Ibis Gets New UK Distributor

Ibis Cycles now have a new UK distributor as of about now. Here’s their rather amusing press release on the matter. Look for a couple of Ibis bike tests in upcoming issues of Singletrack (as soon as we get them all built up…) – we have a Mojo SL, Tranny and a Hakkalügi pencilled in already…

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Ibis Cycles, Inc – maker of innovative performance bicycles – named 2pure Ltd. of Edinburgh, Scotland as their distributor for the United Kingdom. With the move 2pure will become the UK’s source for the Ibis Mojo – recently named “Best Full Suspension Mountain Bike” by the consumer review site MTBR.com for the third year running, as well as the the innovative Tranny hardtail, Silk SL road bike, Hakkalügi cyclocross bike, and the yet to be released Mojo HD.

According to Ibis president, Tom Morgan – “2pure’s mix of carefully selected, highly desired brand’s with zero crossover made them a perfect fit for Ibis. But it was their small hardworking team – much like Ibis – that sealed the deal.” 2pure director, George Bowie, said – “Och aye, sure we love the bikes, but it was Tom’s animal magnetism that drove us to pursue Ibis. I haven’t wanted anything like that since that last Demi Moore movie.”

Future collaboration between 2pure and Ibis may include a cultural/agricultural exchange, with 2pure sending single malt whiskeys westward, and Ibis sending California mountain grown skunk bud to Scotland. That is assuming that the legal and logistical issues can be ironed out. According to Morgan – “California and Scotland share many cultural values, such as the acceptance of men in skirts. This exchange is a natural extension of the ties that already exist.”

2pure is also the UK distributor for Clif Bar, Crank Bros, DeMarchi, Jimi, Feedback, Lizard Skins, Nema, Niterider, Pedros, Pinhead. 2pure will debut the Ibis line at the London Cycle Show, October 8~11th.

The 2pure website is www.2pure.co.uk and Ibis can be found at www.ibiscycles.com.

See more Ibis stuff in our recent Interbike and Eurobike coverage.

Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

Comments (15)

WooksterWookster October 5, 2009 at 5:47 pm

is that really long term view of the normal mojo ever coming chaps????

Ed-OEd-O October 5, 2009 at 7:39 pm

It’s written and photographed and rumoured to be going online this week.

Benji HaworthBenji Haworth October 5, 2009 at 8:10 pm

Keep watching the skies!

ibisibis October 5, 2009 at 8:10 pm

We may get some customer service now 🙂

ChunkyMTBChunkyMTB October 5, 2009 at 8:45 pm

Nice one Ranald & Co

DirtynapDirtynap October 5, 2009 at 10:10 pm

Thats the best press release I have read in a long long time. For some unexplianable reason it makes me want to a buy a mojo, but I’m holding out for a HD.

Benji HaworthBenji Haworth October 5, 2009 at 11:18 pm

What size Tranny are we getting? 🙂

kelvinkelvin October 6, 2009 at 12:16 am

Funnies.

Cheeky MonkeyCheeky Monkey October 6, 2009 at 9:14 am

So, was it Jungle did this before? How come they’re out of favour then?

Ed-OEd-O October 6, 2009 at 9:24 am

…and will it be a butch or a jay Tranny?

AdmanmattAdmanmatt October 6, 2009 at 12:47 pm

Where’s the Skunk? Please ;]

benjagbenjag October 6, 2009 at 12:58 pm

what customer service do you want? I just speak directly to Hans at the factory!

ChippsChipps October 6, 2009 at 5:06 pm

I don’t think Jungle are out of favour, it’s just that with Santa Cruz doing carbon bikes now, there’s probably a bit too much of a crossover of brands and bikes.