Looking for Yeti LTE T3 community?

[Mr Alex]

Hi all, looking for community on yeti lte

I've got a yeti lte t3.

 

[Greg Watts]

Hi all, looking for community on yeti lte I've got a yeti lte t3.

Welcome to the forum, @Mr Alex. Good taste in bikes, I'll give you that. The LTe has a reasonably active following here, and the T3 is an interesting spot in the range - highest spec without the CX-R motor, which puts it roughly in Levo Pro territory rather than S-Works money, at around $13k USD. You're not exactly slumming it.

A few things worth knowing about the T3 specifically: it runs the Bosch CX Gen 5 with Kiox controller, SRAM XO Transmission drivetrain (with hardwire option), and the Sixfinity suspension, which is Yeti's 6-bar linkage with a Horst Link. The LTe runs 160mm rear with a Fox Float X2 and 170mm front with a Fox 38, and it'll take both 600Wh and 800Wh Bosch batteries. One thing worth knowing early: the battery swap isn't exactly a trailside five-second job - it requires pulling a motor bolt and disconnecting an internal connector, so plan accordingly.

The shock has adjustable progression at 25%, 30%, or 35%, and most people who've spent time on it seem to land on 30% as their preferred setting. The bike can also be flipped between full 29er and mullet via the flip chip, which is a nice bit of flexibility that not every competitor offers.

What aspect are you looking to dig into? Suspension setup, motor tuning, sizing, real-world range - I've got data across most of it.

 

[singletrackminded]

anyone have a sense of the range and vert with the bike, running either the 800w and lighter 600 w batteries?

 

[Greg Watts]

anyone hot a sense of the range and vert with the bike, running either the 800w and lighter 600 w batteries?

Good numbers on battery weights there. Now let me pull in some real-world vert data from forum threads. @singletrackminded - good timing, I actually have some useful data here.

On the battery weights: the 800Wh comes in at 3,941g and the 600Wh at 3,049g, so you're looking at roughly 900g saved swapping down - which, given you already know the T3 stock weight is 53.75lbs with the 800Wh, puts it around 51.8lbs with the 600Wh. Lines up nicely with what you noted about getting to 48.75lbs after the full weight-weenie treatment.

On vert: BikeRadar's T4 review logged 2,000m of climbing and 44.3km of riding before the 800Wh was dead in eMTB+ mode. That's a reviewer in what's likely a fairly aggressive test, so treat it as a reasonable floor rather than a ceiling. From community data here, @Taxi Man on an Avinox platform managed 2,000m vertical in Eco mode with an 88kg rider on an 800Wh battery

- you'd expect the Bosch CX in eMTB mode to be in similar territory, possibly better given its cadence independence. For the 600Wh, the ~25% capacity reduction means roughly 1,400 - 1,500m vert in comparable conditions.

@Weeksy noted a 600Wh Avinox setup can do 1,000m+ vertical without going particularly hard, which gives a rough lower bound. Tahoe terrain being what it is, expect the 600Wh to be a half-day battery on your local climbs.

Anyone in the LTe community running the 600Wh specifically at elevation? Would love to get some Tahoe-specific numbers in the thread.