YT Industries Releases The Capra AL1 In Extra Large

YT’s Capra dropped like a highly acclaimed bomb in the mountain bike community last year, and the engineers of the Forchheim manufacturer have now added a much sought-after XL size to the Capra AL1 – for all the larger-than-life shredders out there! If like YT athlete and Red Bull Rampage hero Kelly McGarry you are not of average size, but rather tend to rise a bit above it all, it is often hard to fully enjoy your riding with regular sized frames. And even YT’s all-rounder Capra is more difficult to pilot properly if your body size does not match the frame’s geometry and dimensions. It is good news then that YT now comes to rescue of all the biking giants out there with the forthcoming release of the Capra AL1 in XL.
 
Available for sale immediately and deliverable in December, the XL Capra AL1 shares the spec of its smaller brothers (see the specifications and geo tables below). As for the Capra AL2, it will likely only be available in XL as of 2016.
 
Aside from the larger frame size, the XL Capra AL1 delivers all the characteristics of YT’s flagship enduro bike: robustness, fun-oriented geometry, and well-rounded capabilities that make it as suitable for long trail rides as it is for bike park airtime missions. For those who like it extra large but don’t want to give up on agility and liveliness, the Capra AL1 XL is the perfect companion for every occasion!

 2015 YT Capra AL 1 Build Kit

2015 YT Capra AL 1 Geometry

YT BIKES IS EXPANDING INTO NEW MARKETS

Cameron Zink, the man with the biggest balls in the MTB business will represent YT Industries with his brother Howie in the US and Canada. “YT Industries builds bikes for bikers, hence it was vital for us to find partners in these markets who represent that and are dedicated bikers themselves”, says Markus Flossmann, founder and director of YT Industries.

Cam and Howie have proven track records in business from running their own core company, Sensus. The last 12 years of Cam's life were shaped by his love for mountain biking and we has now offered him the chance to stay true to his roots and follow his passion even after his active career is over – even though that's not going to happen any time soon.

In New Zealand and Australia, NZ local Solon Payne will be heading up the distribution. He was one of the first overseas customers to try and order a YT bike. But Since we hadn't found an adequate partner yet, they refrained from selling into these markets. So in 2014 Solon decided to take this on himself and bagged the full services and distribution deal for Oceania.

With this expansion, YT Industries is now available in all Member States of the EU, Switzerland, Israel, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

Also in these new markets we stays true to our concept of direct sales, as this allows them to save immense costs that are created through regular distribution channels including whole- and retail margins. This price advantage is directly benefitting the customer.

From production to distribution, we continues to focus fully on the development of new bikes and the saving of unnecessary costs.

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