Ibis Ripmo Test Ride Review | Slaughter Pen, Bentonville, AR | Outerbike Bentoville скачать в хорошем качестве

Ibis Ripmo Test Ride Review | Slaughter Pen, Bentonville, AR | Outerbike Bentoville

The Ripmo is Ibis' long travel 29er built upon Ibis' proven interpretation of the DWLink design combined with a geometry that ticks all the boxes of a modern recipe. The ripmo sports a very well balanced travel of 145mm rear and 160mm front fitting up to 2.6 inch tires. The wheelbase is quite long and the head tube is angled at a slack 65.9 degree, together with a seat tube angle of 76 degrees and long reach, on paper, it should be an all around monster truck to ride that rolls over everything and isn't a nightmare to pedal. One area where I felt the bike truly exceled was in this kind of riding where there is continous transition between up, flat and down. A few pedal strokes netted massive acceleration while never really feeling harsh, there's some kind of magic going on in the linkage where the bike is supportive under pedaling but smooth under hits, even when setup slightly on the firm side for me. I have to admit with the size of the bike I expected it to pay a much bigger penalty on anything that wasn't down. Massive rock gardens did little to slow it down while still being soft on the hands. Something that I used to dislike about 29ers in the past is that they were dull and clunky; the bike industry in general seems to have overcome that, but the Ripmo is specially good at it. It's the most playful, lively and poppy 29er I've ridden yet, the more you get rowdy on it the more it responds, I'm sure as you become a better rider this bike will give you even more back. Once at speed if you pedal in hard gears, it picks up even more speed quickly and easily stays there while being stable under stand up pedaling. This bike like to roll and conserves momentum spectacularly. It's also incredibly forgiving for when you make mistakes. This will definitely make you feel like a better rider than you actually are. The camera downplays it, but the drop i'm about to hit is pretty big, at least for me, the Ripmo made it feel quite effortless and stayed stable in the air despite the big lip that tried to kick back of the bike up. Something I know lots of people will like is that the seat tube on the frame is extremely short. You can run a 175mm dropper post on this bike with absolutely no issues. Lots of clearance for gnarly descending. If I had to sum it up in a few words, this bike felt like an Enduro bike when you wanted it but it still had the rideability of a trail bike; you'd have fun on this on your big mountain and XC trails as well. I've honestly always been a fan of Ibis bikes, if you watch my Mojo 3 review you'll notice that in that one I also speak well about the do-it-all capability of the Ibis platforms. If this bike is on your shortlist, you have to go demo it, it really is something else, I realize its a bike that received lots of hype on the press, so my expectations going in were high, but that just means that I was more observant to see if it was marketing magic or reality. All in all, what I like to see from 29ers is that you forget about the big wheels until you actually need them, and this bike does exactly that. I had to cut this review a bit shorter than usual because one of our riding buddies took a bit of a dig off a drop and we decided to head back to the venue to get him checked out just in case. But I'll take the opportunity to ask if you prefer this shorter format or the traditional one in my other reviews where I put a little more riding into them. Well guys, that's it for today. I hope you found this useful and had fun coming along for a ride in Bentonville on the Ibis Ripmo. If you have any questions shoot them in the comment section and I'll do my best to answer. I will see you for the next one and happy riding! Slaughter Pen Trails on Trailforks: https://www.trailforks.com/region/sla... Ibis Ripmo Specs: https://www.ibiscycles.com/bikes/ripmo/