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.
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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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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
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.
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!