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  • Lush new ibis prototype
  • Lummox
    Full Member

    Just seen this, looks very ‘right’

    Lush ibis

    catschroedinger
    Free Member

    Why have you even bothered posting this?

    All members on here own either a Santa Cruz or Orange 5 and certainly wont be able to see past that.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    The Mojo HD 650 and the Yeti SB75 looked very much like rush-jobs.
    Hopefully this will be better thought out.

    Looks like a cross between the Pivot Mach 6 and a Stumpjumper though 🙂

    PeterPoddy
    Free Member

    Bloody awful photographs, not even a full side-on view. It might well look lovely, but I can’t really tell………

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    Some slightly more ‘side-on’ shots here:

    Spotted at La Thuile: New Ibis Prototype

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    warpcow
    Free Member

    Looks like an Enduro with added lower-linkage. Not necessarily a bad thing, but where does that leave the HD650 now?

    matther01
    Free Member

    Thought ibis only made 29ers

    pt81
    Free Member

    When you see the price of carbon molds, I doute that it’s a prototype 😉 nice looking bike.
    150mm rear? 67° up front? Could be a little less pedal friedly than the HDR.

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    catschroedinger – Member
    Why have you even bothered posting this?

    All members on here own either a Santa Cruz or Orange 5 and certainly wont be able to see past that.
    I was a little curious but the local distributor is a bit part time and it’s hard to even find one to look at so I got a SC…

    Lummox
    Full Member

    And I am a serial five purchaser but it’s still ‘lush’

    Rorschach
    Free Member

    Fingers crossed it’s not comedically short like the old ones.

    crispyrice
    Full Member

    I have an HDR 650b and love it, I can’t wait to get this too 🙂

    ridewhenever
    Free Member

    Looks really nice, way better than the HDR.

    Not as interesting as the new yeti though.

    RickDraper
    Free Member

    Nice bikes but I wonder if this one will actually be what it’s meant to be?? The Hd140 was actually a Hd130 and the HDR is the biggest ‘we missed the boat so here is a bodged together lash up’ ever.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    Not as interesting as the new yeti though.

    Link?

    vinnyeh
    Full Member

    The Hd140 was actually a Hd130.

    Really? Never seen anyone mention this before,on mtbr or here. You learn something new every day.

    lawman91
    Full Member

    Yeah the HD140 is actually about 132mm in travel terms, not that it’s really ever bothered me tbh. It’s certainly a great looking bike, and hopefully they’ve gone a lot longer on the geometry. The main complaint I have with my HD is the super short top tube.

    crispyrice
    Full Member

    Funny the dislike of the HDR, I really love mine, and its not like I’m an Ibis fanboy, I own and enjoy lots of other brands. I find it surprising that so few of you rate the HDR…

    ratherbeintobago
    Full Member

    The Mojo HD 650 and the Yeti SB75 looked very much like rush-jobs.

    In Ibis’ case, there’s a reason for that..

    ojom
    Free Member

    In Ibis’ case, there’s a reason for that..

    Do go on…

    RickDraper
    Free Member

    They got caught out and missed the 650B boat. It had sailed and they were sinking like the titanic.

    ojom
    Free Member

    Great. Thanks for that.

    crispyrice
    Full Member

    An interesting view. You know about the HD 650b and how it came about, and eventually led to the HDR?

    ratherbeintobago
    Full Member

    Do go on…

    It looks like a rush job, and because Ibis’ R&D Dept appears to be very small (witness the time taken to get the Ripley and Tranny 29 out), it’s easy to believe it was a rush job.

    pt81
    Free Member

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    Any 650b bike that’s based on a 26″ bike but has shorter travel is a bit poor really.
    If Banshee can make bikes that take both wheel sizes, retain geometry and travel all with the swap of some dropouts, it can’t really be that difficult. I haven’t heard a bad word about The Banshee Rune or Spitfire with either wheelsize.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    It looks nicer than either the previous Ibis front triangles or the Pivot Mach 6 imo.

    pt81
    Free Member

    Merci Alexsimon 😉 could’nt get the image up with the phone.

    pt81
    Free Member

    Excuse the OT but whats the rear tyre that thay’re trying to hid?

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    It’s either a Minion or a High Roller – probably the latter.
    I initially thought Ardent, but I don’t think they make that in a 275×2.3
    This image shows it best

    DaveyBoyWonder
    Free Member

    I think it looks brilliant. I need some Crossmaxes in my life!

    What I don’t appreciate is your use of the word ‘lush’. My cousin uses that word. She’s 14. I don’t believe any grown man (I guess you’re a grown man) should ever feel the need to use that word. MTFU.

    Lummox
    Full Member

    Sorry to offend you word police

    Don’t look at my colouring in! Your head will explode all wrong colours and outside the lines 🙂

    DaveyBoyWonder
    Free Member

    Thanks for the apology. I’ll let you off this time as long as you learn from it 😉

    Lummox
    Full Member

    I’m off to my corner 😉

    scaled
    Free Member

    That’d look even better with the Ibis, super wide, carbon wheels on it.

    I suppose that’d make it ‘Well lush’?

    Northwind
    Full Member

    That’s a good looking bike. Hope they don’t give it the geometry of an XC bike like they normally do…

    pt81
    Free Member

    With eye measurements i’d say steeper st°, longer tt , 66.5/67° ha et new dw-link.

    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    longer tt

    All those photos look super-short TT to me.

    chiefgrooveguru
    Full Member

    It isn’t the ETT that’s the problem on the Mojos, it’s the slack seat angle making the reach very short for the ETT – medium Mojo is similar ETT to my Spitfire but even the XL Mojo is shorter in reach!

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