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    YT CAPRA 29 CORE 4

    Sep 15, 2021 5 minutes
    Jamie Darlow

    £5,849.69/29in/yt-industries.com

    I In the interests of full disclosure, the YT Capra and I are old friends. I had the previous generation as a longterm test bike three years ago and I still catch myself mindlessly flicking through old mbr copies with pictures of the two of us together. Good times. It remains to this day my favourite test rig.

    In the three years since rating the Capra 29 CF Pro Race 10/10, a lot has happened in the world of enduro – the competition is stiffer and components and suspension are more capable, meaning the Capra needs to have progressed too. What was great three years ago could feel mediocre when judged by today’s standards.

    This is YT’s third version of the Capra after launching the original bike back in 2014. The Mk3 comes in two guises:

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