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Ibex Bicycles
Trophy Pro (frame)
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Submitted by
surfmb70
a Weekend Warrior
from Myrtle Beach, SC, US
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Tsali National Park | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | everything | | Bike Setup: | deore lx, hayes hydraulic (upgrade), marzocchi air fork | | Bottom Line: | This frame is terrible. No durablility. have ridden only on light cross country trails and a few small jumps. Frame has developed fracture in bottom bar near headset that has developed into a small hole and a 4 inch long crack. will break soon. these frames suck and the company makes money by swindling people into buying a bike with nice components on a sh**ty frame. DO NOT BUY | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dennis Romano
a Cross Country Rider
from Las Vegas, NV
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Gooseberry Mesa, UT | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$149.00 | | Purchased At: | Ibex | | Strengths: | Well designed frame. I installed the headset and crankset without any facing or reaming. The weight advertised was 3.8 pounds and it weighed 3.77 pounds. I like truth in advertising. I built this bike for my wife. She felt comfortable with it immediately and was craving up the local switchbacks with ease. She also noticed that the bike sprints very well. The paint job is nice looking. | | Weaknesses: | Didn't come with a seatpost clamp but sine it was last years model at a discounted price I shouldn't complain. | | Similar Products Used: | Marin, Trek and Rocky Mountain | | Bike Setup: | Rock Shock SID Race, SRAM X7 Shifters and rear derailleur. SRAM 11-34 cassette, 991 chain and Deore Crankset. Custom XT wheels, Thomson seatpost, Panaracer 2.1 Fire XC Pro's and Ringle stem and handlebar. | | Bottom Line: | I built this bike for mostly in town training and some smooth trail riding. Even with the mix of components I had laying around the bike came in under 25.3 pounds. It handles quickly without being nervous. The S shaped seatstays provide some dampening but do not waste any energy in the sprint. The bike is very sharp looking. On her first ride on two separate occasions people stopped to compliment her on the bike. Great handling, construction and looks for a descent price. I highly recommend this frame for the custom built bike. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave
a Cross Country Rider
from boise
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$229.00 | | Purchased At: | ibex | | Strengths: | light weight well made frame | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | many | | Bike Setup: | same as earlier review except upgrade to race face crankset x-type and easton low rise EA50 bar bike is 25Lbs which I consider light for a trail bike | | Bottom Line: | This bike climbs as well as any hardtail and I believe hard tails are better than full supension for climing unless it gets real rough, fact is the world and national champs won on hardtails. I use stans tubeless conversion with python lite tires this really smoothed out the ride I can not believe how much money I saved buying this frame at discount and assembling the bike my self other than B.B.It is a fun choice choosing between riding this bike or my full suspension this frame only weighs 3.5 lbs you could pay an additional thousand bucks for a titanium frame and save a whole pound but hey I dont have money to burn. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave
a Cross Country Rider
from boise idaho
Date Reviewed: February 27, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$230.00 | | Purchased At: | ibex | | Strengths: | lightweight with quality welding and paint | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | many | | Bike Setup: | marzocchi marathon s, sram components mavic 717 rims with xt hubs stans tubeless conversion,easton stem/bar/seatpost crank brothers candy c pedals and leftover crank from old parts supply.I used cable grommets on top tube this prevents scrathes | | Bottom Line: | I am very satisfied with the quality of this frame I saved about $700.00 of similar bikes with asian frames most components were heavily discounted items off internet mbt sites,I wanted to add a hardtail to my collection without spending too much their assembled bikes are great value if you prefer not to build a bike . If you need the prestige of a better known brand with asian frame go ahead and spend hundreds more. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tripp Schlereth
a Cross Country Rider
from Signal Mountain, TN, USA
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Edwards Point/Mushroom Rock | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$249.00 | | Purchased At: | Ibex website | | Strengths: | Great design. The craftmanship is great. | | Weaknesses: | As long as you put tape under the cables on the top tube, everythings fine. If you don't they'll scratch up the frame pretty quickly | | Similar Products Used: | Raleigh M80; Hardrock sport; Hardrock pro disc '03 | | Bike Setup: | Deore RD, Deore FD, Deore cassette, Truvativ x-forge crank 22-32-42, Rock Shox Judy TT 100mm fork, Avid SD 3 V-brakes, Selle Stratus seat, Avenir handle, Alivio shifters, specialized enduro 2.2 tires. | | Bottom Line: | This frame makes all other bikes look like kids bikes. I swapped all the parts off of my hardrock pro onto this frame. The frame was $229+$20 shipping, and a frame swap cost $80. The only things that wouldn't swap were Bottom bracket/seatpost/ and front derailer. The design of the frame has the strength of a mountain bike, the weight of a cross country bike, and the craftmanship of many road bikes. Overall- NO MATTER WHAT PARTS YOU PUT ON IT, IT WILL GIVE YOU A GREAT RIDE. The hardrock pro felt like a tank on the trail, this bike be at the opposite end of the spectrum. IT'S VERY AGILE. Customer service at IBEX is great. I highly recommend an IBEX bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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