I’ve had 2 Evil’s – previously an Insurgent and now an Offering. One of my friends is now on my Insurgent.

Neither of them have ever missed a beat despite Alps trips etc. In fact during our last Alps trip my mate cracked a carbon rim, an alloy DT Swiss rim and twisted 2 tyre carcasses (to be fair he was trying to rip a tyre from the rim in a berm for shits and giggles on the ally rim..)

The frame didn’t make even the slightest complaint.

I’ve contacted Evil support for numerous questions and always get a prompt response – even at 7pm on a Sunday night before!

I’ve just ordered a Following for my wife. I have that much confidence in them.

SLX 7120 4 pots. Its been well documented that the M9120s are the same calliper design as Saints (in terms of power and piston diameter) and the SLX’s are the same, just 69g (or so) heavier.

Cheers – already got one sorted though! Thanks anyway!

Northwind
Formula have a couple of different clamp shapes

But not iSpec 2..

I spent a lot of time on this a few years ago – in the end gave up – Formula weren’t interested in an iSpec 2 and Matchmaker hadn’t made one yet – although they were working on it, there still wasnt one when I checked 6 months ago.

Weird circumstance – its cheaper at Wiggle than at CRC. Any codes for Wiggle..? :)

@teamslug – If nothing better comes up then it all helps! Thanks!

Just a heads up – the Villandry is supposed to be closed this summer as its being replaced with a gondola. Peisey lift by the Vanoise will be open instead.

Funi & Transarc will be fine with fat and ebike. I know a guy who was in the same chalet as us a few years ago took his ebike up Villandry without issue so don’t see why you’d have any problems.

I tried a bleed last night but still no joy. Going to give it a week or so of riding before returning – hopefully it will coincide with my week skiing so I don’t miss out on any bike time..

3D printed bottle mount is no bad thing. As already said the original (non LB) didn’t have bottle mounts and someone designed a 3D mounted one. It’s actually supposed to be really good.

If you’ve never felt the suspension of a Delta you won’t miss it. That’s all I can say. But once you’ve felt it – you won’t go back to anything else 🤣

Probably already converted but go for it.. I had an Insurgent, sold it for a RipMo, regretted it, back on an Offering now. As others have already said, my next bike will definitely be an Evil (I’ve strayed once – don’t need to twice!)

@bigwill Did you fix this? I’ve just bought a pair of Code RSCs and one was slightly stuck but the other is stuck fast. I’d rather not have to send them back to Germany!!

Les Arcs is definitely a good shout. The off-piste is natural singletrack heaven!

I managed to pick up a Reverb AXS for the same price as a Transfer in the Black Friday sales. Its amazing. And I have had terrible reliability issues with Reverbs before, but it would seem that they have fixed all of the reliability issues with the AXS.. Which at the RRP I’d hope they did!

Not an SLX M7100 lever by any chance?

Have you tried Ship2me?

The other thing to bear in mind, is the suppleness can be improved with a larger negative air spacer.. I don’t think the ’17 was EVOL – so Luftkappe could make a big difference..

@humdinger Yes the RipMo is shorter when looking at the same sizes, but in reality they are not the same sizes – my medium Offering feels the same size as my L RipMo. The M Offering is shorter wheelbase than the L RipMo though.

I also had issue with the shock curve. I sent mine to TF for the ‘19 update and then it was better, but it’s still nowhere near the Delta curve.

I think the difference in speed for me is down to the wheelbase. The RipMo is a good 20mm longer than the Offering. It’s surprising how noticeable such a small amount really is on techy trails.

Ive had a RipMo, and sold it for an Offering. I had an Insurgent before the RipMo.

I will only buy an Evil in the future. The suspension is simply sublime.

The RipMo is very capable, but nowhere near as much fun. The Offering is immense. I’ve got the DPX2 and 150 36/Bomber Z1 on and its an awesome trail bike – faster than my RipMo was.

Thanks to those who have gone from Guides to Codes – that’s really helpful.

As for those who suggest Guides are fine and need to learn to brake – possibly yes, but my friend who also had problems has top 5 Strava times on segments in Les Arcs – some of which are quicker than some EWS pro’s. Don’t think he needs to learn how to brake! :)

Nope, always on 200 rotors. I’m probably slightly harder on my rear brake than I should be, but its not been an issue for my Shimano brakes in the past.

Either way, still not convinced by Guides – one of my friends who is not slow at all – has also faded Guides out as well as having the piston bind once we got to the bottom of Les Arcs – he ended up taking the front wheel out and wheeling most of the way from the valley floor to the funi.. Once we got back up to 1600 it had sorted it self out.

