Yeti AS-R sl (2004)

Pink Yeti History Log

24 May 2011
SRAM PG990 11-34T Pinkslip Pink cassette arrived from Chain Reaction.
Shimano HG80 11-28T cassette removed from the Mavic Crossmax SL wheeleset and replaced with the SRAM PG990 11-34T Pinkslip Pink.
Easton EC90 bar ends removed, carbon paste applied and re-fitted.

20 May 2011
Ordered SRAM PG990 11-34T Pinkslip Pink cassette from Chain Reaction.

18 April 2011
Removed Bontager Race X Lite bottle cage for use on the Colnago Master Pista.

23 March 2010
Schwalbe Rocket Ron EVO (front) and Racing Ralph EVO (rear) 2.1 tyres collected from AD Cycles and fitted; replacing the Continental Mountain King Supersonic 2.2.

20 March 2010
Ordered Schwalbe Rocket Ron EVO and Racing Ralph EVO tyres from AD Cycles.

20 February 2010
Purchased Bontrager Race X Lite bottle cage Evans Gatwick and fitted.

17 February 2010
Race Face X-Type bottom bracket removed.
Easton bar, bar ends, stem and Nokon gear cables arrived.
Removed Yeti ARC R1 riser bar, short grips and Thomson stem.
Purchased Bontrager Race X Lite foam grips from Evans Gatwick.
Fitted Easton bar, bar ends, stem and Bontrager foam grip (cut down).
FSA K-Force Light 386 MegaExo arrived and collected from AD Cycles.
FSA K-Force Light 386 MegaExo fitted.
Aluminium headset spacer replaced with carbon spacer.
Nokon gear cables fitted.

16 February 2010
Race Face Deus XC cranks removed at AD Cycles using Snap On power impact wrench.

15 February 2010
Ordered FSA K-Force Light 386 MegaExo chainset from AD Cycles.

14 February 2010
Ordered the following from Chain Reaction:
Easton EC90 SL CNT XC Bar 2009 - Carbon Black 560mm 3 Deg 31.8mm
Easton EC90 Carbon Bar Ends - Black
Easton EA90 Stem 2010 - White 110mm 0 Deg 31.8mm
Nokon Gear Cable Set MTB/Hybrid - White

14 February 2010
Flipped Thomson stem for Gorrick Spring Series race.

31 December 2009
Hope Tech X2 Pink disc brakes fitted.

16 December 2009
Hope Tech X2 Pink disc brakes arrive from Wiggle.

13 December 2009
Ordered Hope Tech X2 Pink disc brakes from Wiggle.

12 December 2009
Front brake needs bleeding again. Found that silicon bladder is leaking. Will consider if just replace bladder or get some new brakes.

19 August 2009
Bleed front brake. Replaced front brake pads with Hayes HFX sintered metallic gold from Evans Gatwick.

14 August 2009
Yumeya Shimano HG chain arrived from All Terrain Cycles. SRAM PowerGlide chain removed and Yumeya chain fitted.

11 August 2009
Ordered Yumeya Shimano HG chain from All Terrain Cycles.

10 August 2009
Continental Mountain King 2.2 Supersonic tyres arrived from Ribble and fitted to the Crossmax SL.

9 August 2009
Removed Blackspire seatpost and replaced with original 400mm Thompson Elite which had been loaned to the Colnago Master Pista.

7 August 2009
Removed Chris King/Mavic wheelset; these are being fitted to the Cove Handjob. Removed custom Hope Hayes pattern disc rotors.
Fitted the custom Hope rotors and Shimano Saint/SLX HG80 11-28T cassette to the Mavic 2007 Crossmax SL disc INTL wheelset.

6 August 2009
Shimano Saint/SLX HG80 11-28T cassette arrived from CRC.

5 August 2009
Mavic 2007 Crossmax SL disc INTL wheelset arrived from Ribble.
Ordered Continental Mountain King 2.2 Supersonic tyres from Ribble and a Shimano Saint/SLX HG80 11-28T cassette from CRC.

2 August 2009
Ordered Mavic Crossmax SL 2007 disc INTL wheelset from Ribble. These are to replace the Chris King/Mavic wheelset which will be fitted to the Cove Handjob.

