Shifter and rear brake cables remain externally routed for ease of access and maintenance. A threaded 73mm bottom bracket should also reduce creaking risk, due to dust or mud.
A size large Yelli Screamy now has 475mm of reach and all the bikes sit at a 65.5-degree head angle with the recommended 130mm fork. The original Yelli Screamy had 429mm of reach, as a size large, and a 68-degree head angle with a 120mm fork. The most significant update is an increase of over 8-degrees for the seat angle, bringing it to a more contemporary 76.4-degrees.
As with all Canfield hardtails, the new Yelli Screamy is for 29er wheels only and designed as a trail and all-mountain hardtail. These are bikes for descending and experiencing maximum trail feedback. Lance Canfield has shaped the Yelli Screamy 3.0 for 120-140mm forks and its reference geometry numbers, are based on 130mm of front suspension.
For those hardtail enthusiasts who will send their Yelli Screamys down more challenging trails, there are ISCG 05 tabs, to secure a chain retention device.
Canfield has ensured that hydration is never an issue with the new Yelli Screamy. It has no less than three bottle cage mounts, two in the front triangle and one on the underside of its down tube.
Canfield shelved its aggro hardtail platform back in 2017, but the alloy Yelli Screamy returns with some modern updates. Most hardcore hardtails are steel, such as Canfield’s Nimble 9. But as a reconstituted boutique mountain bike brand, Canfield wanted to produce something a touch lighter, too.
Boutique brands are known for bold colors and Canfield is no different, with the Yelli Screamy available in Orange Dreamcycle, Purple Haze, Slate Train and Blue It.
The original Yelli Screamy was one of the best hardtail mountain bikes for trail riding of its time, with very progressive frame angles. This third-generation version is much of the same.The most notable frame standard upgrades are stealth dropper post routing and a boost rear axle. Canfield has opted for a relatively small diameter 30.9mm seat tube, but you should find adequate dropper post options in this size.
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Like most sites, this site uses cookies to make it work. By continuing to use the site you accept our cookie policy. You won’t be shown this message again 🙂 We say Yelli, you say Screamy. The first hardtail to bring the party to wagon wheels is back with a vengeance. When it debuted in 2011, the Canfield Yelli Screamy was the first 29-inch mountain bike with sub-17-inch chainstays and aggressive all-mountain geometry. It was the only hardtail 29er that didn’t ride like one, and proved that a lightweight, efficient mile-muncher could still make you smile on the descents. Canfield Special Blend AM/Enduro wheelset, 110x15mm Boost front, 148x12mm Boost rear with XD driver, Options: Industry Nine Hydra (with Atomic rims), RideFast Racing Hotline wheelset, RideFast Locomoto wheelset
We say Yelli, you say Screamy. The first hardtail to bring the party to wagon wheels is back with a vengeance. Long before “downcountry” was a word, the Yelli Screamy was an XC bike with an identity crisis.
Slice and dice singletrack. Rail pump tracks and jump lines. Load it with frame bags and get lost. Keep up with your spandex-clad friends on the climbs and embarrass them on the descents. Do whatever you want on the Yelli Screamy, just don’t tell it that it’s a short-travel 29er hardtail.
Motion Engineering, better known for their wild-looking E18 180mm travel leaf-sprung fork, are working away on a very lightweight 120mm travel leading-linkage fork that relies…The 3rd Generation Canfield Yelli Screamy still looks very much like a Yelli Screamy despite the geometry overhaul. Reach figures are drastically increased, the head angle goes slacker, and the seat tube sits way more upright than the Yelli Screamy of 2015. It’s not all change, though. Canfield have looked to keep the nimble ride feel of this 29er hardtail by maintaining the short chainstays it is known for. Here are the specifics, and how to get your hands on one.
Last year, Lazer introduced an all-new rotational impact protection technology for their range of on- and off-road helmets. The KinetiCore concept actually removes energy-absorbing EPS…On size large, reach increases from 429mm to 475mm. A pretty dramatic change, but when you consider this bike hasn’t been updated since 2015, it’s not so surprising. That long reach almost puts this into the hardcore hardtail category, but its 130mm travel fork (can take 120mm-140mm) and 65.5° head tube angle make it more of a trail or all-mountain hardtail. Its definitely one of the longer short-travel 29ers on the market, for sure; complete geometry chart below.Based in Innerleithen, Scotland, Jessie-May can often be seen riding the Glentress Trail Center, and its neighboring Enduro and Downhill Tracks. She regularly competes in Enduro at a national level, and has recently competed on the World Stage at a handful of Enduro World Series events.The 3rd Generation Canfield Yelli Screamy is available to pre-order now, with deliveries expected in January 2022. Canfield do offer an expedited air shipping service if you want to get it sooner. Get it as a frameset only, priced at $799.99 USD; that includes the frame, seat clamp, derailleur hanger, rear axle and hardware. You can also buy one as a complete bike, with prices starting from $3,199.99 USD (pre-order pricing only). That gets you an MRP Ribbon 130mm travel air sprung fork, Canfield Special Blend 29″ AM/Enduro wheelset, SRAM GX Eagle 12 speed drivetrain, Magura MT Trail Sport brakes (4-piston front, 2-piston rear) and a Spank cockpit.
