Anybody ride one? What’s your take?
I’m shopping around for a new FS bike, and stumbled across the Ibis, and I’m smitten. Had never even considered it before.
I totally love mine. Here is an earlier post I did: http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=2266251;search_string=ibis%20mojo;#2266251
Bike is plenty durable— I have smashed mine on rocks many times, including hard side impacts, with nothing but a handful of bike chips to show for it. 5.5" of travel is a lot of travel— Maybe too much for XC racing on non-technical courses. It does put your weight up higher than a hard tail or pure XC soft tail would which makes high speed cornering take a little more practice to dial in. My XL IBIS Mojo weighs around 25 LBS with XTR components and wheels. I use mine for epic rides and long-distance races. IBIS dealers should have demo bikes available.
-Marc
Thanks for the post. I’ve had Ibis dealers tell me that it rides like a xc race machine. I’ve doubted this and your post clears this up.
For now, a Turner Flux or Pivot 4 would be more up my alley (both use dw link), but I really do hope Ibis puts on a race machine… and I hope Turner makes a new 80mm pure racing Nitrous with DW Link.
I haven’t ridden one, but have been drooling over one for a while.
Added bonus to the Mojo is with a little break-down it is possible to fit a full bike into the same airline travel case used for the Ibis Tranny. It can be checked for no additional fee. I came across this tidbit with a quick web search and have since confirmed it with Ibis directly.
For now, a Turner Flux or Pivot 4 would be more up my alley (both use dw link), but I really do hope Ibis puts on a race machine… and I hope Turner makes a new 80mm pure racing Nitrous with DW Link.
I have a Turner Flux and love it. It is a few years old so they have updated the suspension.
Not meant to hijack, but I’m curious what other bikes the Turner Flux folks have had. I’m on the hunt for a good deal on a full suspension xc ride that I can possibly race. The Turner Flux has been recommended to me as well as the Giant Anthem XW (womens specific), and the Santa Cruz Blur. Your thoughts appreciated…
Ibis is not one of the companies I represent, so I don’t have a horse in this race.
I rented one in Santa Cruz last year for a couple of days. I loved the bike for the style riding we did there, long fire road climbs (not the best here) to long steep singletrack descents (it rocked here). In tight fast singletrack, this is one of the best bikes I have ever ridden. It is by no means a cross country bike, but it would not be terrible as a race bike. If I only raced a little, and did a lot of all mountain riding the rest of the time, I would consider it. This bike really defines the all mountain category in my opinion.
I am currently riding a Look 996, way more of a race bike, but I have fond memories of a couple of days on that Mojo.
I started with a Trek 950 when the Girvin Flex Stem was considered front suspension and Pro Flex was just starting to offer a rear suspension.
I replaced it with a Crack n Fissure, er, Gary Fisher, Joshua. After it cracked, for a small fee, I replaced it with a Sugar 1. After it cracked, I warrantied the frame and sold it. Burn me once, shame on you, burn me twice, shame on me.
That was replaced with my Turner.
What I like about the Turner is the lack of bob. It hook sup very well when climbing. I live in a very rocky area and it is plenty plush for me.
Lots of other bikes in the flux category. The Blur LT for sure, Intense Spyder, Trek and Specialized have a nice assortment, Rocky Mountain has a nice one as does Marin. And then you’ve got the Yeti’s as well. That’s a hot market segment there. You mainly need to figure out if you want a design that relies on a shock platform or else one that keeps the bob down via suspension design. Both have a bit different ride.
I’ve got an Intense Spyder FRO and love it. A bit more responsive pedaling platform than the flux (based on my testrides of both at least) and a nice plush rear end with the shock platform turned off.
Btw, I’ve got a Yeti ASR-Sl frame I need to clean up and sell. Size is a medium if I remember right, might be a small and the older aluminum swingarm. $350… It’s a sweet XC machine!
The Mojo is sweet, the mojo SL is sweeter, make sure you put the lopes link upgrade in if yours dosent come with it. the mojo isnt too stiff laterally but it is a fun bike and the lopes link helps with the lateral stiffness.
I’m surprised to hear that the dw-link design did not climb as well as you would have liked. Are you comparing this to a hard tail or other full suspension designs?
if a dw link didnt climb well, he probably didnt have the sag set right, I have used all current dw designs, turner, ibis, pivot and indie fab and they climb very well, in fact, I thought the mojo SL climbd better than the rest of them.
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The bike climbed fine, I just felt it was a much better descender.
As far as set up, this was a rental bike, I rode it for a total of about 10 hours, 6 hours one day, 4 the next. I played with the set up a little, got it close enough to have fun, and went riding, so you are exactly correct, I didn’t have it dialed, didn’t care, it was close enough. Probably should have specified that, but I kind of though “rental” spoke for itself.
The Mojo doesn’t climb as well as a pure cross country set up. You could probably spend some time setting it up, and it get by with it, but the stance and feel of the bike are far more “all mountain” than XC, which I am pretty sure is just as Ibis intended.
I have ridden quite a few DW bikes, Pivot, Ibis, the Look I am on now is pretty much a DW. It is an excellent suspension design. All of those bikes ride great. Set up is key, something that takes quite a few rides to get correct. I am not going to waste a lot of time with that on a rental bike. They do climb very well for a suspension bike. Probably the best standing climbing design I have tried so far. I did feel that both the Pivot and the Look are better XC set ups, of course both are 4 inches where the Mojo was 5 or 5.5, forget which.
As I said before, I loved the Mojo, great bike.
I dont know about all mtn use specificty with a mojo (although they have a great warranty) but it certainly makes a killer bike for endurance riding, 100s or 24hr races. The pivot does have a racier feel especially since its so stiff in the rear but it is HEAVY…and even more so with their 5" model (mach5) and I think their 29er (429) with a full xt group and a fox f29 and dt swiss wheels comes in right at 30lbs in a large so its no light weight. That being said, the pivots ride great, I really like the mojo, 5.5 inches is a lot of bike but it sure is comfy after an 8 hour ride, I think if I was looking specifically for a leadville bike or a 24 hour bike, a mojo sl with an f100 rlc would be my bike of choice.