Thanks!

Seen it now.. His shopfront is also a bit.. Loud..

As are some of his bikes… http://www.aaronsbikes.com/custom-builds

Not seen it – screenshot anyone?

I used to have a Formula 35 – which was the predecessor to the Selva. It was a fantastic fork. I’d definitely wouldn’t hesitate to buy another Formula fork.. The small bump compliance is second to none, the closest I can get to it is with a Fox 36 EVOL and Luftkappe.

Old post I know, but thought it might be of interest. I’ve had an Insurgent in the past. Bought a RipMo last year. I’m about to buy an Offering.

Why? Couple of things – despite being 5’11 I have stupidly long legs and find the large RipMo just a little too long. The medium Offering looks like a better fit.
Its a long bike. I have a lot of twisties locally and now have to endo around. I miss the shorter wheelbase (Medium Offering is smack bang in between my Insurgent and the RipMo).
But most importantly I could not get on with the suspension curve. Compared to the Delta, it either felt too hard, or blew through its travel. Even with the updated X2 shock maxed out with volume spacers.

And, the Offering can run a coil.

Having said all that, if you haven’t already bought a new frame, checkout the Ripmo AF.

@hot_fiat Yes – I’ve ran XTR 11speed mech on a SRAM XX1 shifter before with no issues at all.

if you come back half a pound lighter, you should drink one cup of water per hour of exercise

Interestingly – I read somewhere – (may have been a RedBull athlete interview with Gee Atherton I think..) that 1 litre for 1kg was recommended..

I know an XX1 shifter works fine with an XTR rear mech, so as long as the pull on the grip shift matches the XX1 shifter, which I’d imagine it does, you should be fine – all 11 speed..

No obvious damage on the crank or spindle, other than some very light wear. BBs have always been Sram GXP team. Spacer in the BB has always been the same – 1 on the drive side (Ibis RipMo). The play is evident from both sides, when then crank is at 12 o’clock you can feel it moving towards the seat tube.

Yep, physically can’t tighten it further. I did try a hope bb seal in the drive side as a spacer to see if it was just a dodgy BB and that did resolve it, but obviously with a lot of drag. That’s why my thoughts turned to the wavy washer..

I had a ‘15 36 RC2 which was harsh on small bumps. I sent it to TF for a Push tune and got a custom neg air space from the US – which is similar to a luftkappe. It was a night and day difference. My mate is now using the fork and reckons there’s not a lot in it between his last run Van.

Service it and definitely go for the iL update – I had one on my HD3 a while ago and the difference was immense.

Onzadog – fair point – I’m in Jersey thought – no-one that I know of has one…

I ran a DHR2 until it was almost semi slick (with some back brake help) and it was brilliant! So much so that I bought a new one this winter with the intention of trimming down the centre knobs once it dries out..

Nope, none at all. Only thing I had an issue with is that the internal hosing wasn’t big enough for my Cura brakes. Think I had a one-off though as others haven’t had any issues. Oh and you Di2 connectors won’t fit either – had that one confirmed by Ibis :(

Lots of tech single track, live on Jersey so no mega hills here. Mixture of small rock gardens, flowy single track, some loamy woods.

If you go for the X2 I’d be surprised if you don’t get a ’19, which has much better capabilities.

Yep.. I’ve got a large with (’18 – important) X2 and Fox 36 fork.

Had an Evil Insurgent before. Insurgent was an absolute machine on the downs, so smooth and soaked up everything, climbing less good. Also had an HD3 previously as well.

RipMo is very very capable, doesn’t feel as fast as the Insurgent down, but Strava says oversize. It has much more pop, whereas the Insurgent was just ground hugging smooth.

It climbs as well as any bike I’ve ever owned.

Shock year is important – to get the X2 to feel like it should (ie plush) I had to ignore Fox’s rules.. The 18 is limited to 2 spacers with a space limited fitted. Could not get it to feel good at all. After watching an interview with Chris Porter, he mentions removing the limiter and adding more spacers if you’re not near the max PSI limit. So I did, went from 2 spacers to 4 and now it feels great.

If you have any specific questions – ask away.

I had an Evil Insurgent until a few months ago – sold it for the RipMo (Offering was released a few weeks later!!)
Never had any frame issues despite 2 alps trips and lots of riding in between. I would have absolutely no concerns about getting another one. The frames are now apparently made in the same factory as Santa Cruz frames in China.
Of course, you cannot beat the service from Ibis, I’ve never experienced support from any manufacturer as good as them, but Evil aren’t bad.