two aluminium-framed build options with 27.5in wheels and one carbon frame 27.5 build; the 29in wheel version is carbon-only and has two build options.
Five sizes (S to XXL) are available for the smaller-wheeled bikes and three sizes (cunningly called “Regular”, “Long” and “X-Long”) in its 29er guise.
2020 YT Tues Base – £2,499 / $2,799 / €2,799
The Tues Base has surprisingly resilient components from well-respected brands in the gravity segment.
- Frame: YT Tues AL
- Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Wheel size: 27.5in
- Fork: RockShox Boxxer Select
- Shock: RockShox Vivid R2C
- Headset: Acros AZX-257
- Stem: Race Face Chester 35
- Handlebar: Race Face Chester 35
- Grips: ODI Elite Motion V2.1
- Crankset: Race Face Chester
- Chainguide: E13 LG1 Plus
- Cassette: E13
- Rear derailleur: SRAM GX DH
- Shifter: SRAM GX
- Wheels: E13 LG1 Base DH
- Tyres: MAXXIS Assegai
- Brakes: SRAM Code R
- Seatpost: SDG I-Beam Alloy
- Saddle: SDG I-FLY 2.0
- Price: £2,499 / $2,799 / €2,799
2020 YT Tues Pro Race 29 – £4,999 / $5,499 / €5,499
If you want to be at the cutting edge of downhill racing in 2020, you’ll probably be wanting a big-wheeled bike. The Tues Pro Race 29 has a host of top-end parts, including SRAM X01 shifting and SRAM Code brakes, and it has a carbon frame.
- Frame: YT Tues CF
- Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Wheel size: 29in
- Fork: Fox 40 Float Factory
- Shock: Fox Float X2 Factory
- Headset: Acros AZX-255
- Stem: Renthal Integra 35
- Handlebar: Renthal Fatbar Carbon 35
- Grips: ODI Elite Motion V2.1
- Crankset: E13 LG1 Race DH Carbon
- Chainguide: E13 LG1 Plus
- Cassette: E13
- Rear derailleur: SRAM X01 DH
- Shifter: SRAM X01
- Wheels: E13 LG1 Race DH Carbon
- Tyres: MAXXIS Assegai
- Brakes: SRAM Code RSC
- Seatpost: SDG I-Beam Carbon
- Saddle: SDG I-FLY 2.0
- Price: £4,999 / $5,499 / €5,499
2020 YT Decoy electric mountain bike
The Decoy is an unashamedly gravity-inspired e-bike.
YT touts it as having downhill aspirations and its own “built-in lift”. In other words, let the motor power you to the top of the track, gun it back down and repeat.
This popular electric bike is largely unchanged for 2020, bar a new Shimano drivetrain: it has a Shimano Steps E8000 motor with 540Wh battery, 165mm rear suspension travel, 170mm front travel and a mullet wheel setup (29in up front, 27.5in out back).
Two build options come in five sizes (S to XXL), with the Pro Race version featuring a full carbon frame and the Comp a carbon front triangle and aluminium rear end.
2020 YT Decoy Comp – £4,499 / $4,999 / €4,999
E-bikes are an area that YT can be beaten to the lower end of price ranges, but the entry-level Decoy Comp is a serious bit of kit, nonetheless.
- Frame: YT Decoy CF/AL
- Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Wheel size: 29/27.5in front/rear
- Fork: Fox 36 Float Rhythm EBike
- Shock: Fox Float DPX2 Performance
- Headset: Acros AZX-260 Block Lock
- Stem: E13 Base
- Handlebar: E13 Base
- Grips: ODI Elite Motion V2.1
- Drive unit: Shimano E8000
- Battery: SMP YT Custom 540Wh
- Crankset: Shimano
- Chainguide: E13 TRS Plus E8000
- Cassette: Shimano SLX
- Rear derailleur: Shimano SLX
- Shifter: Shimano SLX
- Wheels: E13 e*spec Plus
- Tyres: MAXXIS Minion DHF/DHR II
- Brakes: SRAM Code R
- Seatpost: YT Postman
- Saddle: SDG RADAR MNT
- Price: £4,499 / $4,999 / €4,999
2020 YT Decoy Pro Race – £5,999 / $6,599 / €6,599
The Decoy Pro Race model is not a huge amount more costly than the Comp, but it has some top-end components.
- Frame: YT Decoy CF
- Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL
- Wheel size: 29/27.5in front/rear
- Fork: Fox 36 Float Factory EBike
- Shock: Fox Float X2 Factory
- Headset: Acros AZX-260 Block Lock
- Stem: Renthal Apex 35
- Handlebar: Renthal Fatbar 35
- Grips: ODI Elite Motion V2.1
- Drive unit: Shimano E8000
- Battery: SMP YT Custom 540Wh
- Crankset: Shimano XT
- Chainguide: E13 TRS Plus E8000
- Cassette: Shimano XT
- Rear derailleur: Shimano XT
- Shifter: Shimano XT
- Wheels: E13 e*spec Race Carbon
- Tyres: MAXXIS Minion DHF/DHR II
- Brakes: SRAM Code RSC
- Seatpost: Fox Transfer Factory
- Saddle: SDG RADAR MNT
- Price: £5,999 / $6,599 / €6,599
YT Dirt Love hardtail 2020
If you are looking to get into riding pump tracks, skateparks or dirt jumps, the Dirt Love is the bike you are looking for in YT’s range.
It’s a basic steel hardtail frame at a decent price and it is available in two sizes (some companies only offer one size dirt bike). The 2020 colour is Black Magic.
- Frame: YT Dirt Love
- Sizes: Regular, Long
- Wheel size: 26in
- Fork: RockShox Pike DJ
- Headset: ACROS AIX-326
- Stem: SRAM Descendant
- Handlebar: SRAM Descendant 35
- Grips: ODI Elite Motion V2.1
- Crankset: SRAM Descendant 6K
- Wheels: YT Custom 26in
- Tyres: Maxxis IKON / DTH
- Brake: SRAM Level TL
- Seatpost: SDG Pivotal
- Saddle: SDG Apollo Pivotal
- Price: £1,199 / $1,399 / €1,399