20 July 2009
Removed Azonic Xtension pedals and replaced with original Crank Brothers Egg Beaters.

24 February 2009
The Thompson seatpost is being donated to the Colnago Master Pista. Hopefully another Thompson will be purchased soon funds permitting. Meanwhile, the Blackspire seatpost, formally used on the Yeti DJ, has been pressed back into action.

29 July 2008
Change Selle San Marco Aspide Zebra saddle to SDG Ti Fly C Yeti (YetiFan store).

4 April 2005
Change Crank Brothers Mallet M to Azonic Xtension pedal. Thanks to Matt at Bike Brothers Basingstoke for obtaining these pedals.

2 April 2005
Fit Hope "hub" valve caps; purchased from Hope at The Bike Show, Stoneleigh Park (1-3/4/2005).

24 March 2005
Change Hayes Mud Cutter disc rotors for Hope custom rotors, Hayes patter, with inscription WWW.PINKYETI.INFO  I AM PINK YETI!. Thanks to Matt at Bike Brothers Basingstoke for obtaining these rotors from the Hope personalized rotor order service (now defunct).

27 February 2005
Change Crank Brothers Egg Beaters S to Mallet M. Mallets purchased from Cycle Surgery, Spitalfields 25/02/2005.
Change Yeti seat collar to Salsa Flip-Lock quick release seat collar. Flip-Lock purchased from Freeborn Horsham 27/02/2005.

25 December 2004
Change saddle from Selle Italia Prolink to Selle San Marco Aspide Zebra. Aspide purchased from Evans Gatwick 24/12/2004.

13 November 2004
Yeti update their website to include pink as an AS-R sl option.

9 November 2004
Yeti launch 2005 range on their website.  AS-R sl available in turquoise, black and red only.

6 November 2004
First major outing; Duncton, West Sussex, UK.

27 October 2004
Change saddle from Selle Italia Marco Pantani to Selle Italia Prolink. Prolink purchased from A.D. Cycles Horsham.

23 October 2004
Collect Pink Yeti from Bromley Bike Co. UK. Fit Selle Italia limited edition titanium Marco Pantani Flite Ti saddle. Purchased from The Bike Store Worthing a long time ago...
Ordered Crank Brothers Egg Beaters S.

2 October 2004
Order Pink Yeti from Bromley Bike Co. UK

24-26 September 2004
Pink Yeti frame displayed by Bromley Bike Co. at The International Cycle Show 2004 Islington, London UK

Before September 2004

The following provided by Mike Miller on the 23rd December 2004 - many thanks Mike!

"So about the pink... I'm one of the owners of Yeti and am on the team that
does the color and graphics. When we were looking at the 05 model year we
agreed not to radically change the graphics this year. We went through a
process we do year year but printing out color outputs of the bikes and
putting them on the wall to see what the line looks like in total. We liked
what we saw in the 575 and AS_X lines and when we got to the AS_R we choose
3 colors. DONE. "let's go drink a beer". Then we looked up at the wall and
thought it looks too much like last year on the AS_R...which wasn't a bad
thing as we couldn't build AS_R's fast enough to fill the demand. But we
wanted to have a color that got people to notice our favorite model.

One of the customer service guys that races said he always wanted a pink
bike to race to rub it in the slower guys faces when he won, that he was
fast even if he was small (he's like 5'4"). We all looked at each other and
laughed. We told him we'd build him a pink bike and all waited for him to
leave the room. Then we looked at each other again and said that would
happen if we build a couple of pink bikes for the show and for Seth. Chris
Conroy , the general manager and owner, said he had speced a pink for a bike
for someone and had the paint left over because they never built the bike.
We decided that we'd built ONE bike and see what we thought. We got the
sample and it was quite a shock to see it in the factory. It was SO
different. People either loved it or hated it. So we made the decision to
build 25 in small and have it as a limited edition. We figured we still have
them at the end of the year. After people started to see them we had people
demand them in other sizes and we are going past the 25 mark already.

I believe your bike is the original sample. It was the frame we built up to
take to the show and it was then shipped to the UK for a show their. We
never got it back and I saw you talking about it on Yetifan. So I believe
you might own the first PINK YETI."

and on March 13th 2005 Mike provided this update:

"...and yes I do think yours is both the first pink AND carbon model. History in the making?"

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