Available in Star Destroyer Grey and Bug Zapper Blue, the new Ripmo V2 has a one degree slacker head angle, improved lower link protection, updated dropper post cable routing, more progressive and coil compatible, and it's a smidge stiffer.
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Ibis Ripmo V2 Thread
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I recognize that summit! Congrats, Bernardo is not an easy climb. You must have a blast coming back down.
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that’s actually a really good idea. My biggest gripe with the jadex were the 50lb increments because I was between springs. Also tried the progressive springs which were fun and “poppy” but also harsh for technical riding -I think it gave the bike too much progression on successive hits.
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Had the LBS order me a 36 and sold the 38. Upgraded the cassette and cranks to XTR. Love it!
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Posting just because she’s clean. This bike is the perfect “long trail” bike. I’m also liking this minion combo much better than the assegai
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I'm more impressed with your garage!😅![Image]()
Posting just because she’s clean. This bike is the perfect “long trail” bike. I’m also liking this minion combo much better than the assegai
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Thanks. It’s not always this clean (applies to both the bike and the garage) [emoji1787][emoji23]
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Any V2 owners who are 5'6"? What size are you riding?
I demoed a medium, and it felt just a slight too big. Problem is the bike already comes with a 40mm stem so there isn't much room for adjustments.
Also demoed a small and I prefer the handling of the small, but the top tube is too short. I can touch my knees when I turn my handlebars all the way.
I demoed a medium, and it felt just a slight too big. Problem is the bike already comes with a 40mm stem so there isn't much room for adjustments.
Also demoed a small and I prefer the handling of the small, but the top tube is too short. I can touch my knees when I turn my handlebars all the way.
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go Medium for sure. You’re right in the middle of the suggested range. Maybe play with seat fore/aft and get a 30mm stem
Im 5'6" on a good day anymore - medium all the way. You will find it works extremely well, more nimble than numbers like Wheelbase would suggest. IN fact - Id go real far to say, I'd never ridden 'this big" a bike from a geo perspective(last bike was 1.5inches shorter WB) and once I was a couple rides in , there wasn't and isn't a trail or locale I wouldn't ride it. My last bike and little bit older geo standards was smaller, shorter, etc... Ripmo don't care - it will go and do where rider points it and tells it to. Very intuitive, easy to ride etc...
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That's very good to hear. I'd be jumping from an 1150mm wheelbase to a 1220mm, so feels like a big jump.
I'm 6'4 and I've had my XL V2 since last year. Overall I like it, though jumping to modern geometry from a ~7 year old bike took a little getting used to, and I still feel like the bottom bracket is too far back in relation to the seat. The biggest issue I have is that I feel like I'm tipped too forward and have too much weight on my hands. Climbing is great, bombing down a hill is great, traversing...kind of sucks, and I do a lot of that. This seems to be a common complaint with the bike and advice I have seen is to tip the nose up a bit more and add rise to the bars, either via the stem or swapping to riser bars. My saddle height is EASILY 2" higher than the top of my bars.
I'm curious if others here have solved this via a new stem or bars, and if so, what riser bars you recommend.
I'm curious if others here have solved this via a new stem or bars, and if so, what riser bars you recommend.
My previous bike was 1172 wb. 66.75 HA, 76 SA. 585 eff top tube. Everything about riding the V2 is better - strangely it has always felt more reactive, nimble and I can pilot it thru some really tight stuff - all the while being a petter pedaler, and more stable on the DH.. numbers alone would say pffft... no way, but it works. the small would be closer in geo to my old bike, but I never once have felt the med was "big"...
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Sounds like fit will be ok. Just slightly concern I might miss a smaller bike for when the trails are smooth and boring. But it sounds like Ripmo is the best longer travel bike for boring terrain.
I'm shorter than you, at 6'2" on an XL V2, but I added headset spacers to take my weight off the front. I think it was +10mm from my original bar height (even with my old bike). I later removed one of these spacers when I switched to a 170mm air spring. It seems trivial, but it made a difference in how much weight I was carrying forward in the steeps through bombholes.
If you feel like this will cramp your reach, you could go with riser bars instead.
I'm already maxed out on spacers for my steer tube length. I have 25mm between headset and stem. I don't think I'd want to go much farther out either, so I may be limited to risers.
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