The Yelli Screamy is composed of a 6061 aluminium tubeset, chosen for the degree of compliance it offers. The rear end grows to boost spacing (148mm x 12mm). ISCG 05 tabs allow fitment of a chain guide and bash guard. Three sets of water bottle bosses mean this frame could be a worthy bikepacking companion. Cable routing is external, save for the dropper post where routing is internal.
The big news for the Canfield Yelli Screamy is its new stretched out silhouette, bringing it’s geometry into the modern era. Chainstay length and bottom bracket drop remain unchanged at 424mm and -58mm, respectively, while the frame’s elongated reach and slacker head angle is responsible for the significant increase in wheelbase.adds a few very noticeable performance benefits: 1) It helps the bike to pedal fast, snappy 2) It helps the bike to rip corners almost like bikes with 26” wheels & 3) Short chainstays, combined with a longer top tube, help the bike to be poppy on jumps & extremely easy to wheelie.
‘Till that point, I’d been one of those “29r bikes are douchey; I’ll never ride one” kind of guys. But I’m also open to new products & tech in the industry…& till that point, I’d never seen a 29r that wasn’t so overly-conservative that the geometry was good for nothing but climbing. Yet, the bike Chris proudly showed me was a radical departure from that 29r heritage. Back then, its slack 67 degree head angle nicely highlighted a fork with 140mm of travel (very raked out for bikes back then). A quick look at the bike’s rear triangle showed incredibly short chainstays. The rear tire was practically tucked under the rider. This bike was an entirely new beast. We headed outside & I rode the bike in the parking lot & over some landscaping. Damn. This wasn’t a conservative climb-only bike. It was a snappy climber that was VERY reactive to a trail’s environment. But its low stand-over & long front end fulfilled the promise of a rippy & playful descender. I wanted one!
The frame was first imagined with a 67 degree head angle. But, times have changed. Riders want even more wheel out front these days. Canfield has obliged. The gen 3 bike now comes with a 65.5 degree head angle when used with a 130mm fork. Running a 140mm fork rakes it out to an even 65 degrees. Perfect! This enables the bike to still climb like a billy goat, while helping it track well on even faster descents than the older models.There are some other changes that bring the gen 3 Yelli up to modern standards. The frame now boasts a 30.9mm seat tube, a serious upgrade from the years when they had a 27.2mm tube. The frame is now plumbed for internal dropper post routing…Yay! The boss for a front derailleur has now been removed, giving the frame a more clean look. The rear drop-out now has boost spacing, allowing builders to install wheels with wider hubs. As always, the frame has an ISCG 05 guide mounting platform, a must for riders who like to use some form of chain retention system. Other great carry-overs include the three water bottle mounts…a must for riders who don’t want to wear their hydration on their body, & the 44/56 tapered head tube.
The folks at Canfield Bikes know that I’m one of the top supporters for this bike. Months before they announced the re-release of the Yelli Screamy, they called to let me know the news . . . & to give Mojo a jump on ordering a few. We’ve now got frames in-stock & ready for your custom build. If you’re looking for a hardtail bike that performs as well as it looks, one that stands out from the crowd of boring look-alike trail bikes, the Yelli Screamy IS your ticket to ride.walking down an aisle during InterBike (worldwide bicycle trade show). Suddenly I saw Chris Canfield, co-owner of Canfield Brothers Bikes, walking with a wild looking new hardtail bike. He saw me & waved me over. We greeted each other & then he said, “Hey bud, check this new frame we’re debuting. It’s going to be a game changer, a hardtail twenty-niner that you can rip on.” I looked at him skeptically.
Soon after, I purchased a gold anodized Yelli Screamy frame. Mojo Cycling did a custom build on this weird new 29r frame. Truth be told, I can’t remember much about that build. But I can remember that bike attracted lots of attention. Other riders loved the way it looked. I loved its snappy pedaling & the ability to have a bike that was light enough to ride for miles & miles. But I also loved how rowdy the bike could be. Someone on the trail once told me that a 29r wasn’t built for shreddy descents. My response was to use my Yelli to blow him away (he was on a full suspension bike) on a jumpy & rocky descent. I finished my rebuttal with a tabletop jump of over 25ft.Canfield posts this bike as “a Trail/All Mountain hardtail.” Starting with 16.7” chainstays, it has the geometry to fulfill this assessment. It was the first 29r bike to boast chainstays with less than a 17” length & the Canfield team has chosen to stay-the-course with this aspect of the bike. For readers who aren’t geometry gurus, the reason this measurement is so important is that it
Suddenly, we were building lots of Canfield’s Yelli Screamy bikes at Mojo. Increasingly more riders have looked for a hardtail 29r that isn’t just a one trick pony. They want a bike that does the grunt work, but also helps them play. Over the years I’ve had 3 Yelli’s & my wife, Becci, has had two (including the red one that she now rides…after confiscating it from me). There have been some small updates to the bike’s frame. So, let’s look at the 3rd gen Yelli Screamy to unravel why it’s such a great trail bike for NWA’s varied trails.
