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YT CAPRA 29 CORE 2

£3,099 • 29in • yt-industries.com

Petrol, gas, cars… crisps. Everything’s going up in price this year, but not the Capra Core 2, which incredibly costs less now than at its launch in the spring. True, only by £100, but YT has also rejigged its pricing structure, so now all the taxes you pay as a UK customer are included in the list price, with no nasty surprises at the checkout. The Core 2 was already YT’s most budget-friendly Capra to date, and now at just north of £3,000, on paper it’s great value.

As you’d expect from a bike for this kind of money, the Core 2 is made from aluminium but YT has done a good job echoing the layout of the

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