Had the chance to ride my buddies Mojo for a bit this weekend. Granted it's a L and I would need a Med., but we adjusted the suspension for my weight and did some climbing on it (no descents). Figured that since the bike was too big for me, the descents would not be comparable if it was a Med. But for climbing, I was able to see how the suspension works.
Bottom line: It pedals SO easily up the hills. His bike was 4 lbs (26.9) lighter than mine however, but it's also got more travel so for it to ride that easily and efficiently up the hills was amazing to me. I also did some parking lot sprints at my house and it's firmer than my ride, although i only have a Float R (no propedal). The RP23 was set at "2". I did a really good lookover of the bike....being really anal about the cable routing, any areas of rubbing, dings, etc. For the amount of riding he does, there were NO significant scratches, dents, marks on the frame (he has nude one). I was expecting to see a bunch of scratches on the downtube from rocks and other junk and even running my bare hands on it revealed nothing....and he has about 1000+ mi. on it at least. Even the seat stay showed no marks...granted it has tape on it, but I would have expected the tape to be more heavily gouged than it was.
I've read about some chainsuck problems and he said there weren''t any issues. He's running XTR cranks and has 2 spacers on the drive side.....1 on the other which is the norm as I understand....I would be running XT's though but that wouldn't matter right?
The one thing I would have liked is the option of running full housing. Yes, I can just zip tie the cables on but it would have been nice to have the cable stops designed with that in mind. But as I said before.....I was being VERY particular about things. Rear tire clearance could have been better. The chainstays were a little more narrow than I would have liked (he was only running neve's 2.1's front/back.) 2.3's which I run would have been the max it could handle, but honestly, I would probably not go up any higher except for the occasional shuttle runs.
I was also skeptical about the BB height....Ibis says that at sag it's about 12.36 in.....13.2 before. My bike is at 13.5 and I would have preferred the same height. I didn't measure mine at sag but I would have to assume it's higher than 12.36. I clear most of the rocks on the trails I ride with occasionally pedal strikes but I know part of that is technique. I would basically have to learn to be avoid rocks better, but preferably, I would want it higher.
With all that being said, I was really looking to find PROBLEMS....things that I didn't like so I wouldn't have reasons to buy a new bike....but alas.....that didn't work
rft: JK hahha
If it was only a Med....I think I'd be talking to a shop right now and this thread would have been titled something like "LOOK WHAT I JUST BOUGHT!!!!!" hahhaha. I was considering buying a few other rides (motolite, and the spot were the top contenders) but after just that short demo, I'm sold on the Ibis. I currently ride a HH100 anyways so I think I have a pretty good understanding of how the moto would ride in comparison. The Spot is a little more "burly" than I think I need to have and even though it's got a a very similar suspension path to the old horst bikes, it's not going to pedal as effectively as the Ibis would. My buddy has the XCE and it doesn't climb as well as my HH does either....descends roughly the same.
Bottom line: It pedals SO easily up the hills. His bike was 4 lbs (26.9) lighter than mine however, but it's also got more travel so for it to ride that easily and efficiently up the hills was amazing to me. I also did some parking lot sprints at my house and it's firmer than my ride, although i only have a Float R (no propedal). The RP23 was set at "2". I did a really good lookover of the bike....being really anal about the cable routing, any areas of rubbing, dings, etc. For the amount of riding he does, there were NO significant scratches, dents, marks on the frame (he has nude one). I was expecting to see a bunch of scratches on the downtube from rocks and other junk and even running my bare hands on it revealed nothing....and he has about 1000+ mi. on it at least. Even the seat stay showed no marks...granted it has tape on it, but I would have expected the tape to be more heavily gouged than it was.
I've read about some chainsuck problems and he said there weren''t any issues. He's running XTR cranks and has 2 spacers on the drive side.....1 on the other which is the norm as I understand....I would be running XT's though but that wouldn't matter right?
The one thing I would have liked is the option of running full housing. Yes, I can just zip tie the cables on but it would have been nice to have the cable stops designed with that in mind. But as I said before.....I was being VERY particular about things. Rear tire clearance could have been better. The chainstays were a little more narrow than I would have liked (he was only running neve's 2.1's front/back.) 2.3's which I run would have been the max it could handle, but honestly, I would probably not go up any higher except for the occasional shuttle runs.
I was also skeptical about the BB height....Ibis says that at sag it's about 12.36 in.....13.2 before. My bike is at 13.5 and I would have preferred the same height. I didn't measure mine at sag but I would have to assume it's higher than 12.36. I clear most of the rocks on the trails I ride with occasionally pedal strikes but I know part of that is technique. I would basically have to learn to be avoid rocks better, but preferably, I would want it higher.
With all that being said, I was really looking to find PROBLEMS....things that I didn't like so I wouldn't have reasons to buy a new bike....but alas.....that didn't work
rft: JK hahha If it was only a Med....I think I'd be talking to a shop right now and this thread would have been titled something like "LOOK WHAT I JUST BOUGHT!!!!!" hahhaha. I was considering buying a few other rides (motolite, and the spot were the top contenders) but after just that short demo, I'm sold on the Ibis. I currently ride a HH100 anyways so I think I have a pretty good understanding of how the moto would ride in comparison. The Spot is a little more "burly" than I think I need to have and even though it's got a a very similar suspension path to the old horst bikes, it's not going to pedal as effectively as the Ibis would. My buddy has the XCE and it doesn't climb as well as my HH does either....descends roughly the same.
