YT IZZO UNCAGED 7
£6,835.13 / 29in / yt-industries.com
YT launched its short-travel Izzo 18 months ago, and in its original form it was a 130mmtravel bike that bridged the gap between trail and XC. Shortly after, YT over-forked the front end with a 140mm-travel Pike and called it the Izzo Blaze. And to complete the Izzo family, YT has now gone the other way; lightweight bits and 120mm of travel mean the Uncaged 7 is aimed squarely at those who prefer their pain and pleasure in equal measures.
Unchanged from the original model, the Izzo frame cuts quite a dash with its sharp creases, slender tube profiles and continuous lines hewn from YT’s top-end Ultra Modulus carbon. It’s undoubtedly a good-looking bike, and nothing on the Uncaged 7 changes that. That bright Laser Yellow paint might prove divisive, but in a sea of blacks and greys, personally I love it.
The Izzo’s layout represents the epitome of classic suspension bike designs given a
