{"id":8040,"date":"2014-11-19T12:53:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T12:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/?p=8040"},"modified":"2016-12-15T15:19:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T15:19:52","slug":"brand-focus-on-yeti-cycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/brand-focus-on-yeti-cycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand Focus on Yeti Cycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeti started producing bikes when mountain biking came into fashion. They&#8217;ve been at the forefront of mountain biking for years. They know where it&#8217;s going and they always have done.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Founded by John Parker in 1985, Yeti are one of the forefathers of mountain biking. From the late 80s to the early 90s, Yeti created an eviable name for themselves within the mountain bike world.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8184 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/missy1tws-768x597.jpg\" alt=\"missy1tws\" width=\"768\" height=\"597\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/missy1tws-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/missy1tws-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/missy1tws.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/597;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">How it all started<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>John Parker was a welder who worked within the film industry making movie sets. He also worked part time for a sleeping bag company whose products were named&#8230; Yeti.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Parker had a bad accident which resulted in him being hospitalised. During this time he chose to sell off his favourite motorbike to help fund a start-up bike company his friend owned.<\/p>\n<p>Incorporating his welding skills with this new-found business opportunity, Parker began to create the first Yeti frames.<\/p>\n<p>Yeti (sleeping bags) eventually went out of business so\u00a0there was no trouble with Parker using the name for his bikes!<\/p>\n<p>Originating in California, Yeti started making their first bikes at the time where mountain biking was riding a peak of popularity in America.<\/p>\n<p>Yeti made their first move of premises to Colorado in 1991 after the first Mountain Bike World Championships was held there. This allowed them to get in on the action and helped market their bikes to potential customers.<\/p>\n<p>It was the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">That turquoise<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>John Parker gave the choice of colour to his wife, Linda. After a lot of consideration she chose the desert turquoise colour of good friend Terry\u2019s bike.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the years, wet paint was changed to powder paint but the colour stayed the same.<\/p>\n<p>The colour itself originated from a 1971 desert turquoise Chrysler. Check out this vintage colour chart&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8148 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chrysler_1966_dodge+truck_arco_c_04-594x768.jpg\" alt=\"chrysler_1966_dodge+truck_arco_c_04\" width=\"594\" height=\"768\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chrysler_1966_dodge+truck_arco_c_04-594x768.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chrysler_1966_dodge+truck_arco_c_04.jpg 792w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 594px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 594\/768;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Yeti&#8217;s 20th century timeline<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1984<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; John Parker has a big speedway crash.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1985<\/strong> <\/span>&#8211; John sells his motorbike and buys a frame jig and some chromoly tubing and makes a few frames.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1986<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Yeti produce their first catalogue.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1988<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Yeti release the FRO &#8211; an iconic bombproof race bike.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8189 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tomacMtsnow90-768x570.jpg\" alt=\"tomacMtsnow90\" width=\"768\" height=\"570\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tomacMtsnow90-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/tomacMtsnow90.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/570;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; John Tomac and Julie Furtado sign for Yeti. The ARC frame is born.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1991<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Yeti move to Durango.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1992<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Missy Gioive rides for Yeti.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1995<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Yeti is sold to Scott Sports Group. Mert Lawill starts working with Yeti.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1997<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Scott Sports Group puts its bike brands up for sale. John Parker gets fired from Yeti.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>1999<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; The Durango factory closes. Volant Sports buys Yeti. New factory opens.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>2001<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Yeti employees buy the company and revive the name. Chris Conroy becomes president and general manager.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Present day Yeti<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Chris Conroy is still charge. They&#8217;re still based in Colorado (in Golden). Yeti continue to have their finger on the pulse.<\/p>\n<p>Yeti these days focus on big-wheel trail riding, 27.5&#8243; wheel enduro racing and cutting edge carbon construction. In other words, the three main trends of mountain biking in 2014!<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Yeti SB75<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/yeti-sb75-aluminum-ctda-mountain-bike-frame-75150.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=blog-47\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8191 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17247_yeti_sb75_aluminum_mountain_bike_frame.jpg\" alt=\"17247_yeti_sb75_aluminum_mountain_bike_frame\" width=\"677\" height=\"677\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17247_yeti_sb75_aluminum_mountain_bike_frame.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17247_yeti_sb75_aluminum_mountain_bike_frame-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 677px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 677\/677;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Yeti ARC Carbon<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"expiredLink\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/yeti-arc-carbon-mountain-bike-frame-75151.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=blog-47\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8192 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17250_yeti_arc_carbon_mountain_bike_frame-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"17250_yeti_arc_carbon_mountain_bike_frame\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17250_yeti_arc_carbon_mountain_bike_frame-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17250_yeti_arc_carbon_mountain_bike_frame-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17250_yeti_arc_carbon_mountain_bike_frame-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17250_yeti_arc_carbon_mountain_bike_frame.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/768;\" \/> (this is an old post and the linked content no longer exists)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Yeti SB95<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"expiredLink\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/yeti-sb95-carbon-ctda-mountain-bike-frame-75153.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=blog-47\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8193 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17266_yeti_sb95_ctda_carbon_mountain_bike_frame1.jpg\" alt=\"17266_yeti_sb95_ctda_carbon_mountain_bike_frame\" width=\"677\" height=\"677\" \/ (this is an old post and the linked content no longer exists)<\/span data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17266_yeti_sb95_ctda_carbon_mountain_bike_frame1.jpg 677w, https:\/\/www.merlincycles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/17266_yeti_sb95_ctda_carbon_mountain_bike_frame1-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 677px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 677\/677;\" \/>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeti started producing bikes when mountain biking came into fashion. 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