Long before “downcountry” was a word, the Yelli Screamy was an XC bike with an identity crisis. Slice & dice singletrack. Rail pump tracks & jump lines. Load it with frame bags & get lost. Keep up with your spandex-clad friends on the climbs & embarrass them on the descents. Do whatever you want on the Yelli Screamy, just don’t tell it that it’s a short-travel 29er hardtail.
Even when caught in the saddle by an unexpected compression of cobble, the snaking triangular seatstays mean you get a jolting rather than being subjected to a significant spine-shortening impact. It’s damped enough that I didn’t ding the rim or blow a tyre on the back either, which is rare when playing with slack-angled hardcore hardtails that encourage a gung ho rather than go steady riding attitude.That said we were surprised how rapid and forgiving the Yelli Screamy was when we lit up our local trails while putting it through its paces. And that wasn’t just because of the Canfield reputation and Suicidal Tendencies-style skull head badge that has made the bikes so popular among gravity warriors.
While the price is still high compared to bikes like the Zealous Division or Transition Trans Am, it’s not any more expensive than the 2014 version here despite the added features. There are four complete bike options from too.
The short back end and reasonable weight make it easy to hop and pop over big stuff rather than dragging behind like a sulky teenager. If you’re not so good at the hop-and-pop side of things or you often go in too hard and fast to avoid every rock then the back end has clearance for a fat 2.4in tyre without it gumming with grass across the first field.The 67-degree head angle (with 140mm fork) throws the front wheel a long way out front for impressively terrain-ignorant stability. The taut feedback from the 35mm diameter Ritchey bars meant I could confidently hook and land surprisingly aggressive, inadvisably fast lines on rooty riverside descents where a slip would have meant a swim. The latest production bike also comes with internal routing for Stealth-style dropper posts rather than the loop of flailing cable our first-gen test sample suffered on. It also gets ISCG mounts and revised chainstay/bottom bracket clearances for universal multi- or single-ring transmission compatibility. It comes in seven different anodised colours and unlike most 29er hardcore hardtails you can get it in small as well as medium, large and extra large sizes. That said we were surprised how rapid and forgiving the Yelli Screamy was when we lit up our local trails while putting it through its paces. And that wasn’t just because of the Canfield reputation and Suicidal Tendencies-style skull head badge that has made the bikes so popular among gravity warriors. The soles of my feet weren’t aching like they do on the stiffest hardtails though, and they still weren’t after walloping that bike down our local bouldery black runs or the off-piste stone steep play woods over on the craggy side of town. From previous test experience some of the standing softness definitely comes from the scooped arms of the lightweight single-ring Aerozine chainset. [image id=\”30695\” size=\”full\”]A multi-piece bb helps to allow for fat tyre clearance: [\/caption]
The latest production bike also comes with internal routing for Stealth-style dropper posts rather than the loop of flailing cable our first-gen test sample suffered on. It also gets ISCG mounts and revised chainstay\/bottom bracket clearances for universal multi- or single-ring transmission compatibility. It comes in seven different anodised colours and unlike most 29er hardcore hardtails you can get it in small as well as medium, large and extra large sizes.
The main frame itself is a mixture of stout round tubes, including an oversized head tube barrel backed up by a very long old-school gusset plate under the throat. The seat tube slants steeply backward from a forward offset footing in a multi-piece cut-and-shut bottom bracket assembly to enable very short 424mm chainstays that butt onto wide-spaced machined terminals for fat rubber clearance.In other words, it sounds like a recipe for a tight ass-kicking ride – and the fact that Canfield also makes a presumably more ductile and forgiving 4130 cro-mo steel Nimble 9 suggests that even Chris and Lance think the Yelli is a bit on the savage side.
Add a reasonable complete bike weight of 12.33k (27.18lb) and a hard compound low tread Geax rear tyre on lightweight Stan’s-rimmed wheels and the Canfield climbs and covers cross country miles fine.
That meant I hit the first long stepped section on our local gorge run with seat slammed and braced for the worst. Even with the Pike fork hammering out a heavy-calibre machine gun rhythm on the front, the Screamy was a lot more creamy than expected. Okay, creamy is an exaggeration purely because it rhymed as, even though I tried to keep our heels down, my feet where definitely rammed into the toes of my Five Tens when I slammed on to make the tight turn at the bottom.The bike-creating brothers Chris and Lance (yes they’re American) Canfield built their reputation with bomber downhill machines. It’s little surprise then that their 29er hardtail is more trail rager than uptight cross-country machine.[image id=\”30693\” size=\”full\”]The downtube welds on to a large area of the headtube to help increase rigidity: [\/caption]Where the Yelli Screamy really shines though is on fast, technical singletrack, whether that’s groomed trail centre berms at the weekend or ribbons of dog walk and deer trail in the woods after work.
Add a reasonable complete bike weight of 12.33k (27.18lb) and a hard compound low tread Geax rear tyre on lightweight Stan’s-rimmed wheels and the Canfield climbs and covers cross country miles fine.
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