In baseball, they have a term for a player who's so well rounded, they can fill in for any position in a player's absence, a jack-of-all-trades if you will, known as a utility man. How does that tie into mountain biking' Well, bikes are becoming more and more specialized and its quite refreshing to find a bike that's capable of tackling all sorts of trails, from backcountry all-mountain epics full of natural gnarly terrain to fast, flowy XC hot laps after work letting you blow off a little steam and leaving you with some seared legs and lungs. Finding that unicorn of a bike that can excel at the extremes of your riding is difficult with wheel diameters, geometry, and suspension platforms changing as often as they do, and when you find that magical bike that matches your riding style and one you can completely count on to progress your riding and not hold you back on familiar and unfamiliar trail networks alike, you should gravitate towards it. Great minds must think alike because almost every bike Yeti Cycles has released lately has peaked our interest and in particular, the SB130 Turq X01 Eagle Race Complete Mountain Bike is the utility man our squad needs and after our first ride, it's already got our vote as an all-star rookie. It's a darling of a trail bike that can handle shuttles and lift action, yet it doesn't dumb down smooth buff trails either, so leg shaving XC riders can have their fun too. Factor in the lightweight TURQ carbon construction, plush Switch Infinity platform with FOX Factory suspension, and a precise, range-happy SRAM X01 drivetrain, and you have one of the greatest well-rounded bikes we've come across in a while. Longer and slacker continues to be the name of the game, and on the SB130 the numbers lean towards the trend of a more capable descending bike that can still pedal when its time to earn your turn. Its 65. 5-degree headtube is a full degree slacker than the brands 5. 5, a bike that already pushed the boundaries of a long-travel ...