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Just seen this, looks very 'right'

[url= http://www.pinkbike.com/news/new-ibis-enduro-racer-debuts-at-la-thuile-ews-2015.html ]Lush ibis[/url]


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 9:56 am
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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.


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 10:10 am
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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 🙂


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 10:13 am
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Bloody awful photographs, not even a full side-on view. It might well look lovely, but I can't really tell.........


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 10:17 am
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Some slightly more 'side-on' shots here:
http://enduro-mtb.com/en/spotted-at-la-thuile-new-ibis-prototype/


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 10:35 am
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Posted : 13/07/2014 10:38 am
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Looks like an Enduro with added lower-linkage. Not necessarily a bad thing, but where does that leave the HD650 now?


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 11:09 am
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Thought ibis only made 29ers


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 11:10 am
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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.


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 2:28 pm
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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...


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 2:31 pm
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And I am a serial five purchaser but it's still 'lush'


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 4:23 pm
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Fingers crossed it's not comedically short like the old ones.


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 4:36 pm
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I have an HDR 650b and love it, I can't wait to get this too 🙂


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 4:37 pm
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Looks really nice, way better than the HDR.

Not as interesting as the new yeti though.


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 5:27 pm
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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.


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 6:16 pm
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Not as interesting as the new yeti though.

Link?


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 6:18 pm
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The Hd140 was actually a Hd130.

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


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 6:27 pm
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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.


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 6:49 pm
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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...


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 7:48 pm
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The Mojo HD 650 and the Yeti SB75 looked very much like rush-jobs.

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


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 8:06 pm
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In Ibis' case, there's a reason for that..

Do go on...


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 8:40 pm
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They got caught out and missed the 650B boat. It had sailed and they were sinking like the titanic.


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 8:43 pm
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Great. Thanks for that.


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 8:46 pm
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An interesting view. You know about the HD 650b and how it came about, and eventually led to the HDR?


 
Posted : 13/07/2014 8:48 pm
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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 [b]was[/b] a rush job.


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 7:31 am
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Posted : 14/07/2014 8:31 am
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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.


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 8:37 am
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It looks nicer than either the previous Ibis front triangles or the Pivot Mach 6 imo.


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 8:39 am
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Merci Alexsimon 😉 could'nt get the image up with the phone.


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 8:46 am
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Excuse the OT but whats the rear tyre that thay're trying to hid?


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 8:50 am
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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 275x2.3
This image shows it best
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Posted : 14/07/2014 8:51 am
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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.


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 8:59 am
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Sorry to offend you word police

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


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 9:07 am
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Thanks for the apology. I'll let you off this time as long as you learn from it 😉


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 9:10 am
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I'm off to my corner 😉


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 9:11 am
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That'd look even better with the Ibis, super wide, carbon wheels on it.

I suppose that'd make it 'Well lush'?


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 9:14 am
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That's a good looking bike. Hope they don't give it the geometry of an XC bike like they normally do...


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 9:18 am
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With eye measurements i'd say steeper st°, longer tt , 66.5/67° ha et new dw-link.


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 9:37 am
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longer tt

All those photos look super-short TT to me.


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 9:58 am
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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!


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 10:13 am
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If its ACC's bike, its a s 😉 The rear tyre could be a Michelin. Difficult to say for the reach. Looks like the Bos is 150mm. All in all it looks more agressif et less pedal friedly.


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 10:36 am
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Looks very nice. This is why I never went for an HDR 650B, mixed up bike design I felt and knew they would bring out at 650b probably after I bought one! Hence why a Pivot Mach 6 was the bike of choice for me. And I have no regrets at all, a superb bike.


 
Posted : 14/07/2014 8:58 pm
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Posted : 15/07/2014 11:28 am