Juli Furtado hasn’t raced this steel Yeti FRO in 25 years but if you cock your ears just right, you can almost still hear the roar of the crowdJames Huang / Immediate Media
Yeti’s trademark looped stays, here formed from steel tubing from famed builder Chris HertingJames Huang / Immediate Media
The chainstay loop actually carries all the way around the front of the wheel, joining to the bottom bracket shell with a short piece of flattened tubingJames Huang / Immediate Media
The fabled Campagnolo Euclid mountain bike cranks, in the flesh. And yes, clearly there’s been a little chainsuckJames Huang / Immediate Media
Up front is a Campagnolo Euclid headset. Note the right-side cable routing, tooJames Huang / Immediate Media
The stock seatpost collar was milled down to save weightJames Huang / Immediate Media
It’s essentially unheard of to see three chainrings on top cross-country bikes these days, let alone ones this bigJames Huang / Immediate Media
The Campagnolo Euclid rear derailleur is a beautiful piece of kit but like the rest of the groupset, it unfortunately also didn’t work that wellJames Huang / Immediate Media
The Campagnolo Euclid brake calipers had a wide profile to help generate more powerJames Huang / Immediate Media
Answer Hyperlite bars and the matching A-TAC stem were standard issue on top-shelf bikes of the eraJames Huang / Immediate Media
The simple cage shaping may not have yielded the fastest front shifting but it’s a beautiful looking piece of hardware nonethelessJames Huang / Immediate Media