Ride Review: The Yeti LTe Is a Lot of Bike

Not a criticism, just a different thing, and you should know which one you’re shopping for.

Your reviewer: 35, six feet, 240 pounds with gear, at a desk job six days a week. On my analog bike a good day is 15 miles and 1,500 feet.

On the LTe I did two rides, both forest singletrack, both about the same: roughly 30 miles and somewhere between 2,800 and 3,200 feet of climbing, finishing around 25% battery. I mostly used the eMTB+ mode, dropping to Tour or bumping to Turbo for specific sections.

The Bosch Motor: My Thoughts

The Bosch Performance Line CX is the benchmark e-MTB motor for a reason. The LTe has the Gen 5 of this motor, delivering 100Nm and 750 watts. I'd call that plenty without going overboard. By comparison, the Avinox M2S at 150Nm is where I’d start saying the power is a little absurd. For this motor, Bosch got the numbers right.

There was a mile-long road climb where I was just grinning. The LTe flat out goes, and I came off the climb with fresh legs instead of already into my reserves.

That was enough to almost sell me on full power, and I was just getting started.

My one gripe with the CX is in the performance with slow, technical climbing. In eMTB+ mode, the delivery gets jerky at walking speed. You feed in a little torque and get more than you asked for, which is the last thing you want with the front wheel clearing a ledge. That’s the motor, not the bike. I’d say the same about any CX-equipped e-bike. Easy fix: drop to Tour for those sections and it’s a different machine.

The motor varies by build kit:

*Tune to get the 100nm via the app

**Upgrade available free via the Bosch Flow app from May 2026. Details here.

Range

Both test rides came out nearly identical, which makes the math easy. Call it 40 miles and about 4,000 feet of climbing on a full charge.

Here’s what surprised me. My MTe rides averaged 4,500 to 4,900 feet per charge on a 580Wh battery. The LTe carries a 800Wh battery — 38% more — and returns slightly less vertical. The big battery isn’t buying range, it’s paying for the power. The power is the point.

A range extender available if you need more, or a lighter 600Wh battery pack if you’d rather cut the weight back.

How It Rides, and My Actual Criticism

This bike wants to be pushed, and that’s my only real complaint about the LTe itself.

At 52 pounds with 160mm of Sixfinity and a 64-degree head angle, it isn’t interested in being tiptoed around. Ride it politely and it feels like a lot of bike doing very little. Get it moving on something fast and flowing, and it snaps into focus — the suspension finally has something to work with and it goes from heavy to unstoppable.

It’ll take a serious beating, too. I stopped picking lines at some point and just aimed it. Nothing upset it.

But you have to bring that speed. The best parts of this bike are gated behind riding it hard, and if most of your riding is moderate, you’ll be paying for a ceiling you rarely touch. That cuts both ways — a bike that asks more of you has more left when you’re actually going for it — but be honest about which rider you are before you buy.

Sixfinity what?

Sixfinity is Yeti's newest suspension platform. It's gradually pushing out the long-running Switch Infinity, starting with ebike and downhill oriented models. The Sixfinity name comes from the suspension having six independently moving links. 

All the Sixfinity-equipped bikes so far also have model-specific progression flip chips to adjust progression levels, so you can test different suspension settings based on the trails you ride. It's not going to make an enduro bike into an XC bike, though.

Worth It?

$10,300 to $15,500. It's around the price of a used car, like its lighter sibling the MTe. If it fits how you ride, it’s a lot of capability.

Compared to its full-power competition, the LTe has the best build kits hands-down. If you're investing this much money, you shouldn’t have to settle for any less than the best. Yeti puts Bosch CX across the range and doesn’t ask you to compromise to get it.

Yeti’s frame has a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects for the original owner, when registered, and bought through an authorized dealer. The motor and components have separate warranties under their own manufacturers.

2026 Yeti LTe vs 2027 Yeti LTe

The 2026 and 2027 LTe have only a few differences. The biggest difference is the Race motor is included on an additional build kit. Overall, they are the same bike. For this review, I was on a 2026 model year, since the 2027 hasn't hit the shop yet.

Per the spec sheets, here's what changes with the 2027 model year:

• Yeti dropped the C2/T3/T4 labels to match the LT and MT ranges. The 2026 C2 90 (sometimes labeled as 2026 C2 E90, note the extra "E"), T3 X0 and T4 XX become the 2027 90, X0 AXS and XX AXS.
• The Bosch CX-R race motor, previously exclusive to the top T4, now also comes on the X0 AXS as well.
• The 90 build steps up from Fox Performance 38 fork and Float X shock to a Fox Factory 38 Grip X2 fork and Factory Float X2 shock, meaning all 3 kits now run Factory-level suspension. 
• Smaller updates: The exact brakes, tires, handlebars and grips vary between the model years. Cranks shortened from 160mm to 155mm on the 90 and X0 AXS build kits. The dropper posts are updated and have more drop on most sizes.

Check the 2027 Yeti LTe bike guide for full 2027 specs

Should You Get the Yeti LTe or the MTe?

Buy the MTe if you want a mountain bike with a tailwind. Buy the LTe if you want to blast down the steep stuff and fast, with a motor to let you ride even harder.

The LTe and MTe are fundamentally different. The LTe is heavier, it has more travel, and it wants speed. The MTe is an extremely good mountain bike that lets you make the most out or your weekend and double your mileage.

Where I Land

The TQ HPR60 is still my favorite motor, and I’d still take a light-assist bike for the riding I do most. That’s a personal preference though, not anything against the LTe.

The Last Word

The LTe is fast, tough, and genuinely fun. If you want a full-power e-bike that descends like a proper enduro rig, and you’ll ride hard enough to unlock it, the LTe won’t let you down.

Just be honest about whether you want assist, or you want a motor.

-Jorden Whicker